When I first came here, my first thought was... I need to find a job. My husband, Michael was telling me before, master the language first. Easy for a native german to say that, he grew up here, he studied law. Of course German was easy for him. HELLO!!! Nevertheless, I quickly learned the language because of a lot of factors. See my previous blog. But like every beginning, it was not easy.
When I saw that Kathrin has adjusted pretty well in Kindergarten, I started to feel the need to work again. After all, I just can't stay home and wait for her. Of course, being full time mom, it was not easy. The decision to work again was my own. I needed it. I've worked in Manila, why not work again here, two big questions are: what kind of work? Sales & Marketing? Training? Sales? And is my German good enough in the corporate world? I sure hope so ( with fingers crossed including my toes!)
I don't want to study in a University again because of my family priorities, I jotted down my priorities & assessed what do I wanted to do, which suits my current lifestyle a.k.a family routine:
*I figured out that I needed a part-time job in the morning, 4 hours maximum. Normal working days--Monday to Friday, so there will be no conflict with Michael's working schedule, a job that needs me to be creative, a job that is not boring, a job that allows me to work at home, when Kathrin is ill, a job that will help me improve my Business German in terms of correspondence & telephone skills, a job where I can also speak English, when I am lost with words, a CEO who believes in God & colleagues that are not bitchy and of course a job that pays reasonably, location should be well accessible & an understanding CEO, who will allow me to take a month of vacation without even earning my vacation days yet (we were Hawaii-bound) blah..blah..blah ( Am I asking too much? Merril dream on! )
So I started to update my CV in English and then in German and asked Michael to make some improvements. I sent out online applications and much to my disappointment, I got online rejections. This made me re-think the next steps to be done. I went afterwards to the city's Job center and ask for my options. My husband was skeptic, when I decided to go to the job center. I told him, I wanted to know if there are opportunities for me out there. I explained my situation to the job adviser and she told me, studying again doesn't raise your chances at all, play with your strengths, assured me that they will support me, and afterwards told me the conditions if I decided to be called 'officially looking for a job'. She referred me to her colleague, who looked for possible job openings that fits my working experience.
After 3 days, I got an email from the Job center, asking me if I would like to apply in an IT company, which was looking for a Social Media Marketing Person. Okay, I told myself, I have nothing to loose. I got all these rejections anyways, then might as well try my luck. I sent my CV online & got a call the following day asking for an interview. After passing the initial interview, I have to be back for a final interview with the CEO. But the day before my final interview, I got a flu, a super bad headache, runny nose, terrible cough & chills. I called a good acquaintance from my Thursday English-bible study group to pray for me because I am so ill & that I would have my final interview the following day. She told me, whatever I get the job or not, learn from it and they will pray for me. I was so worried, that I have to cancel the interview because of my terrible headache. I took all my 'mommy-supplements' and slept at 8pm.
I was up at 3am & I could not sleep anymore. I also realized my health drastically improved. No more chills, no headache, no coughing & no runny nose. Since Michael slept on the couch ( to avoid infecting him), I prayed, cried, thanked the Lord, & claimed 2 verses from the Bible:
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
and Psalm 20:4 He will give you your heart's desire and carry out all you plans.
I laid out my plans (see * above) And yes! God gave me every desire of my heart.
Some may react---NO WAY MERRIL!
YES WAY! BECAUSE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE LORD.
Read the Bible, claim the promises. There are so much in store for all of us. Happy reading.
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