I went to get a route hoping to be able to deliver in the area I lived, which did not happen. I found a route with an apartment complex. I thought why not. Altogether I would make $180 on the route. I went to get the phone books. I was so over zealous to deliver the phone books that I filled my car to the brim with books. I was a low rider for quite a while. I delivered all my books and was so frustrated that I was going to give up. I went back to the phone book place to say I am done and then I found another route I wanted to deliver. Well, I was actually convinced to continue on because I thought I was going to be able to start substituting but could not. I continued my phone book job for a week and made enough to pay my bills for this month and have money left over.(I am going to interject here to tell my readers that I did not have any money saved to move to Colorado. God told me to go and I went.) I am so thankful God provided me the job. I do have some funny storied of the job and I will tell you that you feel stupid walking up to people and saying “Here is your new phone book.” I was able to meet some great people at the phone book place that I was a light to. I feel like I planted a seed that God through me that He will use later on in their lives.
My last blog talked about me moving to Colorado. I had no clue why I was here. I just kept hearing God tell me to wait. Well since I did not have a job. I waited and waited and waited some more. In all I waited three weeks . Three weeks of going to the library everyday to use the internet. I did learn a few things at the library like the fact that the Mormans visit on Monday’s and I learned who the regular visitors are. It was a time that I was just sitting listening to God say wait while I was freaking out at how I was going to pay the bills.
Everyday at the library, I would look at the paper. (Let me tell you it gets discouraging looking at a paper that has no jobs available for which you qualify. I just felt I needed to look. I felt God telling me that the job I was going to have was going to prepare me for something greater later on and I needed a job that I could be flexible in. I was not sure what this job would be.) On this particular day, I saw a job that said “Get money while delivering phone books.” I immediately applied and thought “why not. I can relive my days of delivering papers.”(I now remember that I did not truly enjoy those days.) I was called the next day and was told to show up for orientation on Saturday. Well I had nothing else to do and so I went. I knew that God was providing me an excellent opportunity to make some money and I could not turn it down. I went to the orientation unsure of what to expect. I was told the ‘rules’ and yes there are rules to follow. After the rules session, we were able to pick our routes.
The other way God is providing for me is through tutoring. I have been able to tutor quite a few people. I am learning that the money I was paid in South Dakota for tutoring was quite low. I have made enough on this job to make my bills for last month. God is amazing.
Now that I am done delivering phone books, my substitute teaching is starting. I have substitute taught for 2 days and plan to do this for the rest of the week. I am amazed at how awesome God is. He has provided me the right job at the right time. I may not have looked at Colorado and thought “I am going to deliver phone books”,but God knows what is truly best for us. Sometimes we just need to wait and be patient. Tell our selfish voice to chill out while God does His amazing work in our lives.
