During Christmas vacation, I filled out a lot of applications hoping that I would get a job this summer. I really desired a job at a hospital, preferably Community North Hospital. This would be perfect since I am a nursing major, and this would be valuable experience. Getting into a big hospital like this is not easy at all, so I talked to a lady at church who is a nurse at Community North about wanting a job there this summer. She said she would try to help, and I walked away with some hope in my heart.
Months later....nothing.
Towards the end of second semester I started wondering if I was going to get a summer job. I even thought that maybe God wanted me to go on a mission trip or work at a camp that I have worked at the past two summers. I prayed some about my summer job, but not as much as my mother. My mother is a prayer warrior, and I am so thankful for her! She had faith that I would get a summer job, but she strongly believed the Lord told her that I would get a job at a hospital.
While at IWU, I found out about an internship program that offered internships related to students' majors. I went to a meeting about internships related to nursing, and I filled out an application. Later, I went in for an interview. The man interviewing me told me that no matter how well I presented myself, people hiring for the internships usually hire upperclassmen, not freshmen. My mother thought I would get this internship anyway...she stood strong in her faith. Soon after this interview, I received an e-mail about recording an interview online. After completing everything for the application process, I received an e-mail stating that I will not be hired this year but that I could try again next year.
Next year??? But I need a job THIS SUMMER!
I called my mother to let her know I did not get the internship, and this phone call shook her faith. She thought the Lord had spoken to her, but now she wondered if it was really the Lord. Was it her own thoughts?
Somewhere in all of this mess Community North had called my home-not my cell. My mother answered and found out that they wanted me the whole year. My mother thought I needed to focus on school and not school and a job, so she told them I would not be accepting the position. After my mother told me this on the phone, I was very upset!
"You should have at least told me instead of turning them down right away! Now I definitely won't get a summer job at a hospital!"
After talking to my mother, I sat at my computer...fuming. I was mad she did not tell me about this job opportunity. She turned it down...without telling me 'til now! Ugh. So, I started filling out one or two more applications for a hospital job. I was not going to let mother take this job from me. I even tried calling Community North, but I did not really know who to talk to. I tried explaining my situation to someone there, but I did not know if they would help or not.
I decided the Lord will provide a job for me...somehow. I surrendered my summer job to Him.
Sometime later, I was sitting in the student center with some friends when I received a phone call. I did not know who was calling, but when I answered the phone...it was Community North!!!!!!!! I stood up and walked a little distance from my friends and leaned on a column while the lady on the phone asked me if I could come in for an interview in a week. I would be done with finals in a week so this worked out perfectly! Estatic, I called my mother and told her about what just happened!
"I am not going to turn this opportunity down!" I told her. "I can work once every other week! I just can't let this go!"
My mother decided I should give it a shot...and I did. Now, I am hired!
Nothing stands in the way of God's will. God told my mother that I would get a job at a hospital this summer. He wasn't lying. I thought my mother messed up an awesome opportunity...but God prevailed. God knows what he is doing, and will not let anyone mess up what he has planned. Thank you Father! You are so good! Too good!
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