I got a job! Its amazing. On Tuesday, I received a call from the school to inform me that I didn´t get the job and it was a very "close fight" between me and the other person.... "a 98% and 99% difference". The manager asked me if she could continue to maintain contact with me as she was still very interested to bring me onboard in case she had another job opening. I agreed to it naturally.
I was pretty down on Wednesday cos I really got my hopes up about being to work for that company. By Thursday, I was so convinced that God would have something else in store for me since I did tell Him to "open the doors that only He can open and to close the doors that only He can close". That was actually what I read from Joyce Meyer´s book of "Battlefield of the Mind"... (note:pls only read Joyce Meyer if you´re ready to be challenged and push out of your faith comfort zone....) I was already going to apply for another position as a university lecturer for business English - which I still did anyways.... :)
Just when I was about to leave my house to hit the supermarket to fill up my fridge with new cooking and baking ideas, the unexpected call came. It was the manager again and she wanted to offer me the job! What´s the chances of that? She said that she and her boss were talking about me again and since they were really keen to bring me onboard, they opened another position for me! So instead of one new teacher, there´s now gonna be 2 new teachers. Isn´t this a pure example of an answered prayer - "God opening the doors that only He can open?"
And as expected, the other girl is from America. The one thing she did say was that we would have to work on my accent (like how?!?) and on my "TH"s.... so I should start saying "THat"! or "THis" or "THen" instead of tat, tis or then...... I can definitely work on that...oh and on my speed of speaking too (I speak too fast). I´m hoping that once I speak 50% slowly than I normally do, I would be able to pay more attention to my "TH" enunciation..... I never actually thought that my English required working on, but I guess there´s always room for improvement esp. when I´m going to be an English teacher now.
It´s a 20-hrs/week contract (part-time) and I wld have to work at least 3 evenings a week. But the cool thing is that the company is going to work around the 1.5 weeks when I will be away when my dad comes to visit and also the 1-mth when I´m going to Singapore for the wedding. I really appreciate the flexibility..... In the meantime, I got at least 5 books of grammar to familiarize myself with... there goes my weekend..... OH and did I already say that I tried to wear my work clothes (from 2 yrs ago... that´s how long I haven´t been working) and realized to my horror that I can´t fit my pants and my dresses anymore?!? Ahhh...... Stephan says its the german food, cos there´s one dress that still fits properly except for my top! (ah-hem, I guess I grew ah-hem there....) So there´s hope! Girls, come to Germany instead of heading for any breast implants hahaha.....
Thanks so much for praying alongside me. Pls continue to keep me in your prayers cos I believe that our prayers release God´s power in our lives. Pls pray for me that my first day this coming Monday would be smooth, since I would be both starting in this school as well as the community centre - where I will teach a weekly English conversation course too.
Dear Lord, thank you for being so faithful. I pray that you will teach me and guide me as I embark on a new stage of my journey with you. Pls take away all fear I have about starting something new and totally different from what I did before, and in a completely different working environment and country. Help me to love my job, learn fast and to remember all the important things I need to learn in a new job. Bless my new work environment and whoever I come into contact with. Pray that Stephan and I would be able to adjust to our new schedule. I pray that somehow miraculously, I would not have to work 3 x in the evenings, but only twice at max. Pls grant me favour. In Jesus Name, Amen.
4 comments:
Congratulations!!!! :) All the best for your new jobs.
The 'I talk too fast' did make me laugh though! Guess that is the last proof needed that you fit into our family. ;) And also I guess you just have to think that you need to talk as slowly as you would like the Schwaben to talk to you. ;)
Very happy for you, hope you will enjoy every minute of it!
Lots of love from jie jie xxx
Thanks so much dear jie jie. I´ve had my first 2 days and its nice! Tiring but nice. For now, I´m doing mainly observation in the classes to see how different teachers conduct their lessons. I´ve also started my VHS english course and that is so fun! I really enjoy facilitating discussions, having grp wk for ppl, getting to know them etc. IF VHS had teachers full-time, that wld be awesome. Wallstreet is similar too, but of cos there´s more structure in what one has to teach. I think once I get the hang of it, it will be easier. For now, its like there´s a lot of new things to learn....
'There's more structure in what one has to learn'???? :) Think you have adapted the Wallstreet Institute language already... :)
Learning new things is always a good thing. At least so I keep telling myself, otherwise I would go insane - it feels like climbing Mount Everest at the moment - with VERY slippery shoes!!!
Have a wonderful Europe trip with your dad and his girlfriend. I'm going to be out of town for a course all week but am looking forward to some updates once you are back as well.
Miss you, lots of love,
jie jie
Dear jie jie
does that sentence sound very "pro"? I didn´t even realize hahha.heee, I like yr sentence, "climbing Mount Everest at the moment - with VERY slippery shoes".... know how that feels. Good thing is, at my current job, a number of people are doing the same thing, so I don´t feel so alone. =) Sure! Catch u when u come back! I´m looking forward to my dad´s trip too!
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