We went to the park over by AC Steere in Shreveport - If you live in the Shreveport area, have kids that like parks, and haven't been - I highly suggest you go! It's AWESOME! You can't go during school hours, because the school uses it. But seriously - its pure awesomeness! (little Kung Fu Panda reference there!)
Anyways - some big things are happening for us in May. In 2 weeks Jamon will have completed his Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Pre-Med. Exciting but just a baby step - med school next!
As for me - I was recently hired full-time at a local Kool Smiles office!
Even though this will end up being really long, I would like to share the whole story!
During April I worked as a temp on Thursdays for 5 weeks at a Kool Smiles office in Texarkana. The Office Manager there told me they were opening an office in Shreveport and that she would like to help me get a job there! I, of course, was like YES PLEASE! Ha ha Anyways, so I interviewed a few days later and felt really, really good about it! Jamon and I have been praying ( for about a year now! ha ha) That I would find a permanent position somewhere local and I felt really strongly that this was where I was going to be working.
The next Friday Jamon and I decided to drive to his Mom's house in Ben Wheeler, Texas and then go to the temple! His mom lives right off the highway about half-way to Dallas from Shreveport. On the way I decided to call Kool Smiles, since they said they would contact me by Wednesday. When I talked to the man who I was hoping would offer me the job - he instead said they hadn't found a second dentist and so they were only going to hire one hygienist. And that one hygienist wasn't going to be me. To say I was devastated would have been an understatement. I was driving,crying, and trying not to cry :) I told Jamon that my weekend was ruined and I just wanted to go home (We were about an hour out of Shreveport) Jamon - who happens to be very rational (good thing!) said we should keep going and that everything was going to be alright. I had my doubts. :)
Once we got into Tyler, Jamon suggested we stop at a park to let Molly get out of her seat and play for awhile before we met up with his Mom and siblings. I agreed and played with Molly on the slide and swings all puffy-eyed! I started to feel a little better, but still very stressed out!
We stayed at Jamon's Moms house that night, there was a big storm, and we lost power. Bleh. But we got up and made it to the 11:30 session. As soon as we stepped into the temple I felt the Spirit. Once the session started - I started crying. I was so overwhelmed with everything and I just had to give it all up. I knew that I had been relying too much on the "arm of man" (myself) and I needed to just be still and trust that my Father would take care of me and my family. We prayed a lot and felt that what we originally decided (about 3 years ago) was still what we needed to do. That I would work so Jamon could focus on school. I left feeling 150% better.
We left that night so we could make it back for Sunday's Stake meeting. All throughout the meeting I kept hearing the speakers talk about Heavenly Father's love for us. Again I felt the Spirit very strongly and knew that everything was going to work out.
Two days (TWO DAYS! How quick is that!) later I worked in Longview and after I got home we went to the Brownlee park so Molly could play some. I left my cell phone at home and when I got back there was a message from Kool Smiles. They had changed their minds and offered me a full time position (paying more than they had originally told me they would!) It was my miracle!
I cried and danced and prayed a very grateful prayer to my Heavenly Father.
I know that we have a Father in Heaven who loves us more than we can understand. I know that if we obeying his commandments, trying our hardest, and trusting Him; that he will ALWAYS bless us. He will bless us in ways that we don't expect and don't understand. I know that the Temple is the House of the Lord and when we go there we can be closer to Him than in any other place. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and understands every hurt, worry, and hard thing that we go through. He has suffered all for us and will take those burdens from us, if we only trust him. I love my Savior and am so very grateful for all He does for me.
