Found a job!

I've actually been meaning to write this blog for several days now, I just seem to be a lot busier since I moved to Florida. Maybe it's just trying to spend as much of my free time with Susan as I can. Either way, I do now have a job. I will be working at the Florida Hospital Church doing maintenance, grounds, set-up, etc. Basically I'll be in charge of mowing, edging, and trimming the grass, helping with maintenance and upkeep on the building, set-up of the rooms for the next day, and who knows what else. Not a career move obviously, but is something I think I will like and something that will pay the bills. In fact, they were willing to pay me a little more than what they originally offered so that I could pay all my bills (rather than just picking my favorite ones each month). The church is used throughout the week by all sorts of different groups, and the church wanted to have someone be there into the evening while groups were there. And after the group leaves, I will have to tear down, clean up, and reset it up for the next day's events. So my normal hours will be like noon to 8:30 pm Monday through Thursday and at least 2 hours on Sunday. I will have to adjust that a little in the fall when I begin classes at Asbury. I will be taking 1 class online all throughout the summer, and I will have a one week intensive class at the end of August. I had hoped to take more during the summer, but that's a whole other story. I will begin my new job next week and will be working a different schedule as I shadow the other maintenance guy to learn the ropes. It should be interesting.

The job-hunt

I am continuing to search for a job, but without much success. I had sent out resumes to many places before I even came down here, and have done even more since I got here. I'm becoming a connoisseur of online applications. But each time things seem to fall through. There are still some hanging out there that could fruit, but it's hard to say. It's getting very frustrating and difficult to constantly get my hopes up and then always be disappointed.

On the bright side, I have found some temporary work. One of the guys from church (Danny Howell) needs some help moving things around at his work. It's just basically grunt work and is extremely dusty and dirty. But it's work. I worked there all this week and have probably another week or so more. It's been a Godsend to have some work and money coming in. If it wasn't for this, I would be really freaking out about money by now. But this gives me some money while I'm still looking for something. I know that God has a job prepared for me and He is getting me through until then. And I'm still putting in applications and talking to people and never know what will pan out.