Find out what God is doing in my life!!!!

Wow!

It’s been a long time since I have written to update you guys, my friends and supporters, on what has been happening in my life and how you can pray for me.

The last time I wrote, I was working for Williams Aerial and Mapping (WAM) and enjoying it very much. I was looking for work in Helena, MT, for several different reasons, which happened to be quite providential. I emailed the two year college in town asking if there was a spot for part time work in their Aviation Maintenance Technology Department. I’m not really sure what I was expecting, but I got an immediate reply saying they had an immediate need for a full time instructor. Long story short, (message for details) after some prayer, a good long phone call with my dad and another to Matt Poelman (a professor from LETU) I accepted and got hired on as an adjunct teaching a full time schedule. 

This was perfect! About three weeks after classes started for me, WAM lost its main contract for the winter and I would have most likely been laid off. God was looking out for me regardless of what my reasons were for going to Helena to begin with. I got thrown in right away with only 9 days from my hire date to the first day of classes!! What a whirlwind!!

I have 17 students ranging in age from 16 to 50 and it’s been quite a challenge at times to instruct people who are much older than I and also people the same age as I. Also challenging is preparing course material from almost scratch as each class begins. I have some good resources in my old notes and projects from my very recent education.

The need to have an instructor arose because the current instructor was on military leave and they could not advertise his position in case he wanted it when he returned. He resigned at the end of last semester. What that means for me is that my job will be advertised nationally to be on a tenure track and I will get to apply and interview for my own position. If I get the job, (for which I feel very unqualified) I will have employment that pays enough to work off student loans for at least 7 years. At the end of that I will have achieved tenure and maybe paid my loans enough to be ready to go to the mission field!!

This is my biggest prayer request, that I would get the job. If I don’t then obviously God has a plan, but I have no idea what the next step would be. Meanwhile I have gotten very involved in my local Assemblies church with Youth.First and the worship team on Sundays. 

Please, please pray for me for the following things:

Continued Financial Provision

Employment with Helena College or a clear plan for the future

Cheaper rent/housing arrangement

Spiritual Growth

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.