6. Nick got a new job!

This is our miracle story. (besides all of the other wonderful blessings we've had this year)

I'll start from the beginning. During Stake Conference back in November, President Donahue gave a wonderful talk about prayer. I was the only one who attended conference this year because everyone else in the house was sick (most likely with swine flu-doctors don't want to see you if they suspect you have it) I came home and gave my report of conference to everyone in the house, and went on my merry way. Nothing in particular stood out to me during conference, and I didn't think much of it.

A couple weeks later Nick and I were at the Harvest ball. Where we were able to speak to a lot of our friends from Somersworth. While there we spoke with Brother Della-Piana. He came up to us and told us of his little miracle.

Him and Kristie were so moved by President Donahue's story about prayer, and a story that he told from his mission that they decided to take that same concept and apply it to their lives.

Let me start by paraphrasing the story.

While President Donahue was on his mission, they were in desperate need to find a new mission apartment. The one they had wasn't in a very good neighborhood. The mission president had asked Brother Donahue to go with him to look at apartments. President Donahue, like anyone looking for a new apartment, looked in the newspaper, and cut out different ads for different places that they might look at. When the mission president picked him up that day to go look at apartments the mission president took him to the closest apartment complex to the mission president's office. They went in and the mission president asked if there were any apartments available. The landlord said, "No, we just recently rented out the last one." The mission president then began to ask various questions about the new tenant and found out that he was a new doctor, and was completing his residency at the nearby hospital. President Donahue the whole time kept thinking, "If there's none available here, let's move on to the next one." The mission president asked the landlord if he could put a deposit on the apartment that the doctor had rented, and that if the apartment wasn't available in a week the landlord could rip up the check, after much reluctance (this was a doctor of course, they're usually well off) the landlord agreed to the terms. President Donahue was confused, he thought that they were supposed to find a new apartment, but after only looking at one, and that one didn't have any available he wasn't too sure that they should stop their search so soon. Upon questioning the mission president, he stated, "We're going to pray for that doctor to leave." and that's what they did. They said a prayer together, and prayed that the doctor would find a better opportunity elsewhere so that they could move into that apartment. A week later, the mission president got a call from the landlord saying that the doctor had been offered a new job at a much more prestigious hospital to finish out his residency, and that the apartment was available if he still wanted it.

When speaking to the Della-Piana's they told us about how they had been trying to sell their house for quite some time. After hearing this story, they prayed that if the time was right, that they would sell their house. The next day, they got a phone call for someone to view the house. By the end of the week, those exact people, put in an offer.

After hearing these two stories, Nick and I decided to put the Lord to the test. Nick wasn't getting enough hours at the YMCA, and the split shift wan't working out so great. He had been looking for a new job for a few weeks, and was having a tough time finding anything. The previous week he didn't find a single job to apply to that he hadn't already applied to. After talking to the Della-Piana's we prayed that a good job would open up, and that the person who was previously in that position would find a better opportunity elsewhere. We prayed that if this is what we were supposed to be doing right now that the Lord would show us some sign to confirm it. The next week, Nick had 2 call backs from jobs, and 2 interviews set up. At one of the interviews he learned that the person who was in the job previous to it opening up, had moved up in the company. A week later, and after a second interview, this was the job that he was offered. He starts work on Monday December 14th. He will be working for a company called One Sky Communties which also helps adults with developmental disabilities, but he will be working in their office as a receptionist. It is the best job that he has had since we have been married. We are SO very thankful and grateful to our Father in Heaven for reminding us that miracles do happen, and reminding us just how mindful he is of our needs.