The Hand of God

Quite a bold title, right....?

Well let me just say, in the past few months- I've experienced something that I never have before. I have been able to see the hand of God in my life through the things that are happening.

Here's the news:
After suffering through a terrible job where I was taken advantage of, I reluctantly decided to quit. I went through a really rough patch financially. Just when I thought that I couldn't take it anymore, I received four job offers within the span of one week....ONE WEEK! I couldn't believe it- after such intense emotions of feeling inadequate and unwanted, this was a mental breakthrough. It was an incredible feeling, one that had been absent for quite a while.

Here's the BIG news:
I was searching one day for jobs abroad. I had been to South Africa before, so I was hoping that something would catch my eye. I had been feeling like I should go back to the AIDS orphanage where I volunteered in Cato Ridge. I was about to get off after feeling disappointed in not finding anything, when I stumbled upon something really great! It was a posting for a project coordinator position working with farmers in Tanzania. I clicked on the link for more information, and was led to a momentous disbelief.....

Right before my eyes was an organization that involved everything that I was really passionate about and had studied in college, and worked with while doing research with the USDA. The position available was with the Korogwe Project through The 2Seeds Network. I immediately applied for the position. I sent in my application, and prayed for a good ending.

I was contacted a few weeks later asking for an interview over Skype video. It was conducted a few days later, and I left the session feeling renewed in spirit. I had never before been able to talk to another person so passionately about agriculture and food supply in Africa. It was a truly awakening moment; I never thought that I would be able to find other people, and an entire organization that matched all my passions and beliefs so perfectly. I honestly feel that I couldn't have found a more perfect fit- even if I had designed it myself! Everything just fit, and pieces of the puzzle started to come together.

On the eve before Easter, there was a message from an unknown caller on my phone. It was from James Meeks, the Founder of The 2Seeds Network. I was accepted as a Project Coordinator! That was way better than any Easter basket, well- ever.

Over the first weekend in May, I had mandatory training in Boston with eight other individuals accepted to the same position. I felt like the whole thing was a dream; I was in the presence of truly amazing people that had achieved and are currently working on huge things in our world. I had the opportunity to speak in depth with James about how blessed I had felt to be there, and then he shared something with me that I will never forget.

He informed me that they initially had no intention of placing a job post online. They were going to recruit at Stanford, Harvard, and Michigan State. They thought that they would find great candidates from those schools. During a visit that James had with his boss and boss's wife Leyre, she mentioned to James that he should put an ad up online to possibly find other candidates that could be a good fit for the position.

The posting that I found on that seemingly normal day was only there because of the encouragement and words from Leyre. I found that job because of her. Breaking down the events that happened throughout the course of that weekend in Boston, and the last few months, I continue to be in awe of the evidence of God's presence in my life. His hand has been in all of these moments, down to the tiniest piece of the puzzle.