After teaching overseas for two years, we came back to a very different America than the one we left. It didn’t seem all that unlikely for me (Mike) to find another job in either banking or teaching when we got back. But, with the Great Recession still in full force, school district budgets struggling to make ends meet because of lower property taxes and shrinking budgets, and many banks that have failed in the last few years, causing many bankers to have to change jobs, it was not an ideal situation for me to start job hunting.
Well, because of God’s grace I was able to find another teaching job at a local Christian school. And since employee kids get to attend free, Adam and Luba have decided to go there too. The school is quite small (less than 100 students) and my biggest class is 12 students. It is a great fit for Adam and Luba after coming from the tight knit ex-pat community overseas. And is a lot of ways this school is an answer to prayer for our whole family.
I when into the school where he was eventually hired two weeks ago looking to pick up a substitute teacher application, and a half hour after he left the History teacher came in and quit. After some calling around, and some very kind words from people who knew me, the school got in touch with me and I was called in for an interview the next day (Tuesday). That Friday I was hired. Less than a week before school started.
God’s timing is perfect and we learned that we just need to trust in Him, and He will provide.
