the way things are going.
i was writing an email to a friend this morning and realized that...it'll be great to post that onto here as well because it shows God's hand in this whole job searching matter and would be awesome to look back and see this and be encouraged by what He did :)
...as for me, actually things are taking quite a turn lately! since i started working at my current job, which is an accounting position at a hospital, ive been feeling quite depressed about where my life was going. i was really dissatisfied with just an office job and not being able to make a difference in people's lives...coz where i work, there's only 6 pple in total and we're all couped up in a basement because they dont want other people to bug us for paychecks and stuff. so yeah there wasn't much human contact and we're not supposed to talk during work...and i was just losing meaning in why im doing what i'm doing. church wasn't going too well either because i still havent been able to get to know people at all and even though i was going for small group, it wasn't community for me yet. i just kept praying and waiting on God to let me know where to go from there because i dont think where i was was a good place for me to be in.
then i was talking with a friend about a month ago about where i was and she said that i really shld look at my passions and see what i can do. i mentioned that i liked cultures, languages and i like playing tour guide sometimes lol and she told me about a position at kings university in edmonton of an international students coordinator and i was quite surprised that she mentioned that because i actually wanted a position like that when i was still in university but didnt really pursue it because i was already in accounting, plus i know there isn't many positions like that at all. but anyways, i applied for it even though i wasn't confident of getting it because of my lack of experience in that area, all i had was passion for international students eh...but by God's grace, i got an offer from them last week! the whole process went really smoothly, i did a phone interview and then went up to see them. loved the place, really liked my future colleagues and the students seemed really awesome too. and i feel so at peace with this, like this is something that God has prepared for me in advance you know? :) so basically i'll be moving back up to edmonton in july and doing my masters at the u of a in sept!
the funny thing is, He made me wait for a year before giving this to me, and one of my reasons for moving to calgary in the first place was to spend time with my parents and to live with them. i came around may last year and in a way i fulfilled what i came down to do :) plus, because i graduated in accounting, now i can say i have a taste of what it is like and so even though i'm changing to a totally different job, my parents are alot more understanding than if i were to not even give it a try. i've had to persuade them that accounting really isn't suitable for me because of my personality too but they've seen how its like for me at work for the past few months so they get it now. hehe so yeah! that's just something thats been happening with me and i feel like after waiting for God's guidance for like, a year, He's finally shedding some light in my path and i'm sooooooooo thankful for it! it'll be interesting to go back to edmonton but i'm sure it'll be good :)
...as for me, actually things are taking quite a turn lately! since i started working at my current job, which is an accounting position at a hospital, ive been feeling quite depressed about where my life was going. i was really dissatisfied with just an office job and not being able to make a difference in people's lives...coz where i work, there's only 6 pple in total and we're all couped up in a basement because they dont want other people to bug us for paychecks and stuff. so yeah there wasn't much human contact and we're not supposed to talk during work...and i was just losing meaning in why im doing what i'm doing. church wasn't going too well either because i still havent been able to get to know people at all and even though i was going for small group, it wasn't community for me yet. i just kept praying and waiting on God to let me know where to go from there because i dont think where i was was a good place for me to be in.
then i was talking with a friend about a month ago about where i was and she said that i really shld look at my passions and see what i can do. i mentioned that i liked cultures, languages and i like playing tour guide sometimes lol and she told me about a position at kings university in edmonton of an international students coordinator and i was quite surprised that she mentioned that because i actually wanted a position like that when i was still in university but didnt really pursue it because i was already in accounting, plus i know there isn't many positions like that at all. but anyways, i applied for it even though i wasn't confident of getting it because of my lack of experience in that area, all i had was passion for international students eh...but by God's grace, i got an offer from them last week! the whole process went really smoothly, i did a phone interview and then went up to see them. loved the place, really liked my future colleagues and the students seemed really awesome too. and i feel so at peace with this, like this is something that God has prepared for me in advance you know? :) so basically i'll be moving back up to edmonton in july and doing my masters at the u of a in sept!
the funny thing is, He made me wait for a year before giving this to me, and one of my reasons for moving to calgary in the first place was to spend time with my parents and to live with them. i came around may last year and in a way i fulfilled what i came down to do :) plus, because i graduated in accounting, now i can say i have a taste of what it is like and so even though i'm changing to a totally different job, my parents are alot more understanding than if i were to not even give it a try. i've had to persuade them that accounting really isn't suitable for me because of my personality too but they've seen how its like for me at work for the past few months so they get it now. hehe so yeah! that's just something thats been happening with me and i feel like after waiting for God's guidance for like, a year, He's finally shedding some light in my path and i'm sooooooooo thankful for it! it'll be interesting to go back to edmonton but i'm sure it'll be good :)