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Y& #39;all. I finally got in. I got the job.
I& #39;ve had this tweet in my drafts for months, waiting in faith that one day I could finally say that.
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September 1, I woke up to a call. I almost missed the call because I was in my DEEP sleep. But I got it in time. Atlanta number. It was Children& #39;s Healthcare calling to let me know that they now have the position available for me in their other division. Do y& #39;all know SHOCK???
I couldn& #39;t believe it. I still can& #39;t believe it. The same place that rejected me a week earlier, the same place I cried over. They now want me. I got in. But y& #39;all lemme tell y& #39;all about God& #39;s timing.
What I didn& #39;t know at the time was that when I first got rejected, the very next day I was gonna get my COVID test back, which would come back positive. My symptoms were VERY minimal, but God knew I wouldn& #39;t have been able to work. I would have been a potential risk to others.
But the same day I got the job offer, I also got a call from a public healthcare worker for the state of Georgia letting me know that the time of me being contagious had passed. God& #39;s timing allowed me to recover RIGHT in time to accept the job. I now have no major symptoms.
Y& #39;all. Y& #39;all don& #39;t even know how many times I contemplated leaving ATL and going back home to Indiana because NOTHING was working. How I was ready to give up. How I felt like a failure and a burden. How I was literally losing my mind. But God& #39;s timing. He had me.
I told my friend I would move out on August 31st. I had been staying there since April and didn& #39;t want to take any more of their time and thought about just going home. But with getting COVID, it gave me more time to stay in GA and recover...right in time to accept this job.
I didn& #39;t talk about my COVID situation with many people because I didn& #39;t want to worry them. But this has honestly been one of the mildest illnesses I& #39;ve ever had and I thank God cause it could have been way worse. Working with kids boosted this immune system I guess lol
Side note: a huge blessing is that the friend I was living with at the time tested negative. Which is a HUGE blessing considering they were at a high risk of being exposed the week prior to me getting my results. Before I even knew, I stayed in my room majority of the time.
And ANOTHER huge blessing is the same day I moved in with another friend while recovering (they didn& #39;t mind and had a separate space for me) was the EXACT day I would no longer be considered contagious based on the timeline given by the healthcare worker. So no one was exposed.
Even during recovery, I was still telling myself that although I couldn& #39;t go home by August 31st, I should start planning to leave GA by early October. I didn& #39;t know how my situation was going to turn around in ONE month. And on September FIRST I got the offer.
My story of moving to ATL is a hard one. Being put out by "family" during a pandemic in April, my car getting repossessed, having to rely on the help of others because I had nothing to call my own, COVID, not receiving unemployment, COUNTLESS rejection letters, depression...
Ironically, when I first moved to GA, that same family member told me "If you get hired at CHOA, that would be huge. They& #39;re one of Atlanta& #39;s top employers." They ended up doing wrong by me...and now look. I& #39;m in. This isn& #39;t to brag but what was done for evil God used for good.
I applied for nine different positions at CHOA and got one. One of Atlanta& #39;s top employers. One of the major healthcare systems in the city. I had people say "Why is Nat in Atlanta? She needs to go back home." I had people question if it was really God& #39;s will. He gave His answer.
Y& #39;all have seen my tweets, good, bad and ugly. Y& #39;all have seen my anger with God and my hopelessness and my tears. Y& #39;all. I AM a testimony. Keep the faith. He that is faithful in least is also faithful in much. Stay faithful in your little. He sees and hears you. He does.
I was at my LOWEST point. I had never felt pain and depression that heavy. Some days I couldn& #39;t function or get out of bed. If God could take me out of my lowest and do what seemed impossible in a matter of days after struggling for months...He can do it for y& #39;all. Just hold on.
Since I& #39;ve been here, God has been lining things up in my life. He& #39;s put so many beautiful people in my path. He& #39;s provided for every need. Even finding out that Alex is a long lost cousin when I lost the "family" I had here after what happened to me...it& #39;s not coincidence.
He had a plan when I was working all those seemingly meaningless jobs in Michigan. All the jobs that seemed so draining and pointless. It would later add to my experience to get me to where I am now. It was all part of a plan.
I have so many people to thank. So many people encouraged me and showed me SO MUCH LOVE. I can& #39;t even name them all because the list is too long. But I love EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. Y& #39;all helped me keep my sanity. I will never forget this and I am forever indebted to y& #39;all.
Those who prayed for me, those who comforted my tears, those who took time to message me and try to help me find a job, those who sent me money, those who checked in, those who pushed me to keep going...from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. You helped sustain me.
2020 has been hard. So tremendously hard. But God is good. And He& #39;s got us y& #39;all. And even now I& #39;m still learning to trust Him, but even my mustard seed is acceptable. And so is yours. I can& #39;t even fully find the words to express how I feel. He& #39;s got you. He is for you.
