All our ducks in a row

 

Good Morning,
I am sitting in a hotel room with one of my teacher friends in Austin, TX.  My sister has nursing training down here for the week, and we are accompanying her.  I wanted to update everyone on life because it has been happening very fast and several big things have changed.

In chronological order:
1.  We bought a house!
As many of you know, we have been house hunting for a while.  We had even put in offers on a couple foreclosures that didn't pan out.  We moved in May 17th.  We still have boxes scattered throughout the house, and most things are mismatched, but we are in no rush to make our house perfect.  We want to enjoy the process.  I do have some summer plans that I am sure I will keep you updated on.

2.  We have a furbaby!
I know that word probably grates against some of your ears as it has the potential to be somewhat annoying, but I love the word!  We drove to the middle of nowhere to pick up Gentry.  At that point, she was 7 weeks old.  She is a boxer\australian shepherd mix.  Little background--I have never owned a four-legged pet.  We had chickens, turkeys, and ducks.  I had no idea what to expect, and for some reason I thought we needed a puppy.  She is a lot of work, but she is super cute.  She wakes us up on mornings that we would normally sleep in.  She cries in the middle of the night.  She makes messes.  She bites.  We call her our monster.  I take a lot of pictures of her on instagram, you should follow me.  (Username is livingpretty22)

3.  I got a new job!
I have been thinking about quitting teaching since last year.  Last year was tough (team issues).  This year the students and parents were the most difficult I have ever had.  (Thank goodness for an awesome team!)  I was really contemplating leaving the profession altogether.  This year I started revising my resume and networking with other teachers and principals.  I had had an interview a few months back, but I never heard back either way (rude!).  Last week, I had another interview that I totally thought I ended on the wrong note.  Surprise, two days later the principal called and offer me the job.  I am so excited about this transition.  I am hoping that it will reenergize my love for teaching and students.

All of this happened in the time frame of less than a month!  Wowzers!  I am thankful that God has a plan for my life, even the itty bitty details.  Anthony and I very much try to make decisions to do things if all our ducks are in a row.  Fortunately, God has blessed us when he sees fit.


Hopefully, now that I have caught everyone up on life, I will be back in the blogging scene a bit more.  I miss writing.


xoxo,

Trust and Obey, There is no Other Way

Do you trust God? It is really easy to say yes when our life is going all easy breezy. That's why I think God places trials in our lives to help us trust Him. Or sometimes, to help us realize that we aren't trusting God at all.

The past several months have been an exercise in trust for us. Anthony has been job hunting. He has interviewed with Samsung for three different positions there. After the first interview, we waited and waited only to find out that they hired internally. Okay, okay, maybe the position required more experience than Anthony had. We were disappointed, but it was good interviewing experience. A week or so latter, Anthony was called in for another interview. Apparently, the first guy who interviewed Anthony really liked him and passed along his resume to another hiring manager. Wow, totally unexpected! He interviewed, but they hired internally. Frustrating, yes, but soon afterwards Samsung called with another position. Anthony interviewed twice for this position, and we felt for sure that he was overqualified and would be a good candidate. Unfortunately, HR called Anthony a few weeks ago and let him know that they had hired internally again.

To be honest, at this point we were mad. We felt like the last four months were a big waste of time. We spent the next couple weeks wrestling with these emotions and eventually coming to the conclusion that God is still in control, there must have been some reason Anthony did not get this job, the right job will come along for Anthony is God's timing.

Last week, Samsung called and offered Anthony the job he last interviewed for. Apparently, there were some issues behind the scene, and the internal candidate didn't work out.

But God knew that was going to happen.

He also knew that if Anthony had gotten the job right away, we might have chalked it up to his degree, or skill, or experience, or something we had done to help him get the job.

This was all a practice in trusting God. Did we fail the first couple times? Yes, but our gracious God gave us several opportunities to trust Him with Anthony's job search.

If you are going through a trial right now, just remember that God is providing you with the opportunity to trust Him. How are you doing with that?