The Purposed Trek

I know I haven't posted anything in a while here because I was kind of waiting for something worth while to post. And low and behold I have a few things to post on.

In honor of the season we just experienced and entering into a time of honoring Jesus, the reason for the season, I wanted to give a shout out to show how faithful He is to me. It is a long one...

I returned back from my travels to Boston and Colorado on November 5th. I hopped online and did a search to find out what was happening with the housing market in Norfolk since I hadn't been online in a week or so. I noticed that the place I was very interested, but had been previously taken off the market was now back on the market, but for $25,000 less. I immediately emailed my Realtor and wanted to know what was wrong with the property. With that drop in price and being substantially lower than all the others in the building for sale, I was a little doubtful of the place. Keep that in mind, as I share some other things happening at the same time.

The next day I headed into Macfadden (previous employer) for a meeting because they renewed my consulting agreement for another year and they wanted me to meet new staff and get some of my new assignments. I was asked if I wanted to be a consultant or become a full-time employee. I said I would like to become a full-time employee for job security, but I want to live in Norfolk. I was asked to pull together a job description and salary requirements having me work from home in Norfolk.

Back to housing story...got a reply back from my Realtor that night, that the condo I was looking at was purchased by a company because their employee didn't sell it and he had to relocate for work so they had to take it over and they just wanted it off their books. She said when I got to Norfolk the next day that if I was really interested I should go see if and be ready to put an offer on it because it would go fast. So Friday, the 7th I got into Norfolk, went and visited the condo, and put an offer on it. Crazy - buy a condo with no job. So I immediately submitted my proposal for a full-time position with Macfadden.

Now the stories merge...I got a call from my Realtor the following Thursday saying that the seller accepted my offer and my first thought was okay, God now the job needs to come through. Within 5 minutes of hanging up the phone I received a call from Macfadden saying I was hired starting Nov 24th.

Not at all how I thought things would go down, but it is the best scenario I could have ever imagined. Working for a company I loved working at, buying a place in downtown Norfolk and a loft at that, and working from home. Then to top it off when I got to Florida I found a steal of a deal on a car and just purchased that today.

There are so many more details that go in to this story, it would take a lot more words than any reader would care to read. I am so thankful and grateful to God for making a way and providing for me through every step of the way.

Summary:

• Full-Time Job - started Nov 24th
• Bought Car - November 28th
• Buy Loft - Jan 5th.
• Incredibly Grateful - all the time