Losses

When we lose something it doesn't always mean something bad has happened.
Just recently, the 30th of May, James put in his 2 week notice. He has been very stressed and upset with the way his job was going. He loved some of the people he worked with, but had a difficult time with the way his bosses wanted to run the business.
For the last couple of months James has not wanted to talk about work because whenever he did it made him very frustrated and took him awhile to calm down. They were wanting to move him into a different position as well. It was a pay cut and it was moving him into a different direction then where the company was headed. He had talked about wanting to leave and after our trip to California he came home to find an email that really upset him. He then decided that the email was the final straw that broke the camels back. He informed them that he would not be coming in and that he was giving his 2 weeks notice.
To show how amazing his bosses are they cut all access to his work email account immediately and didn't even reply to him at all. Later that day he text his boss and they said that he quit. They don't understand what 2 week notice is!?!?!?!
Well needless to say we are ruff riders and we now how to live without a job, at least for a little while :) Luckily for us it wont be to much longer that he is out of work. My brother Trevor was accepted into the Henderson Corrections Department and will start training in August......meaning someone needs to fill his spot.
James had applied for the position with the company on Thursday, his birthday, and had a meeting set up to talk with Trevor's boss on Monday. Erik, my brother applied as well. Monday rolled along and not only did James meet with the boss but Erik drove down from Utah with all his clothes (after signing papers in Ephraim to get him off of probation) and met with the boss as well. Tuesday they both took an assessment test and Thursday last week they were called and told that they will have jobs :) (Erik has to do a few more things but the job is his if everything goes the way it is suppose to)
James goes in Monday next week to start paper work for his new job. He will be an employee of Safety Kleen. He will be driving a truck around town and pumping out hazardous fluids from car washes, casinos, mechanic shops, and hospitals. He will be home every night, unless he gets called to go pump, but it is all in town stuff.
So we have counted are loss and we are getting a gain. The first being a better paying job, the second being insurance coverage starts right away, and the third being Uncle Erik is living with us once again.
To any that may read this just a final food for thought. Pray to the Lord with all your heart might mind and soul. If He can move mountains then He can bless you as you need it. Do all you can to devote yourself to being a disciple.  "God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only our availabitily and if we then prove our dependability He will increase your capability." -Neal A. Maxwell