Job Offer in EPA

Last week I was offered a job in East Palo Alto. It is a second grade position in a transitional bilingual program, rather than a kindergarten position in the dual immersion program. This position was not what I was applied for, but after prayer and listening, I believe this is where God wants me to go. My family and church family have been praying for God's will to be done also, and while there has been warnings about what difficulties I will encounter, there has not been a single voice saying, "No, do not go." Some times I can deceive myself into believing that my will is God's will because I want something so intensely. I become blinded by desire and ambition. I do not believe that is the case here, as my parents and pastors have asked me hard questions about why I am going and they were satisfied with my answers. It is God's timing, and I ask all of you to rejoice with me in this. I am finally free to take the next step in my adult relationship with Christ after many years of waiting and being told, "Have patience. Stay in Santa Maria." Staying in Santa Maria has been the most difficult transition of my life. Everything - and I mean everything - that I had dreamed of doing died and remained dead these last three years.

"At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said,
'The LORD has given and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised.'"
Job 1:20-21

"On one occassion, while Jesus was eating with them, He gave them this command:
"Do not leave Jerusalem [Santa Maria], but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. In a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Then you will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:4-5,8

"For with the Lord a day is like a thousand years..."
2 Peter 3:8

Ever feel like you've had to wait a couple thousand years for God's will to come to completion?