God's Great Faithfulness!

I've been meaning just to give a brief testimony of God's faithfulness to me in this moving situation for some time now...and though I should be sleeping, I can't really rest until I say something!

From when I got back home in December I began praying about a summer move depending on moms health condition and financial situations. I knew it could be a long shot, but my prayer was that God would make something happen if it was possible.

In March I secured a landscaping job with an elder at my church in Chicago and as far as I knew, this was where God was leading me. I had prayed also that Louisville could be possible, but I had abandoned the idea simply because I had no possible jobs or affordable housing. At this point I pursued a place to stay and a means of simply getting to work. I could get around other places I had to, but getting to work needed to happen. Over the next month or two my housing options were slowly eliminated due to the work site being different than what I had expected. For a few weeks I stopped looking and left it to God.

Then in April, Jackie and my best friend Matt came out for their spring break. I was sharing my situation with Jac and she recommended I email my worship pastor again about any possible jobs or housing, so I did. To my great surprise, he responded a few days later saying his family had prayed and they wanted to house me for the summer free of charge! They also had an extra car for me to drive and all I needed to pay was the gas! WOW!!! I couldn't believe it. So, I quickly looked for jobs within the Louisville area and I had a few possibilities but nothing secure. And I couldn't purchase a plane ticket with no job and time was running out since I was needing to be on my way by mid-May if not sooner for a wedding in KY.

In late April I visited school for a banquet to see friends and say goodbye to some Seniors who were moving home for good. I spent two days there at school and they were so refreshing! One of my friends picked me up w/ Jackie and he mentioned a job opening he heard about. So when I got home I called the number and to make a long story short...the job fit me perfectly! Good pay, full time and could continue into the semester part time... Hallelujah! Unfortunately the job is by campus and I will be living 30ish miles away so I will have to commute.

This meant restrictions on the car I could borrow from my pastor. And shortly after securing a job, I heard about a car within my church body there in great shape that I could purchase (for me only) at $1000!!! I don't have it yet, but it looks like I will be buying it soon and using it to commute and get around into school this fall.

All this to say, God has been nothing but faithful to me in these situations and not a day has gone by for the last 3 weeks that I have not been reminded of that.

The ironic twist is, God has decided to throw me a curve ball. In quitting my jobs, I forgot to allow some time off for packing and over these next 3 days before I move I will be working 45+ hours! And I leave bright and early Thursday morning at 12:30am sooo I will be very crunched for time and being packed! So please pray I somehow find time to sleep AND pack up everything I need to.

More to come when I make it to the other side of the country...

Blessings!