TIMMY GOT A JOB!!!!!!
As most of you know, Timmy has spent the past year working at Greenville County Detention Center. If any of you know Timmy, this is not his ideal work environment... However, God has been with him and helped him grow and develop skills he never would have had without this position. Nevertheless, Timmy has been constantly looking for an alternative job, but nothing has really surfaced.... Until about 2 weeks ago...
Then out of the blue, Timmy got a call from a friend who works at his old high school letting him know that a teaching position had opened up, starting in January, and she strongly encouraged him to apply. Now we were both a little hesitant of the situation simply because Timmy has never seriously talked about teaching before, and if you know me I don't believe that it's acceptable to go into teaching just to have a job, it's too important. However, we both sat down and talked about it, many times, did
A LOT of praying and asked God to make our path clear and to lead us in the right direction.
Unfortunately, our waters started to get a little murky, because I got a nanny position here in Greenville with a super sweet family that I would have LOVED to work with. We were very torn trying to figure out which direction God was pointing us to. We continued praying, discussing, and relying on God's sovereignty. About a week later, I found out that the mother I was planning on working for was laid off from her job. I was absolutely devastated for that family, but knew that this was God's way of showing us, in no uncertain terms, that he was calling us to Columbia.
We went down to Columbia a couple of days ago and Timmy signed his contract with
Covenant Classical Christian School. He will be teaching biology, math 7, keyboarding, computer applications, and P.E. Then to celebrate, I baked and decorated a cake for Timmy!
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| Don't hate, I had to use plastic baggies without icing tips... But it tasted GOOD! |
Along every step of the way, God has been there showing us exactly where to step and confirming that we are taking the correct road. We still continue to walk down that road, even though the way is still a little foggy. We are trying to find a place to rent, which is turning out to be a lot harder than we expected, and I am still on the look out for a nannying position. Even though these next few months will be rough, we are
confident that our God is in absolute control and
we rest in that knowledge.
We ask that you keep us in your prayers, asking that God will help us find the right place to live, a job for me, and that he will calm Timmy's nerves and help him to be an effective and inspiring teacher. Also, if you know of anyone renting a house/apt/townhouse in the $600 a month range or anyone in the Columbia area in need of a nanny please shoot us a message on facebook! Thank you all for keeping us in your prayers, and let us know if you're ever in the Columbia area and we can (hopefully) show you our new place!
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