"I would have lost heart, unless I believed I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living..."

Two months ago, I had no hope for any type of job opportunity after my time at Columbus Public Health would come to a close. I was afraid that I would be out on my butt again unemployed for another few months. I would have never guessed that I would be here on January 22, 2011, trying to decide between two separate job opportunities!



I was so sure that the Lord had finally heard my cries and relented, giving me a wonderful part time position at Mount Carmel West in the Mother/Infant Unit. This past week I have been eagerly awaiting a call from their Human Resources department with an offer. Eagerness turned to frustration as I had still not recieved any word from them on the job and it was FRIDAY! Will I really have to wait until Monday to finally have a job????? Finally those 3 beautiful numbers showed up on my caller ID 234 (234 is what all #s at Mount Carmel start with). When I answered, it was Tiffany the unit director. While I was happy to hear from her, I have to be offered the job by HR not her. So long story short, the woman from HR that is in charge of my employment was not in Friday because of the crazy snow storm we had. Tiffany says she hopes to get the ball rolling this Monday.



Then only an hour later I recieve an email from a Jani Hendrix from OSU. In her email she is asking if I am interested in the NICU track of the OSU internship. She wanted to set up an interview with me on Wednesday Jan 26 at 9am.



THE NICU????????



As in Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit??? Uh yes that's right. This is, no offense to Mother/Infant, a huge step up! With NICU experience I can go to any Labor and Delivery Unit I want. And NICU experience at the only Magnet hospital in central Ohio (Magnet is the highest nursing honor a hospital can recieve in the US and OSU is one of like 30 all over the country). Not to mention, I could honestly stay in NICU for the rest of my life, whereas Mother/Infant was solely a stepping stone. I had the opportunity to be in the NICU at Children's hospital. I was in the small baby unit (babies born before 27 weeks gestation). And it was such a fascinating, moving, and beautiful experience I had the opportunity to have as a nursing student. Without a doubt this would be a wonderful job. And it's a full time job!

However, Mother/Infant would be a great job too. When weighing the pros and cons of each, it's clear to see that the NICU would be much better---the only negative is that I only have an interview whereas the Mother/Infant is pretty much a sure thing.

While 24 hours ago I was complaining about how MCW still had yet to call me, I can see now why it's important for me to be on my knees praising my Lord. Had Mount Carmel called before I set up the interview with OSU, I probably would not have gone for it. God is so good! When two months ago I had nothing and now I have surely seen the goodness of the Lord: I have TWO opportunities at my feet! Please be praying for me as I start this, as Dad calls it, journey. It is overwhelming to think that I have a huge decision in front of me. I am not sure where the Lord is leading me (although I do hope it's to OSU) but I am confident He will show me the way.

Is it weird to ask you all to pray specifically? Well if you want some specifics, pray that I will have wisdom to choose the right place, that MCW will call after I hear more from OSU, and that I will have the strength to seek the Lord first, instead of do my usual complain and freak out for nothing bit.

Love you all!

"I would have lost heart, unless I believed that I would see

the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13

---(thanks Tiffany--my cousin, just in case that wasn't clear)