MY DREAM JOB IN MY DREAMY WORLD
Since I got back from California I have felt like I have been living in a dream. Even right now as I sit in a rocking chair with the ocean breeze caressing my face and sand lingering under my toes on the back porch of at my grandparents’ beach house I still feel like I am in a dream.
California was amazing. There were so many God moments it’s hard to list them all but I do have to share a few. The first morning I was in California I spent the morning in Sacramento at a quaint little coffee shop. I then decided to head to Redding but on my way the Holy Spirit highlighted “H Street” to me so I turned down it. As I was driving down H Street I got the most amazing breeze and smelled the sweet familiar smell of Roses. As I looked to my left I saw an elegant Rose Garden! Right in downtown Sacramento. It was the most amazing and elaborate Rose Garden I have ever seen. I found a parking spot, got out of the car, and walked and sat all around that Rose Garden. It was very serendipitous to say the least and I felt so special sitting in a Rose Garden hearing MY Daddy God’s voice clear as day. It was truly an encounter unlike any other I have experienced before. (To me going down H St. and Sitting in a Rose Garden was a very special way of feeling Him say “I see you Heather Rose. You are my Chosen one.”)
The other encounter that I still feel so special was the last night at Bethel during their Sunday night worship session. Out of nowhere they started singing “As the Deer.” Of course I started crying but I could hardly believe that I was hearing that song. It’s my favorite childhood song that has given me so much comfort and strength when I didn’t even know I needed it. Throughout the years that song has come to my mind but the only place I have ever heard it sung was at my old private school back in Baltimore which had a Lutheran background. I heard Holy Spirit whisper “This song is for you.” After the song was over a lady came up to me to welcome me to Bethel and I asked her if they sang that song often she said no that’s the first time they have ever sang it. I told her it was my favorite and she said He must have had them sing it just for you.
Those stories are just two of an amazing 5 day encounter with the Lord. I felt so special and loved I’m still speechless when I think about my time in Cali. When I got home I finished up my last week of BASSM (Bethel Atlanta Supernatural School of Ministry) and graduated. I then started to feel the Lord say “Ok now start applying for jobs. It’s time to get back into the workforce.” I was excited and nervous all at the same time. I went online applied to three jobs and got a call 2 hours later; needless to say I freaked out called my parents and said what do I do! To think about having lives in my hands again after three years of traveling and ministry is a scary feeling. As my loving awesome parents always do they began to encourage me and speak truth over me “you have a degree, you have a masters, you have experience, and have been practicing in other ways, it will come back to you like riding a bike, CALL THEM BACK!” So after that conversation I was ready.
I started to have a few phone interviews but the jobs that I was being interviewed for I would have to move. I didn’t feel like I was suppose to move so I started to get disappointed but willing to go wherever the Lord wanted me to go. On my way home after a phone interview I was reminded of a place that I had drop off my resume after Atlanta CGA had dissolved. I hurried home and looked online and they had a position open! It was a Certified Athletic Training Position at the clinic that was right down the road! I applied online that Friday and got a call the next Tuesday asking to see if I could come in for an informal interview. He told me to make sure I read their mission and core values statement because they were different from most physical therapy offices out there. I went online and was completely blown away. Here are just a few things they state on their website:
“To our employees, we commit to provide a positive, respectful, and fair work environment. We will invest in their professional growth to ensure a compassionate and knowledgeable team of professionals. The virtues of integrity, honesty, and loyalty will make up the moral fiber that bonds us.
VALUES & PRINCIPLES
Culture is critical to the success of any organization, and at Drayer Physical Therapy Institute it is driven by our values and principles. We take pride in holding ourselves accountable to a belief system that is centered on God, family and work. We want our behavior to demonstrate an unselfish commitment to our patients’ needs. Our beliefs and behaviors are derived from three fundamental core values that distinguish who we are:
– See more at: http://drayerpt.com/about-us/mission-statementcore-values/#sthash.RESi1ERD.dpuf “
I MEAN COME ON! As I read this my heart began to leap for joy. I knew this was the job for me. I didn’t care what it was all I knew was that I wanted to work for someone that had these core values and principles.
The next Thursday I came in for an interview and it went awesome! For two and a half hours we talked about my background, the World Race, what I was doing in Georgia, and the position. He began to name off the requirements that they were looking for and I began to check them all off. I then asked him the name of the school and he told me it was a local Christian school and that he had no idea how he was going to find someone for the position until I applied for it. He asked me what I thought about it and I started to laugh “This is literally my dream job. The hours, the location, the sports, it’s literally my dream job.” We both were very excited and began to end the interview.
I was then reminded and said “I am actually being reminded that I handed in my resume here a while ago when my first program dissolved.” He reached down behind his desk and pulled out my resume paper and said “You mean this resume?” I laughed and said “Yes, that’s it!” He said “Yeah I’ve been carrying this thing around in my briefcase for a little over 6 months.” I laughed and said “Oh did you even look at it.” He said “Yes, actually when you applied online I recognized your resume. We aren’t allowed to throw away resumes until after a year and no one turns in a hard copy anymore. Everyone does it online and I didn’t know what to do with this so I’ve been carrying it around in my briefcase. I recognized your resume when I saw you applied online and I contacted you.” We both just smiled and started to laugh. He told me he would get back with me within the next few weeks and that He looked forward to speaking with me soon.
I left there blown away. Could this really be my dream job? Could this really be where all of these crazy moments have brought me too? The next Monday bright and early I got an email just following up with me saying they would like for me to meet the head manager. The next day they called me and asked me if I could come in that Thursday and meet with the Christian school Athletic Director to see if it would be a fit. So exactly one week from my first interview I was sitting in another interview. The Athletic Director began to tell me even more amazing things about the position. He told me that their Team Doc was paying for all the athletes to get IMPACT testing (which is a concussion baseline testing) I was thrilled and knew that this was another little present from my Daddy God. After the interview I was basically told on the spot I was hired. We had a few things to talk about and a few papers to sign but basically the job was mine.
I start July 6 and I am nervous, blown away, and excited all at the same time. I have been so blessed to have the past couple of week to just relax, enjoy family and friends, and some well needed beach and adventure time before starting my first “Big Girl” job! I know the Lord has aligned my steps to this very moment and I am blown away by how He has answered every little detail of my hearts desires for a job. Please keep me in prayer as I step back in to the medical field and for the wisdom and knowledge to come back to me ten folds!
SO EXCITED FOR MY DREAM JOB TO START!
