One of those moments happened a couple weeks ago in regards to my husband's job placement. He is part of a co-op program for newcomers to Canada who have a background in accounting. After 10 weeks of training they place the co-op students in an 8 week unpaid work placement. The hope is that this placement will give them Canadian experience and the possibility of getting hired when their time is finished. Due to my husband's experience as an accountant in hospitals overseas, he asked to be placed in a hospital in the Greater Toronto Area. The immediate reaction he received was that the finance departments at hospitals do not take adult co-op students. He heard this statement more than once but did manage to find one person who knew of a few people who had done their placement in hospitals. With this little bit of encouragement and in the face of much discouragement he persisted in his request to be placed in the finance department at a hospital.
A few days after the placement coordinator began searching out possibilities for the students, the news came, Shady had an interview at a hospital! It was the first interview scheduled and everyone was shocked! We had been praying for a few weeks that God would lead Shady to the right opportunity but somehow didn't expect such a great opportunity so soon! Several days later Shady had the interview, did well and was set up to begin the first of October. This is three weeks earlier than most students will begin their placement.
This week Shady has begun his work in the Accounts Receivable department at a large hospital and has met more than one person surprised to see a full-time adult co-op student. Apparently he is the first one they have accepted and I still wonder how he got in somewhere that no one else has been able to before. Then I remember the kind of God we serve, the God who laughs at what we call 'impossible' and makes it a reality in our lives.
Not only is Shady's placement an encouragement to us that God is in control and has a good plan for our lives but it gives me the faith to step forward in my work with the Church Connections team. Although I'm excited about connecting churches in Toronto with Bible translation projects overseas, it can also seem overwhelming at times. I'm new to Toronto and don't have relationships with churches here. The relationship I was beginning to build with the church we attend is changing as the church has recently merged with a bigger church, leaving me feeling like I'm beginning all over again. So how do I go forward with what I'm called to do? Most days I have absolutely no idea. All I have is faith that the God who has opened the doors of impossibility for my husband will open them for me.
