Saturday, August 27, 2016

Serendipity Abounds

This post is a little late in coming, but I still wanted to share this with you. It just goes to show that you never know what is in store for you or what is already in the works.

So, if you are keeping up with this blog, you've been keeping up with our journey over the past year. If not, please feel free to venture through previous posts and learn what we've been up to. That being said, I was having a conversation recently with the office manager about me going to work for this school. Everyone is so very happy I've joined the staff at Waolani Judd. It will fade as I become a more permanent fixture but it's always nice to receive recognition for work done well, to be appreciated for my contributions. The office manager made the comment that, as an office last fall, they handed over their need in prayer for a new employee. She said they had very specific requests but they didn't give up praying. 

They prayed for someone with office experience that had worked with some accounts payable/receivable, some inventory management, a bit of website management, a good multitasker, and someone with childcare experience that could also help out the teachers as an emergency substitute and as an aide when needed. Additionally, they prayed for someone with children that could attend the school so that they could benefit from the opportunities staff members receive. I jokingly asked her when they started praying this prayer.  She laughed and said oh at the start of the school year, so the beginning of August. She continued in a lighthearted manner with, "But we didn't give up. We just kept praying and praying and praying." 

At this point, I was just standing there in shock. It took me a few moments to find words again. I told her that Mark lost his job at the end of August but that things had started a downward trend in the middle of that month. Isn't it funny how God can be at work for the things we pray for without us even knowing? Without us possibly ever seeing everything he has put in place for us? Four thousand miles away from the only home I've ever known, on a tiny island, a small group of people in a small school sent up a small prayer with such conviction that God picked out the perfect answer for them. Without sounding like I'm gloating, so far I feel that I have been everything they prayed for. Someone with a family who could benefit from their children attending. I have office as well as childcare experience. I was an answer to their prayers and they don't let me forget that, which is very humbling at times. 

Just as they prayed for us, our family had started praying for direction. A new path we could walk together. Change is scary, sometimes painful and difficult. The unknown is the same. But, when you can look back and say, I gave it all to Him and He wrapped His arms around us and placed is precisely where we were needed, it is an amazingly beautiful thing. 

The song I chose that I'm listening to a lot right now is Switchfoot's "Live It Well." I hope you are living well. Aloha, my loves!!🌺🌺 

Live It Well

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RW2cayoYGdk

Yeah (I wanna live it well) Yeah, yeah
(I wanna live it well) Yeah

Take the burden from my arms
Take the anchors off my lungs
Take me broken and make me one
Break the silence and make it a song

Life is short; I wanna live it well
One life, one story to tell
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you're the one I'm living for
Awaken all my soul
Every breath that you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah

I wanna sing with all my heart a lifelong song
Even if some notes come out right and some come out wrong
'Cause I can't take none of that through the door
Yeah, I'm living for more than just a funeral
I wanna burn brighter than the dawn

Life is short; I wanna live it well
One life, one story to tell
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you're the one I'm living for
Awaken all my soul
Every breath that you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah

I got one life and one love
I got one voice, but maybe that's enough
'Cause with one heartbeat and two hands to give
I got one shot and one life to live
One life to live, yeah
And every breath you take is a miracle

Life is short; I wanna live it well
One life, one story to tell (one love)
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you're the one I'm living for (the one, yeah)
Awaken all my soul
Every breath that you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you're the one I'm living for

One life, one love
(One love) One life, one love
(One voice) One voice, yeah
(And that's enough) And that's enough, oh
(One heartbeat, two hands to give)
I got one shot and one life to live
One life to live


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