Chapter 3: I’m Moving!!

Soooo, after I said “Yes” to the Lord, it was like boom boom boom!! And I knew I wasn’t supposed to just visit…

I looked up the hospitals in Charlotte. And one in particular caught my eye. I researched a lot about them including their own About us page. They mentioned giving spiritual care and giving hope to everyone on their page! They have 3 helicopter pads. They have the level 1 trauma center. And children’s hospital attached. And level 4 NICU (top level neonatal intensive care unit). They do ECMO. They have high risk labor and delivery. And they’re a part of so much more awesome stuff!
So it would be a huggggeeee challenge and a lot sicker/more intense patients.
They also do INTRAUTERINE FETAL SURGERIES. crazy. I’m drooling.

So many lives saved!!! So many life altering stories and regained purpose! So many challenges for me as a person and in my nursing abilities. So many saved lives!!! So many Miracles!!

I am so excited!!! (also very terrified) But I can’t wait to learn!

So then I called HR. And got a new grad nurse recruiter email. I felt dumb, so I asked my nursing teacher if nurse recruiters were only for new grads because that’s the only one the HR lady told me. And she said no they’re for everyone. So I emailed them and said I had 2 years experience and all that and asked for a contact for a nurse recruiter.
And then they responded like SUPER quick. We emailed back and forth that day and they got the info they needed to tell me who I needed to talk to. And then they forwarded my info to the nurse recruiter that I needed.

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My recruiter, who by the way had the same last name as me, emailed me on September 27th, 2019 and asked about me, what I was interested in, and if we could talk on the phone soon!

So when I woke up that night (I worked the night before), I responded to her email. She called me Monday October 2nd! We got on the phone and she asked about me, my experience, what I was looking for, and all of that.

And then she asked “why Charlotte?”
So I though…..this is it!! This Could either make or break it! I was nervous!

I began to tell her the short story about God calling me there.
And we ended up having an amazing conversation where she gave me a pep talk about Jesus! I cannot believe that I was having a conversation with her like this!!!! a Nurse recruiter that I didn’t even know! Blown away. And crying on the phone with her!! (She didn’t know I was crying of course…) but I was sitting on the floor in my living room just BLOWN away that Jesus would give me this conversation and confirmation. It was like he was telling me “See?! So many cool things are about to happen around you. You said ‘Yes’ to me, Trust me!! Because I have this already worked out for you. ” And I’m sitting there in awe completely caught off guard by how good He is to me…

So then she asked me for my resume and she was going to send it to the hiring manager at the women’s services.
So the next morning October 3rd at 0830 am I emailed my resume to her.
And went to bed. (I had just gotten home from work where I had people looking at it and proof reading it.)
At 0945 am I woke up to my phone vibrating (which I normally never wake up to!) I sleepily look at my phone and a “Charlotte NC” number was calling me!
I had to clear my voice and get my “awake” voice on haha. I was still a little disoriented. (you know when you get woken up from a dead sleep…) Lol. Anyways, I answered it and it was the hiring manager for the Woman’s services!!! WHAT?! SO SOON?!?

She said they just sent her my resume and she thought she’d give me a call! She asked about me, my experience, what was hardest part for me at my job, and basically had a phone interview!!
Then she asked if I was looking at other cities or for sure on Charlotte. And I laughed a little and told her that it was a bit of a God story and that I was definitely coming to Charlotte.
Then she asked if I was visiting anytime soon? I told her I had just signed up for a 5K in November! Going to be Friday-Monday!
And she said “ok well let’s try to get you up to see the unit, meet some people, and do a formal interview!”
Y’ALL!!! ONCE AGAIN! SO BLOWN AWAY!!!!! WHAT JUST HAPPENED..
I told her that would be amazing and that I was so thankful she was giving me this opportunity! I was still nervous though because my lease wasn’t up until May 1st. So I wouldn’t be able to move until at least April. I talked to her about it, and asked if I should wait to start the process because it is so far out! She said “yeah. That is a long time out. But, I think we can make this one work! Let’s get you on the unit!”

So we found a date of November 11th at noon! WHATTTTT!!! ❤

So I started praying for a job, a church, a home, a vet, and a friend.

Well, the next day,

1. My sweet friend Leanna walked up to me and told me something about Charlotte on her facebook.
2. I got a fortune cookie that night that said “You are soon going to change your present line of work” !!!!!!! WHAT hahaha
3. I got a facetime call from my girl Camille! She had run into a friend at a wedding and he lived near Charlotte and Loved Jesus!! So she was like “Y’all have to meet!” and I was like whoa…..what are the odds.. haha

He asked me to coffee and Camille changed it up and we went on a double date to breakfast. Our conversation was so full of Jesus!! We talked for hours! and He asked about why I was moving to Charlotte, and he wanted the long story… lol…

I left that breakfast date SO in love with the Lord!!! It was weird, and unlike any date I had ever been on. I loved my time with that guy, but when I left, I wasn’t really thinking about him- I was just thinking about how amazing Jesus is! How I was praying for a friend! and more Charlotte signs, and how much God KNOWS me and LOVES me and CARES about what the desires of my heart and my worries! and REALLY TRULY is taking care of me…. and proving to me that I CAN TRUST HIM. I can. Really.
So Just Super Awesome!! God is Good… Like wow… Such a “God thing”… He heard me… he heard my prayers… and He cares…and He’s working on it!

Sooooooooooo. I’m moving to Charlotte, North Carolina. haha

And Y’all, I just want to tell you, God can talk to you anyway he wants to! Each of you have your own unique relationship with our sweet Jesus. Yours doesn’t have to look like someone else’s to be ‘legit’. He loves each of you uniquely! and because he knows you, he talks to you differently than he talks to others. For example: children.. you can’t talk to me the same way you talk to my sisters. We are different people and respond differently to different speech and tones. So in the same way, God knows you! and talks to you differently! and that is OK! Allow him to talk to you in anyway he wants! Fortune cookies included! haha ask for discernment for hearing him. He’ll give it to you.

My prayer for you is that you will learn to hear his voice and embrace his words. Allowing yourself to be loved by him in a new way. ❤

Amen.