Saturday, June 23, 2007

As Nathan Calls It - Finance Poop

It's 10:15 pm and I'm preparing to leave for Oklahoma City tomorrow after church with five teens from my youth group. We'll be heading down to stay at Southern Nazarene University so that they can do a college visit and we can play in the city for a couple of days. We'll be returning on Wednesday just before evening church services.

When you're the youth director at a church, everything major revolves around the summer. I keep thinking about what next summer will look like and how it will play out. I am hoping and praying that we will be able to travel to pick up our son sometime next summer. We are praying right now that Nathan and I will be blessed with jobs that will allow us to move forward quickly with this adoption. For the time being I am making very little money doing home daycare for some friends. The youth director position is volunteer. We have been living on Nathan's income from his military service. In just a few short weeks, we will both be searching for full time positions and we are praying that we will find two places that can supply all of our needs and put us in a good position to continue on the path to our son. Please pray with us that God would provide in this area and that we would see His plan for our lives through our job searching. We have both been submitting resumes for a couple of months now with little response but we are trusting God's provision and His timing.

On that same subject, I have stumbled into an opportunity that I am really excited about. As of this week, I will become a Jockey Person to Person Comfort Consultant. I never thought I would get involved with a direct sales business but I LOVE this product line and I love the woman who brought me into the business. It is just getting off the ground as a direct sales company for the woman's clothing line that is produced by Jockey (the underwear company!). The product is wonderful and the opportunity is wonderful. I love that the sizes range from extra small to 3X so that all woman can enjoy the super comfy stuff that I'll be selling. Anyway, please pray with me that this would be an opportunity that would bless our finances and our lives in general. BTW - Nathan and I believe that this is what God is leading me to do mainly because of Jockey's corporate support of adoption. They have an incredible adoption benefit for their corporate employees and they run a post-adoption program for adoptive families all over the country. The founder of the Jockey Person to Person clothing line is adopted herself! Once we discovered this information, we were thrilled that I had the chance to become involved with a company that supports what we are so focused on, the adoption of children! You can check out Jockey's corporate adoption programs at www.jockeybeingfamily.com.

You can also check out the clothing line that I am selling at www.jockeyp2p.com. If you are interested in supporting my business by making a purchase from the catalog or if you are interested in selling Jockey Person to Person yourself, go ahead and leave a comment for me and I'll help you in any way that I can.

BTW - I noticed my dots are growing in number on the map! Thank you all for taking this journey with us. I am so encouraged just to know that people are reading. And Jane - Just so you know - Your blog was the very first Ethio Adoption blog I ever read. When you left your first comment, I told Nathan I felt like a celebrity had contacted me!!! :) I am so thrilled that you are here and I pray for your family. Thank you for your kind words and for your beautiful blog.

Be blessed everyone! See you when I get back from OKC!!!

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