Hi Ladies,

I am finishing up my six very long weeks of schooling soon. And, I would just like to ask for extra prayer support for my small group and myself to be well equipped and successful, and may somehow bring glory to God one day... My 2 partners have to do their presentations tomorrow, and I need to finish answering 2 more in-depth chapter questions given to us by our professor.

Also, I know that once this portion of my schooling ends, that many people are going to expect me to jump into the "first job offered to me", including my vocational counselors and my mother. However, this frightens me a bit, as I do not want to go outside of God's will/plans for me in any way, shape or form. And, I also do not want to have to take a position that I may not be capable of doing well [physically, mentally, spiritually speaking] and thus not being able to bring Him glory.

As it is, I have been having to stay up until at least 1:30 a.m. to complete all of this in-depth homework that is required of me, and this has been very difficult for me to do.

And, although I understand that getting back into the "workforce" might be good for me, I just want it to be something that I can enjoy, too, at least in some way, shape or form...

As, although these graduate courses are very interesting to me; I am still having to fight overwhelming feelings of grief/sadness regarding my dear Daddy's passing in March. And, regardless, I honestly feel that I need to have a job/position where I can either be trained well, or know enough to do things correctly, etc., and not to feel uncomfortable asking for assistance when/if I need it.

So, please pray that whatever new position that the Lord places me in will be an encouraging, supportive place to work, even if it is just "for a short season"...

Thank you!

In Christ's Love,

Jennifer

Jennifer,
Praying God's will to be done in all of this.

Blessings,
Deb

Me too. Praying the prayer that never fails...

Jennifer, may the Lord make your way perfect (Ps 138:8) in everything.
Hope everything went well?
Blessings,
Malva

Hi Ladies,


It is time to celebrate ~ Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I just saw the grades for my 2 summer school courses "officially speaking" on the university's website this afternoon, and they are both "A's" !!! Praise the Lord !!!

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However, I still need to pass through all of the "red tape" of actually getting the Wis. teaching certificate; including having to get fingerprinted by a kind police man yesterday, as I lived in Texas during part of the time my other license was used. So, basically, they have to do a detailed background check on me...

And, I wouldn't care about that if all of the the years that I spent teaching to the NW of Houston were seen as "good". However, I am a bit frightened as to what my former Texas school district says/writes about my 4th year of teaching there; as my "supervisor" had me "walking on eggshells" and didn't seem to like anything that I did there that school year [and she was sure to write it all down, too]. And, trust me, I am not trying to be "self-righteous" or anything here, as I know that I am no where near "perfect"...

[I have finally managed to forgive that particular supervisor woman, but only with Jesus' help, though - praise God!]

But it still frightens me what the repercussions may do to my "official teaching record". However, I do not see that particular person "on staff" in the district any longer, but the paperwork is likely still there.

On the other hand, the first 3 years that I taught there, I received "acceptable to outstanding evaluation ratings" from my other supervisors.

I would appreciate your prayers with this matter, as it is critical to my being certified to teach again... I have been praying about this situation, myself, too; but it seems to be much simpler to have others covering me in prayer, as well.

And, of course, I am praying that God's will would be done in this situation.

However, I cannot quite imagine that the Lord would help me fund these 2 graduate level courses this summer if He did not want me to use the knowledge that I have gained from them, and it was a great deal... Have mercy on me, please, O Lord, my God !!!

In Christ's Love,

Jennifer

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Jennifer, we are SO proud of you! Well done!

Don't worry about the rest of the procedure. God brought you this far, He'll take you right through to where He wants you to be a witness for Him and a blessing to others.

Blessings,
Malva

Hi there,

Malva,
I will sure try not to "worry" and need to get myself back into His Word more again...

I do not see myself getting a "full time teaching position", but if God so wills it, I will give it my best... I've been sending out inquiry letters to Christian schools in the area, too.

And, the reason that I do not see myself getting a "full time teaching position" is because this area is flooded with teachers, and not enough jobs... Two years ago, I applied all over the state, literally, and received so many "Dear ____ letters" or received nothing back from school districts that I had to pull myself together to fight off the Enemy, as rejection is a hard thing for me to handle, with or without the Lord's help. But it was much, much worse without His help, that's for sure! I'll give you a couple of examples. One district that I applied for in the "boonie-lands" of northern Wisconsin, sent me an email stating that the principal had chosen 7 applicants to interview out of the 350 that he had received! Secondly, I applied to my sister [Amy]'s kids district just south of Milwaukee, and a week later, she came back from a School Board meeting and called me. She wanted to tell me that I was one of 650 applicants for this 1 elementary teaching job! Crazy, isn't it?

But, God is bigger than all of that stuff, and if He wants me to have a full time teaching position somewhere where He knows that I will be able to handle it and thrive, I know that He can "pull some spiritual strings" if He wants to do so...

Continuing to pray that God's will be done and not my own...

In Christ's Love,

Jennifer

Jennifer,

Praying for you also.

Congratulations on your grades! Way to go.