TESTIMONY FROM REBECCA LEE (dated somewhere in 2006)
I would just like to thank you for all your support and love for me. Seriously, I thank GOd so much that you guys continually keep me in your prayers. YOu guys are soo awesome and God is good =)
I have some great news for you! After three every difficult interviews...I got the job! Jess, its a really long story of faith and trust in God, but I will try to keep it short =)
Sometimes its so hard to understand GOd and why he's closing doors on you, why certain things are happening in your life. Throughout this year, I felt like that. Rejection letter after rejection letter. I asked God why He had to put me through so much torture. I also hated the feeling of not knowing what I'm doing after graduation. THEN....one day, I get an email from Telus (the company I'm working for) telling me I've been selected for the 1st interview! I was SOO happy. Like I actually got a JOB INTERVIEW b4 graduation! That was all i wanted.
Two days after the 1st interview...the recruiter calls me for a SECOND interview. I was SOO happy =). I only could thank God for that. Then miraculously...I got a call again...and I made it to the FINAL round. All this was happening so fast. The last interview was the most terrifying and stressful experience I've ever had. It went from 2-6pm and I had to do a case study and presentation in 1.5 hrs then the remaining time the managers questioned me on my decisions and reasoning. I wanted to break down and cry, it was so difficult and I felt really incompetent because I did not have enough time to finish the case study.
I felt really discouraged from this interview, but I prayed to God telling Him that if it was His will that I get the job/or get rejected I would be at peace with it. However, I though it was so unfair because I was not myself that day and didn't have enought time! The next day, I get an email from the manager telling me she wanted to have a 15 min talk with me on the phone to hear about my thoughts on the last interview and clarify why I performed so differently from the 1st two interviews!
At this point, I was so happy. God had given me a "second chance" to explain myself. The manager told me she saw so much potential in me but wanted to know why I did poorly in the last interview. SHe really wanted to get to know the REAL me! So we had a really great talk and I told her the truth, how I didn't have enough time, how I was nervous...etc. SHe ended off asking me to convince her why she should hire me. God truely gave me this opportunity! I felt truely at peace knowing that she would be making a decision to hire me based on the REAL me, not because I screwed up on the last interview. I felt so at peace that day.
THEN...after 1 week, on my LAST day of school after *like 15 minutes* I finish my LAST essay. Telus calls me. I missed the call because I was in the kitchen. But when I saw that it was Telus, I knew this was it. Finally, I am going to see God's plan for me. If its yes, then I go to Toronto. If its no, then I go back home to Ottawa and look for a job. I prayed to God before calling Telus back. I was so scared, but I truely believed that He would provide, at the right timing. When I was truely ready I called them. The answer was YES!...
This is the cool part: Not only did God provide me with an interview, he provided me a JOB just as I finished my last day of school! Even better, I get to start in September! So I can have some bonding time with my family and say good bye! I can relax, travel, get my driver's license! Even all these needs in my heart were addressed by God. He took care of everything! Who am I to doubt God's greatness, His timing. This came at the perfect time. Now I understand why God made me go though all those rejections. He wanted to refine me, mold me into a woman of faith, of patience. And all I can say is: GOD IS GOOD! I give glory to Him and only Him for providing me with this job. Its totally not me! Its all God! I think this is one of those times where I can stand speechless, in awe of God, and only proclaim that He is good. I have no other words to describe how I feel right now.
So my story comes to an end. THe biggest lesson God wanted me to learn througout my university days was to have faith in Him. He wanted me to see his plan to completion right from the 1st day of school all the way to the last. When I look back, I wouldn't have wanted His plan to be any different. He has shaped me to become a strong woman of faith, I have a wonderful story to tell others, to encourage them. I feel free, finally from uncertainty. I can see this wonderful chapter has come to a beautiful end. Perhaps today is the happiest day of my life. But I know that God's faithfulness never changes. I want have unstoppable faith in God because I KNOW he is capable of providing MORE than I ever ask for! Now I must begin the next chapter of my life. =)
Thanks for all your prayers.
Your sister in Christ, Rebecca
