On The Upward Swing...

It has been a while since I made my last post; things have certainly been pretty crazy for me. Perhaps I should have turned to his forum a bit sooner to help vent my frustrations; instead I think I was kind of like the deer in the middle of the road, blinded by the lights, paralyzed at the legs....

So a little over 3 weeks ago I lost my job with Central Va Community Services. For those of you who follow my status' at all on facebook I'm sure you have seen lots of complaining on my behalf of kids hitting staff. For those you don't, yeah that's what happened.

Our kids were flipping out all the time, throwing stuff at staff, hitting them, cursing, completely out of control. I kept saying for a long time "We need protocol for when kids hit staff"... I was told to "deal with it". So this continued on for some time, being abused by kids, feeling hopeless and unsupported by those around me. After being kicked between the legs numberous times I had about had enough. So the company had seen I was getting frustrated, tried to find me another placement so they said, and then let me go. That was the scariest, yet happiest moment I had experienced in a long time....

So the job hunt began, working part time with David and Cecil, trying to make the ends meet. I had several quick interviews, one job offer that I didn't want to take, and really just handed everything over to God; asking him to open doors for me, closing the wrong ones. Well, just turns out that I accepted a position yesterday for a job in Roanoke, Va as a Mental Health Supports Supervisor. Basically, the job that I was the least qualified for, I was offered first! How does that work again? The other interviews I nailed and was very qualified for.... this job however is certainly a blessing from God and I'm going to take every effort to glorify him with it!

So I start Monday and I am extremely excited! Hmm... so got a wisdom tooth cut out this past monday, our volleyball season for city league started Tuesday, we won 3 out of 5.

So right now I'm excited for the weekend and can't wait to spend some time with Jess. God is good right now and I just really challenge anyone and everyone to trust in the Lord, you are in the position that you are for a reason. He is directing your path and as long as you know that, you know that he will bring you through anything. When the Lord is on your side, whom then shall you fear?