So that was literally my reaction to a text I received on Tuesday morning. (7.9.13). I even have a witness to prove it. I had literally just finished my usual 'shift' at my church. I had been working all morning in the church office, trying to schedule a missionary friend of mine to come speak to our congregation again. In the middle of her texting me what would work for her, she sends me a text that says, "What are you doing these days?" My reply "Working at the church and playing computer games."
Since I graduated from Northwest Nazarene University I have been unable to find a job. I have applied to places I am qualified for and over qualified for. Nothing was biting. No phone calls back. No emails. No interviews. NOTHING.
As those of you who read this blog know, that I am a very spiritual woman who will do what God asks me to do. (After all, I moved to Idaho to follow a calling to Deaf ministry). My friend, who owns CB Deaf Ministry sends me another text. She is looking for someone to help her run the ministry, especially when she is in Haiti training Deaf pastors there. She offered me a paid position through her ministry, which I have been volunteering for since January 2011.
Wednesday, we discussed the plans, details and things. I called up my parents in California, talked to my aunt and my grandma and took the job. Monday (July 15th) I start my training. I will train through the rest of the month. And then I will dig into this ministry thing.
For the past year, I have been working at my church as a secretary. And that has been wonderful. I am so excited about taking on this Administrative Assistant at CB Deaf Ministry because I will still be able to keep my job at the church!
I have been praying for months about what kind of job I would be getting. I was praying for the people I'd be working with, praying for timeliness, because I have student loans to pay. And it turns out those prayers were for my friend and her family.
This last semester of college was very, very stressful, but also very rewarding. I was trying to figure out what God wanted me to do, because I could not hear His voice. As the weeks passed, however, I began losing faith, thinking that I would have to move back to California to find a job. About a month after I graduated I successfully meditated (which is hard to do for a woman with ADHD), and God said my wait was almost over. What could it mean? I was looking for any answer and that was the answer I got. My church family was praying for me, and they are trying to help me out by giving me more hours per week that I get paid at the church, but I needed something else to make me self sufficient.
And it came. Working with a small ministry though, I will have to raise part of my own salary, like a missionary does, but I do not have a problem with that. Going to college has helped me live frugally, so I know how to stretch my dollars as and when they come. However, part of the deal would include moving in with her and her family. Many benefits to this move. (If you are interested in learning more....I'm usually on Facebook!)
I would LOVE to have your continued prayer. I do not know all what wonderful things this opportunity will bring for me, but I just ask that you pray for my continued faith, and my continued obedience in following God's call on my life.
Blessings, and Peace,
Cody Marie
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