Let's get caught up on a few things... starting with the Job hunt:
After many, many months of prayers and interviewing we can finally put our minds at ease. SHAUN GOT A JOB!!!
We had a lot of different companies that sounded really promising until they sent Shaun a rejection letter. It was really frusterating having all of them say how impressed they were with his resume and the experience he has, and that he looks like he'd be the perfect fit for their company, and they getting rejected.
Shaun got around 40 or so rejection letters, and was getting really down (as anyone could imagine). I kept trying to cheer him up and reassure him that the Lord knows where we need to be, and he'll show us in due time... (which was running out with graduation getting so near.) I knew everything would work out and be ok though. We had a few places still on the burners we were waiting to hear from, and some of those sounded promising.
One company in particular kept popping up. Shaun interviewed with a company back in October of 2010 called Torotel Products Inc located in Olathe, KS, and they really wanted him. They offered him a job in December to start right away. The problem was that we still had another semester before graduation, so he couldn't start when they needed him. They went ahead and hired someone else, but kept in touch throughout the months. In March they called again with another offer for the same position to start right away because the person they hired didn't work out, but the same problem arose because he still had to finish his last semester of school. They said they would have to keep looking. Finally mid-April they came back yet again and officially wanted to offer Shaun a job. They said they were willing to wait until he graduated because they hadn't found anyone as experienced or qualified as Shaun, and they really needed him.
It was starting to become very obvious to us that after all of our praying for a job, and with this job that kept showing up out of nowhere, our prayers were being heard and we needed to open our eyes. Shaun went and met with the CEO, COO and the Quality Manager (who he would be working for). He had a really good feeling about the company, and instantly liked the people he met that he'd be working with. He even told them that he was married, and that I'm expecting! (With other jobs he'd interviewed for he basically had to hide the fact that he's married because they try to stay away from married people--even though it's descrimination and against the law...needless to say it was a big deal to me). What was even more exciting was that they were HAPPY about it because that means Shaun will be more stable than some young, single kid right out of college. Why couldn't anyone else see that?!
Anyway, he left without the official offer letter in hand because he had to get back to Manhattan for a meeting that night and the lady who types up the offer letters was in a meeting. He had given them a soft "yes" though after talking to me about it, and we both had a good feeling. To put the icing on the cake--while Shaun was in his meeting he had 8 missed phone calls and messages. Every member of the engineering team had called to introduce themselves and welcome him aboard! How cool is that?! What company does that?!
Naturally, after discussing it a little further and praying without getting any negative feelings or answers, Shaun accepted the position as the Quality Engineer they had been looking for... 3 weeks before graduation. He starts May 23 (this coming Monday)!
I love seeing how things fall into place when you do all you can, and put your trust in the Lord and let him do the rest. He is real, and He is there. He listens to our prayers, and answers them in his own way and time.
