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Happy Saturday

I am back late today but I am expecting that future Saturdays it will not be the case.  I received a call earlier this week from a human resource person with the company I applied with.  She said they wanted me to come in for orientation and didn’t want to miss me. She gave me another date but that would mean I would have to take off work and come in and I am grateful that she wouldn’t allow that.  She said she would call me by Monday with a plan but ended up calling me on Friday afternoon to let me know she will meet with me for orientation on Tuesday morning. 

So I am going Tuesday next week for orientation and after that, I would be required to show up on schedule.  I am going to be working close to 80 hours weekly.  For my main job, I am scheduling my meetings early on Tuesdays and Fridays and late on Thursdays.  I still intend to make my office days 7-3a on Mondays and Wednesdays but if it becomes too difficult, I will consider shifting those hours to later in the day.  I know myself.  I have to get up at 6am for my son to get ready for school.  On Mondays and Wednesdays, I awaken at 4:30am or earlier by habit so I know I wll probably still be waking up around that time even if II shift the hours.  The part time job is 10pm to 7am.  It’s going to be hard but I need the money.

I had a dental appointment on Thursday this week and expected to walk in there with a dental inspection and 125 dollar oral b smart tooth brush.  I ended up walking out instead with 508 dollars charged to my card as apparently the insurance refused to pay a portion and there was a balance left on my account with them.  I had paid over 200 dollars for work done in December when I first came there.  I was so upset but I had to do the right thing and get it out of the way. 

So I need to start this new job immediately.  That card is pretty much maxed out and I won’t speak on the credit limits my cards have.  I have to get control of this debt. I have to fix my car. I have to pay my share of auto insurance for the year and so far my dad has the best bargain and I want to continue through him so I have to give him something or I will be cut off by August. 

I want to install a fence. I want to fix my heating, fix the central air, build my savings.  I also want to be able to give back to the Lord and be faithful with what He has blessed me with.  I am crippled under debt and at this time the only way out is to work a second job.

I thank the Lord for this second job.  Orientation comes at a time that makes things a little more challenging for my parents with watching my son.  I found someone through church who is willing to babysit and I trust.  There is a lot going on with my church and I have to take a more active role.  I have a lot to do.

I thank God for the jobs. I thank God for something I can do that is useful in His church.  I ask for prayer for a young man who attends my church.  He approached me asking what I thought about the church.  Despite being the son of an elder and typically called upon to do things during the service which he excels at, he is very negative and doesn’t know Jesus for himself.  He seems to be looking for people to take down with him and I know that this pains his mother and others who look on.  Please pray for him that he will come to know Jesus for himself and truly give his heart to Him.  He can pray, he can sing, he is a good speaker but without Jesus, what is it?  Please pray for me that I am patient and don’t lose my focus with these jobs, parenting and all other stuff going on and around me. 

Birthday Week

Happy Sabbath

What a wonderful day.   I am thankful for a wonderful week and Sabbath.  Thursday, I was able to celebrate my son’s birthday.  I wanted badly to give him a birthday party but with the heating system malfunctioning and my house being small, I decided not to do it.  A church sister suggested I do it Sunday.  My parents are out of town (they decided to leave the afternoon of my son’s birthday and what kind of party would it be without them?  So Thursday came and I had everything set up and prepared the night before.  Funny how the heat in the house worked that day.  I surprised him with a birthday playlist (video game themed), Nintendo switch lite, scooter, Pac man game, and other items.  When he went to school, I brought over a balloon to the school and the principal delivered it to him.  When he got out of school, I took him to Mcdonalds, came home to blow candles out and cut a cake I made the night before, had him change and look at more gifts before taking him to a trampoline park that had an arcade, playground and rock climbing. 

It was a busy but fabulous day and if I were seven, I’d say it was the best birthday ever.  For today, I had invited my sister to church and she came near the end of the sermon despite telling me she’d be there t 12pm, she came at 1pm and I think purposely to try to avoid the service but she still caught part of it despite it being a shortened service due to the weather.  She stayed for another birthday celebration for my son and four other people. I had purchased another cake for my son and two church sisters and was surprised that two more people had birthdays and not just that, someone else bought a huge cake for my son and another huge cake for the two other ladies that I had purchased a cake for.  Not to mention, I brought cupcakes and a bunch of decorations.  Since I heard last night they bought two cakes, I opted to leave the vegan cake I made for my son and I home and packed one slice for him to enjoy.  I turn my back to find another little girl had pulled up a chair and a fork and was digging into my son’s cake (the second one I ever backed in life and my first vegan allergen free success).

I am thankful that my son is willing to eat a new food group: cake!  I am thankful that there is something I can make that he actually enjoys.  My sister stayed till the end and helped to clean up some.  She is planning on getting married next year now, not this summer so I am glad she is slowing things down some and taking time to plan.  She comes to my parent’s home every weekend and there is no reason why she cannot walk over to my church.  I hope she comes.

I am thankful that my client moved with a provider…she is about 5 hours away and sounded much better over the phone. She still is being attacked by the enemy. She is on my prayer list and I pray things improve for her and she will know that she has a friend in Jesus who can really turn all her problems and situations around. 

It’s been a blessed and wonderful week and I hope that you can say the same and if not, continue praising the Lord.  It will get better as long as we choose to walk with and stay close to Him.

Seventy Six Hours

Happy Sabbath

Today was a very nice day and it has been a good week.  Never without a challenge, but still good week.

I had  job interview on Monday and when I went, I didn’t remember what I applied for.  I was surprised the interview was at 9pm for this store.  I tried going online to the place where I applied but I was not able to view the screen which would show me what I applied for or even the days I requested. 

I was told the position was for overnight stock and I was given the impression that I had to work a minimum of four days to get accepted and although I don’t want to do four days, I accepted the position.  Those four days would equal 36 hours of pay (they might have 30 min break or something, I haven’t worked an hourly job in a long time so if that is included, that is welcome because I am going to be tired). 

That would bring my weekly total to 76 hours weekly, but first I have to complete orientation and then I would be given my schedule to start. The interviewer told me that I could hold off on doing orientation if the days they offer for the orientation don’t work out but as soon as I finish it, I’m expected to report to work.  So that means I have been trying my best to schedule my Tuesday people early and my Thursday people late.  I think I will still go to the office on Mondays and Wednesdays early but I have less time to spend for myself and no time for mistakes.  I asked for Saturday nights, Monday nights, Wednesday nights, and Thursday nights.  I think the Wednesday through Friday is going to be the hardest since I know I have trouble falling asleep when I need to sleep and although I schedule my Friday meetings early, I have to finish well ahead before my son gets home because I am going to crash. 

I’ve done three jobs before but that was over 10-15 years ago.  I ended up staying at the mall in the cold food court trying to but not able to sleep overnight.  I stayed there until my next job at 8 something the next morning, plowed through that and went home to crash.  Even prior to my current job, I worked a full time job with back to back doubles for overnight and a part time job of 30 something hours during the day and evenings. Even if I can hold up for a short while, the extra funds will make a tremendous difference.  I want those funds to pay for the fence in the front of my house and perhaps the side so I at least get a little more privacy.  I need the funds for auto insurance.  I am on my dad’s policy and have not been able to pay him. If I don’t come up with money I will be cut off by August and I need to carry my fair share of weight.  I need funds to be there for car repair.  My car is at it’s last and I don’t have money to fix it if it breaks down tomorrow.  I need to fix the heating system, build up my savings, get a new computer, fix the handle that broke what, last week, on the storm door.  There are so many things.  I want to be faithful to the Lord and He knows what is happening with me and I’m not happy about decisions I have and continue to make. 

I had thought that perhaps something was on my background report that was what prevented me from getting the email/call for the employer I applied to twice last year but my report for this latest application, thank the Lord came back clear with a message that I am eligible for hire. So now I wait, for the orientation date.  My son will not have the birthday party I dreamed for him.  I don’t want to have it at my house for one because it’s small, two, the heating system is wonky and I don’t want a bunch of people in my home knowing that, three, the lighting needs to be fixed because a wire wants to act fried, and four, I don’t have the money to do a party.  I bought him a scooter and paid a little more for one that could grow with him.  I was hoping to take him to this indoor amusement park but they are closed on Thursdays and the skating place also closes before he gets out of school, so I am considering a trampoline park that has an arcade for him to enjoy.  It would be just him and I.  I wanted to do a party at church but our conference is having trainings today, next week, into February so people will not stay around church….I bought the cake mix and icing to make cupcakes.  I intend to make him a cake.  I think I might try making a small cake for the house and for Sabbath,  will bring extra balloons and decorations to church so there can still be a celebration.  I will try. 

There is so much to do and so little to work with but I am going to try to calm my worried heart and trust in the Lord.  He brought me this far and He clearly is bringing my son a far way.  You should have heard the prayer he prayed today for the church and I didn’t talk to him about it or prompt him in anyway.  God is working on my family and I am thankful for that. 

I'm Walking in Authority

Living life without appology. It's not wrong dear, I belong here. So you might as well get used to me. Happy Saturday!

Sabbath just ended a few minutes ago.  I am thankful to be able to post in 2020!  A new year, new opportunties, more testimonies, and more good to come.

I had a restful wonderful 12 days off from work and I must say the time was truly needed.  I am thankful for a job that gives me as much paid time off and holiday time as they do and for the schedule flexibility. 

I returned to work on Thursday and prior to this, I heard that my older sister got a job on the west coast and is due at work at her new job on Monday January 6^th.  Today she caught her flight (I think at 3pm if not 6pm which is still coming as I type).  I wish her well and hope that she opens up to Jesus while she is on this new journey so far far away from family and everyone else she knows.  I’m certain she will be fine, she lived in Japan for a year, it’s really my parents who I think will be the most choked up over her leaving. 

Also Thursday,  I was driving home and noticed a text message from an unfamiliar number.  I checked it and it was from a store saying I have a job interview on Monday night next week.  That was something I definitely did not expect.  I then the next day realized a phone number that tried to call me was from the same store, but they did not leave a voicemail.  I intend to go.  I want to do better this year and God knows how I feel about my finances.  For some reason Amazon played me twice so I am letting them go.  I guess they were not for me.  I need more money to make ends meet and am praying that what ever this new store has to offer for part time work, that it will work out.  The location is only 15-20 minutes down the street from me.  It’s not a store location I frequent a lot so if I do something embarrassing, I’m not forced to roll through there and pick up anything I need. 

Today was the first Sabbath that I directed the music for and it was a success.  I am looking for all networking opportunities and had a good session with the children who will be singing next Sabbath.  There is so much to do this year at church and I’m thankful and excited to be a part of it.  Since there is so much to do, I am forced to come out of my shell and even today did the mission story.  I remember a time that my teacher caught me off guard and asked me to read what I wrote to the class.  I was so nervous and I let my anxiety get the best of me so much so I couldn’t even pronounce the word “the”.  You would think people would understand the power of nerves but I was still made fun of for the rest of the semester and people thought I had an intellectual disability talked to me “different” after that episode.  Not fair, but I can laugh about the experience now. I don’t know what the Lord has for me to do, but I know if I depend upon Him, I have nothing to worry about. 

Put your hand in the hand of the Savior for 2020 and don’t snatch it back.