Lets go back in time a bit... Its August 2011. My Dad is in the hospital with a strange infection the Doctors can't figure out, my Mom is going through rigorous chemo treatments for her Breast Cancer, and my life in Detroit is in shambles. I take a month off from LifeBUILDERS to go home to be a "nurse" for my parents and quickly realize that God did not want me to return to Detroit. I start freaking out, because I am a missionary... people are supporting me financially and if I leave I will be letting them all down. I have to make one of the hardest decisions of my life. Do I disobey God and return to Detroit because I'm to afraid of disappointing everyone who cares about me, or do I obey God and leave LifeBUILDERS for good?
Well, its pretty obvious which choice I chose. I resigned from LB on a Friday and started looking for a new job. Naturally I quickly contacted the two places that I had previously worked- South Side Mission in Peoria, and Lydia Home in Chicago.
On Tuesday I get a text from a friend who works at Lydia saying that there was a job opening in the Urban Academy and I needed to contact the director ASAP. I email Mandy my resume and she responds back very quickly. She wanted to interview me over the phone. She calls that afternoon and tells me all about LUA and the job I would have. The phone call was going very well and I could tell this was something I was really interested in. She needed to get back to teaching class and asked if she could call me back afterward and answer any questions I had. Between those two phone calls my Mom and I started praying. I asked my Mom if I should take this job if she offers it to me. My mom looked at me stunned and said "You would be crazy not to take this job, Lydia has ALWAYS been your dream, God is bringing your dream into reach!" In all the craziness of Detroit and my parents being so sick I had lost sight of my dream. It was true, Lydia was my dream. The next day I drove up to Lydia to meet Mandy and the students. She offered me the job there on the spot.. and it "just so happened" that there was a house Lydia owned that was made available for employees and there was a spot there for me to live **More on the house later! That was just one more confirmation from the Lord that this was exactly where He wanted me to be.
When I started this job my prayer became "Lord, I want to stay in ONE place for at least two years and more if you'll let me." I was so exhausted of moving from place to place and starting over with new people. I was ready to set some roots. **More on that later! So far God has answered that prayer and allowed me to stay at Lydia for almost two years. I praise HIM for that because I see the difference that is being made through my time here. All because of Christ and for Christ!
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