I would like to ask for prayer. I lost my job a year ago after my husband had took a paycut at his job. We lost our home & everything. We are now one of the statistics, but I praise the Lord that we are not living in a tent. I am still having such problems finding a job. We struggle everyday to make it, but a boss who hired me 10 years ago is trying to get a contract in Nashville and wants me to be the manager. The company he works for is having problems agreeing with the contract. Please pray that this job will come through for me. I was the Safety/Operations manager over 150 school buses. I totally loved my job and the employees. They respected me and knew I was a christian and could talk to me about the Lord if they needed to. It has been really tough because the boss that hired me in 10 years ago moved up with the company and the person that took his position was supposedly a good christian man. I trusted him and did his job for him because he truly didn't have a clue, but it was fine by me because I loved the job. I was nothing but loyal to him, but as the years went on I found out I was nothing but his scapegoat to the county we worked in. He took the credit when things went well but had been blaming me when things went wrong and for things I had nothing to do with. I finally stood up to him about it and he had my contract non-renewed. I even gave the head people with the county proof of his lies, true proof of the lies about me, but politics won. And no I'm not politically correct and he had destroyed my reputation with he county. The drivers and aides tried to get a petition going to get me back, but he quickly got word out that they would be fired if they went through with it. I was never one to push or force the Lord on anyone, but they all knew I loved the Lord and could talk to me but I truly became outnumbered by evil inside the office. The office people wanted my job and joined in with my boss against me. It has truly been a horrible year and the Lord is the only thing that has gotten me through it. I keep asking the Lord for answers, but sometimes I just don't feel like He is listening. Also, 5 months after I was let go, my boss lost his job because a major incident happened with one of the buses and he never showed up. Again, I had always done his job with no complaints. I truly loved the job and working with all of the people. Again, the man that originally hired me at this bus shop is trying to get this school bus contract going (it's with a different county) and I pray that his company will agree with it. He has told me that I have the job if the contract goes through, but his company is not wanting to agree with the contract because they don't think it will bring them enough money. He has even told me that if his company doesn't come through that he will try to get me in with the other companies that want to do a contract with them. He knows how much I need work, how I will go above and beyond to get the job done and how much I loved doing the job.
I just want to ask you all for prayers that this contract goes through or that which ever company gets the contract that they will give me a chance. I am so desperate for work. You can no longer go in and apply for jobs. Everything is online. No personal contact at all. It's not easy competing when there is no person to person contact and trying to get an interview is next to impossible. I can't even get an interview at the local department store. I have experience, but no degree.
Thank you all for being there. It helps to know there are good christians out there when you feel so outnumbered by the evil in the world.
