This morning I remembered that when I was here during the summer I had learned that the local mall, Washington Square, has a website where all the stores list their job openings. I went there and ran down the list looking for any that said they had seasonal openings. I came up with a list of nine stores that were looking for someone on a seasonal basis. I printed up ten copies of my resume and hit the mall…
We went to my church, Community Friends Church, yesterday. In the “programmed” Friends meetings, there is a time for open worship. This is a designated five or ten minute period of silence where people can talk about what God is doing in their lives, ask for prayer, read a passage of scripture, sing, or whatever they feel moved by the Spirit to do. So I shared about coming to the point of thanking God that we won’t be able to come back to Wagon Trail Campground next year and that my life is in upheaval and I don’t know what He’s doing, but deciding to trust Him. Continue reading
I have been really stressed lately about the fact that we didn’t have a job lined up for this winter. Our job here ends on October 19th and the only jobs I was finding offered no pay other than a site for our RV or they were in the wrong part of the country. I had originally thought I wanted to be in Mississippi or Alabama this winter, but when I couldn’t find work there I expanded to the entire southeastern United States. I put our resume out and made inquiries and no one responded. Continue reading
This morning we caught Steve, the representative from Express Employment Professionals, and had a long talk with him. We told him what happened yesterday and the problems we were having and asked him if we could work in the lab. He said they just hired two young guys yesterday to work in the lab and we asked if they might be willing to trade. He said he’d check on it, and if not he wondered if we’d be willing to switch to another piler yard that would be no more than twelve hours. We were hesitant. Continue reading
Thank you to all who sent prayers and well-wishes for Mark. His baritone has turned to bass and his appetite is better. He still has a cough but he’s going to try returning to work tomorrow. Continue reading
It’s been a while since I’ve written. There hasn’t been anything out of the ordinary to write about, and today is no exception. Rather than sight seeing or going shopping in Fairbanks, we decided to stay home and get some things done around the house. The only thing I can say I’ve been doing lately is job hunting. Yes, I know we have a job lined up in Montana in October, but I’m trying to line up something for after that. We’d like to go south, maybe to Texas. If any of you have any leads, please send them my way!
Mark and I basically stayed home and cleaned house today, but I do have something good to report. Last week I e-mailed a company that has been advertising for beet harvest help in October. Today we received a phone call from the company. The man who spoke to us on the phone asked us a few questions and said he’ll send us a couple applications! Continue reading
Mark and I continued with our job hunt today, in spite of it being Martin Luther King day. (By the way, Happy MLK Day!) Continue reading
For the past couple days we’ve been doing a lot of running around with not much to show for it. Continue reading
This morning, Mike from Mark’s church came over to get our resumes. He said he already knew of three truck driving jobs Mark could do if he had his CDL straightened out. Continue reading