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JCsites.com
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| Posted 4/23/2003 7:32 PM (GMT -6) |   | I assume most of you have heard that famous phrase; "it takes a village..." in reference to what it takes to raise a child in this world.
If you don't mind, I'd like to borrow that phrase to offer my perspective. I think it takes a village, even a community to help a man provide. Let me explain...
As some of you know, my wife and I have been through some pretty tough times employment-wise. I feel like we've lived through an epic Hollywood adventure wrought with turmoil, crisis and plot twists! Through this entire adventure, all I wanted to do was provide for my family. What a struggle it has been! I have been unemployed or underemployed since December of 2000!!!
Thankfully, that tired epic has run it's course, and a new adventure begins! It is with great relief, gratitude and joy that I announce the acceptance of a Project Manager / IT Dev. position with Excelsio Communications, a wireless network company! I start part-time on May 5th and then move to full-time on May 12th!!!! www.excelsiocomm.com
"Wonderful! But what's all this talk about it taking a village JC Sites guy?"
Thanks for getting me back to my point. I wanted to share my reflections concerning how I got this great job.
I met my new boss, Karl, via a Christian career-networking group called Atlanta Seekers. I met Karl because I was trying to help new friends in Knoxville,TN (John and Rob) find a sales person for the Atlanta market.
In helping Karl meet John and Rob, I wound up helping myself because Karl later joined the Excelsio team, which lead to my employment. But my little village wasn't quite that simplistic...
I never would have met John and Rob had it not been for my friend Brian whom I recently got back in touch with because of our move to Atlanta. Brian has two girls Jenae's age, and we all go to the same church!
Actually, Brian would have never introduced me to John and Rob, had he not decided to move to Knoxville, TN to join Freedom In Christ Ministries. I can remember the Sunday Brian announced he and his family would be joining FIC and moving to Knoxville. Internally I struggled with the idea of suggesting to Brian that perhaps FIC could contract my programming services. I kept thinking, "naw there's nothing there for me." But I couldn't help wondering if there was. I just had to leave no stone un-turned.
Imagine if I had resisted and not talked with Brian? I never would have made the drive to Knoxville for a two-day trip. I never would have met John and Rob, which means I never would have met Karl. Wow, one decision on a Sunday had a far LARGER impact than I ever realized!!!
Now, for Brian, John, Rob and Karl, if you're looking for some kind of finders fee, well... ;-)
I didn't want to simply post a short message announcing I have a job. I wanted to encourage anyone else who is under-employed in this economy.
Beyond the notion that a seemingly insignificant decision to talk to Brian turned out to have good ramifications, I also learned that it takes a village to get a job.
In July I moved my family to Atlanta with no job. I only knew 4 people here. Those four people helped Julie and I get moved in, find a great Church, make new friends, and provided me and office space at Church free of charge. People we met through those four, guided me to career networking groups which had a big impact on my job search strategy.
Then there are the friends and family from Arizona, Minnesota and Puerto Rico that have been praying for me, encouraging me and sending me job leads. My friend David in Puerto Rico, interviewed me by phone and put me in a national story in part cause he was trying to help improve my exposure!
What I'm trying to say is that I really could not get a job on my own.
It's that plain and simple.
I just want to thank all of you who may have prayed for me, and even sent me a job lead or some encouraging words. You were crucial!
Since January I've really been pushed to have faith in Jesus, in ways I thought not capable. I've taken definite steps of faith and stood in awe watching God at work in my life. This has been a character building, faith building time in my life.(that's an understatement)
To realize that Jesus is at work in my life, that has been my hope in what has felt like a hopeless period. Time has proven that Jesus was/is reality, and any hopeless feelings were not. Romans 5:5 says that the hope of Jesus is one that "does not disappoint." How true that is!
To read His promises in Luke 12:22, how He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass of the field... and then to see Him provide the perfect "village" to take care of JC Sites guy and Family during this challenging time... To see all of those things, with His fingerprints all over it. Well, that was and will continue to be the Hemminger's hope.
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"Thank you Jesus for your provision. For your gracious gifts and the people you have surrounded my family with. Your goodness to me never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for the lessons you've taught me and the character you've built. My prayer is that my actions and words will bring you glory and honor. Please take my life and use me. Amen."
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Springs
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| Posted 4/25/2003 6:24 PM (GMT -6) | | Hey JC Sites Guy!
Congratulations on the job! That is fantastic! It sounds like many prayers were answered. Thanks for sharing your story. What a testimony! I can't even imagine the trial of faith it must have been to be jobless for that long. It is excitimg to hear all the ways God moved in your life. I too am always amazed at how being obedient to one little prompting of the spirit can have such huge ramifications.
I hope your being highlighted in that national story didn't use up your whole 15 minutes of fame!
blessings,
Springs
"Dreams are illustrations...from the book your soul is writing about you." -Marsha Norman
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