Before coming to America, I had a good paying job, at home, we have 2 household maids, so, I did not bother myself to wash the dishes. I love to take care of babies of my sister, but not to the point, I will clean the poh poh, when this happen, I rather call my sister or one of our housemaids.
I was so grateful that the cousin of my friend accepted us in her condo unit, she is married and with one 2 years old son. Since, were not paying rent at all, we did the household chores voluntarily and that includes, babysitting.
One day, I discovered that I am totally penniless, and yet months have passed, still I cannot find myself to have atleast a part time job, so that I will have money of my own. Am almost felt frustrated, and I cannot even decide to come home for I dont want to consider myself a losser. So, I continued to let the days past with the same routines.
There was one occasion that my friend decided to look for a job, he left his nephew to me to babysit while he will go to New York to find his luck. I babysat his nephew, gave food to eat, prepared milk and let him sleep. But the boy was really very active and played a lot. Then, I noticed, he made poh poh, of my God, I dont know what to do, for this is what I hate most. Since, I have no option, I did what I should do. Afterwards, I made him felt sleep. I also laid to bed beside him.
Then, I started to reminisce. I said to myself, what I am doing here, I had a better job back home, but because of this american dream, am encountering this kind of situation. The things that I am not doing back home, now, am doing them. I started to feel the sadness in my heart, then, I started to cry, yes, to many tears and with groan and I remember the promise of God, saying, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. " And i started to ask God, why did you bring me here in America? To have this kind of suffering? How I can land a job here, I have no legal working permit, I dont have any relatives here, now tell me, is this plan your telling me? And i kept crying...until I heard the phone was ringing, so, I immediately stood up and answered the phone, I did not even finish crying to God when the phone started to ring. Then the lady was on the other line and she was looking for my name, and I asked her, how come you knew my name? And she told me, remember, you met my friend when you were in the house of the lawyer and the lady told me that I was recommended by her friend since I have a good working experience and can learn new things faster. In short, she tried to offer me a job in her restaurant and to start as a kitchen helper. At first, I did not accept her offer, coz, I need to ask permission to my cousin's friend where I stayed. Since, the lady kept calling me, I accepted the offer to be a kitchen helper in her restaurant. Then, even in short period of time, I earned some extra money.
I remember when one of the characters in the bible, asked something to God, she cried a lot and beg to God to give her a son. Until the Lord remembers her prayer, then she was granted a son. Therefore, if we are really sincere in our prayers, humble ourself to God and reason with Him, I believe, because of His mercy endures forever, there is no doubt that in his proper time, He will answer us. God also requires us to reason with Him, in fact, in Isaiah 1:18, he said, "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
And the Lord continued to bless me and gave me more other extra works and I even tried different kinds of work, be it in the restaurant, insurance office, marketing office, manufacturing firm and the last was with the hospital. With that experienced, I thank God for He is really a loving God, merciful God and full of compasion. May the Lord God Jesus shows favor on you the way He did to me. Amen.....
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