Employment!

     I am elated to report that I have accepted a job offer in St. Louis! Since moving here in June I have been job hunting for full time employment while still working remotely for the company I worked for in Indiana. Just this week I accepted a job offer from St. Louis Parking Company as a Building Manager for their facility at Union Station in downtown St. Louis.
     A little about this journey of employment for me. When Anna and I made the decision to move to St. Louis with her having a job here and me not we seriously considered every possible outcome in regards to employment for  me. We considered (and hoped for) me finding a job here immediately. We also talked about the possibility of me not finding a job before my temporary contract with my job in Indiana expired, thus making me unemployed. But what we did the most of was pray. We prayed for wisdom in our decision making, we prayed for favor and we prayed that I find a job! God had shown us both during our transition to St. Louis that he was taking care of us. From Anna's job, to a place to live here, day care that we trusted for the boys. All of those things God just helped us check off the list one by one and gave us an overwhelming feeling of comfort in our decisions with them. So what we were left with was me finding a job, and selling our home in Goshen. We just had such an overwhelming feeling that God was with us, and had our best interests in mind we did not (at times did our best to not) worry about those two things. My contract with work in Indiana came to an end and I had not found work here yet, but through God's goodness they needed my help for longer and extended my contract with them. That happened twice while I was here, my time was running short, I did not have a job here and they extended my contract. This last time my contract was extended to November 30th and they made it very clear that would be my final day. No more extensions, that was it. Then just last week a friend from church emailed me a job opening at a company here in St. Louis. I did my research on the company (you can find out a lot on google) and got a good feeling about the company so I submitted my resume and cover letter. I was contacted in less than a week and asked if I could come downtown to interview. My interview went so well that I was asked right there if I would come back the next day and shadow one of their current managers so I would have a little better feel for the position helping me make my decision if an offer were to be made. I of course said yes and was able to shadow a manager the next day. I had a great feeling about this company withing the first few minutes of my interview and those feelings were only confirmed when I was out shadowing in the field. One thing I always pray for is that God make decisions easy for me, make His will be very clear in one way or another and I have found that when I seek Him out and follow His will He will show me the direction He wants me to go. This overwhelming good feeling about this position and the company as a whole was God's way of showing me this was right for me. Within a few days of my job shadow I was contacted on my phone and told that they felt I was the man for their job and were going to submit a formal job offer to me in writing the next day! The offer was exactly what I needed and even a little more and I happily accepted the position yesterday afternoon! I will start with them on Monday November 12th. My journey started in the beginning of June with a lot of uncertainty about employment, limited time for work from Indiana and a lot of praying by a lot of people. Fast forward five months and I am still employed with my company in Indiana, have accepted a great position here in St. Louis and will have zero time of unemployment between. My last day with my old company will be Friday November 9th and I am starting my new job the following Monday! God has shown me time and time again that he has my best interest at heart. That interest may not always coincide with my timing or my ideas but I have found that if I trust Him and continue to seek His will He will follow through. Like I said he just continues to check the things off the list for us. The only thing we have left is our home in Goshen is still on the market. Anna and I will do everything that we can do to make sure it sells, but have learned that we will trust in the Lord and when the time is right He will deliver the right family to see it and make us an offer that we are comfortable with!