Jesus, I Trust in You

When we close one door, we then open another.

Jesus, I trust in you

Last Week~ 

Allen said goodbye to a job he has held for the past elven years. He said " my final ride home was surreal. It was diffrent and exciting. I remember my first day on the job, just out of highschool only eighteen years old. I had no idea what to exspect all I knew is I could learn the job, I wanted to work and I was praying as I jumpped in. If  can do that, this next first day on the job is going to be great. I have learned so much, my faith is stronger and I know who I am. Over all I am excited to be on a path the Lord has set me on, now that is something to be excited about."

   Let me tell you a little secret, Allen once had a dream to attend pharmamcy school. We jumped into life and pharmamcy school was not possible. Truthfully I have always held some saddness and guilt over his missed opertunity. While talking about this old dream of his, he shared that he would not change his path even if he could go back. His dream was to have a family. To be married to his best friend and fall more inlove with each passing year. He wanted to be a father and lead his family devotly inthe faith to our Lord.  He said " That is just the life I have, and it is the life I am most fullfilled. I am closer to my Lord becasue of our crosses and our struggels and I am understanding and thankful for my vocation. This Lord knew the path that was made for me and I am thankful for it."

Allen started his new job.

The night before I made his lunch, laid out his clothes and wrote him a note of encuragement on the chalkboard. He must of felt as if it was his first day of school all over agian. Little Man and I kissed him goodbye and prayed an early morning prayer as he set off on this new journey to provide.  

Allen is humble, hardworking, loyal, smart and eagaer to persever. I am beyond blessed to be married to this guy!

Two surprises in the first week of work

We found that he would be reciving his raise not in three years after his aprintasship is completed, but i

in three months after his trainning is completed. Wow, and that is not it.

We were thrilled to hear his apritaship hours are turning over as collage cridets and he will end up with an assoitotes degree in railroad science. Amazing right!

 I am doing my best to keep this short, but there is so much to say. I must tell you some of the Lord's doings when it came to this employment. The job really fell in Allen's lap.

Over a year ago someone told Allen to look online for a certain job posted. After months of looking Allen decided to not worry about it. He knew he was blessed with a good job. 

June 2011, I am in Mass and I am aking the Lord "what do you need from me Lord? I feel you calling me, but I am unaware where you want me to go. Lead me Lord and I will follow." Ariving home that night I talked to Allen about my prayer in Mass. I told him the Lord has been calling me and I could feel it more than ever before. Allen looked at me in disbelif.

What?

What are you looking at?

He walked over to his bible and showed me a bookmark he had made a few months before. On the bookmark he had wrote " What do you want from me Lord? What can I do to better serve you? Show me the way."  I cried, as I knew we were being called. We were filled with joy and curiosity. 

• Auguset 2011 the Lord was placing vivid plans for Allen in my heart and mind. They were so vivid it was as if I knew this is what we are going to do. Allen is going to work at this new job as we fullfill the Lords will for our lives. When Allen arrived home I sat down and told him what had been placed on my heart and mind that day. He said he would get online and look to see if the job was posted, but he had never seen a job listing in the months past.
• Looking online he found the job listed, for that 24 hours only. 
•  The next week we recived a call inviting him to take a test before they would consider interviewing him. The cut off date for the test was Augest 15th. Emiditly logging online the next testing day avalable was August 17th. Not even knowing if it would be worth taking the test, he signed up for the 17th and passed the test. 
• We did not exspect to hear anything back with his test being two days after the cut off date. This was the week I stayed in the hospital for 8 days. Thankfully our dear friends dropped their ipadoff for us to use. When Allen checked his email he found an invatation to an interview. With only four spots open, he quickly clicked yes. 
• Intervew day went well as it was coverd in prayer. Finding out they were hiring 10 out of 300 we really did not know what to think. During this time our prayer was that Allen only get this job if it is right for our family. Only if it is the Lords will. 
• What do you know, it must of been. Allen got the job!
• As I said before God is good! 

 We put our house on the market. After much prayer and thought, we feel this is best. It is all in his hands. Ofcourse, we have family and friends that do not want us to move and others that question our choice to move all together, but we are at peace with our choice to put the homestead on the market. Now that Allen is not working down here, there is really no reason to stay. We could use a larger home, Allen will be closer to his new job and there is so much more for our Catholic homeschooling family. Now I am not talking about moving to a new state, it is not even a full hour away, but when you move from a small town it always seems more dirmatic, right. 

More Last week- One of my longtime best friends brought a beautiful baby girl into the world. I did a lot of painting, we celebrated All Saits day and All Souls day.  We spent time with family that came in for a visit and we are doing our best to keep the house clean to show. Not that is not so easy with our bunch, but I am giving it my best.

This week, I am still painting, Allen and I will become Gods parents to a very special young man, the kids are learning about The First Thanksgiving, we are wrapping up Fall 40 Days for Life with a novena of the Chaplet of Divin Mercy. I will be editing fall photographs of a beautiful little girl, preparing my heart for my frst borns elevnth birhday, gathering information for our upcoming CALL classes ( reaching out to the orphand) and praising the Lord through it all. 

So that is that, it is a spilling the beans kind of ramble.