Well hello all you wonderful crafty, scrappy, creatin', artsy people!!! I know, I KNOW! WAY too long since I've blogged. It's been a bumpy ride and I think there might have been a turn or two that I took a wee bit too fast, fish-tailed some, recovered, then might have even ran it square off the flocking road once or twice!
BUT I AM BACK, BUCKLED UP AND READY TO BRING IT! What? I'm sorry, what's that? Uh, you are asking "what exactly" am I "bringing"? Umm, yeaah, ah, hmmm, yerrr, weeeeeelllll... minor detail.
NEXT QUESTION.
So, since I blogged last, The Merc was unceremoniously... closed. I was totally bummed. Enjoyed it immensely, but I swore to my fab hubby that if it didn't glorify God and it didn't benefit the fam that I would not drag it out. Thus, one quick load into the back of the car and the pickup and DONE. Then what?
Prayer, that's what. Okay, that and a lot of sniveling. But mostly prayer.
And then the most amazing thing happened. Someone anonymously scholarshiped me to go to women's retreat... where one night I went to sit down with my roomies but the table was full. "No worries!" and off I go to find a place to sit, eat and make some new friends. One of THOSE new friends (God Bless You!) ♪♫listeeennnnned♪♫ when I declared "oh, and have I mentioned I'm certain that as crazy as it sounds, God is going to put THE! PERFECT part-time job in my life even though those are few and far between especially in this economy..."
Fast-forward a couple weeks and I'm in a mom's group at church (it was a Wednesday) where a guest speaker was talking about a ministry she runs for teen moms. The next day... seriously, the VERY... NEXT... DAY... I get a text from the wonderful lady that (and right here you need to hear Buddy the Elf "I'm in a store and I'm ♪♫SIIIINNNNGGGGIIINNNNGGG♪♫")... the wonderful lady that...
♪♫LISTEEEEENNNNNED♪♫
to me at the table of all my new friends at the women's retreat. She asked me if I knew Microsoft Office. I'm thinking, "Wow, she thinks I know stuff that could help her? Cool!"
Oh no. No no NO! She follows the text with a call... a call that has changed MY LIFE, MY FAMILY'S LIFE AND THE LIFE OF ALL MY FRIENDS WHO NOW HEAR ALL ABOUT MY GLORIOUS DAYS AT... MY JOB! The gal that spoke at my mom's group went full-time on that ministry and they hired me for her part-time responsibilities in the front office where my new friend also leases an office...
at Fresno/Madera Youth for Christ!
It is an amazing place to work with such a vision to reach kids and let them know that God loves them!
So, with that said, I will continue to blog, continue to create and continue to love my job... so PLEASE continue to check in here on the Homemaker's Mercantile now that I'm back from my hiatus!
And all God's people said, "Amen!"
