Prayers Answered!

I know this is a long post so I will litter pictures in it....keep reading!

Yesterday was a whirlwind! In the morning Chris returned a call to the magazine company (Reach) he had interviewed with and was offered the job. Their offer was less than Chris had requested and the benefits were horrible. Their offer was for more than what he was making at the Enquirer per hour but due to high benefits cost we would be losing $400/month. Chris told the HR Rep he needed to talk to me, which was true, but he was also setting up a second interview with Settingpace.
Settingpace is a textbook design agency and a place Chris really wants to go. He had an interview with most of the design team last week, as the Creative Director was out of town. The design team gave him a thumbs up and the Creative Director wanted to set up a second interview. The placing agency left a message telling of the good news.

Chris was aware that the available times for the interview were Tuesday (Yesterday) at 9am, 10am, 3:30pm; Wednesday at 2pm or later in the week. Chris originally scheduled the interview for Wednesday at 2pm but after getting the offer at Reach he was in a little bit of a rush. Tuesday morning he called the placing agency to see if they could move the interview up. 9:00am...too late to get that one, 10:00am....placing agency was still waiting to hear back, 3:30pm...we got it! (this interview was confirmed at 1:15pm and Chris was downtown doing his part-time/freelance job) Linnea and I raced down to pick up Chris as he takes the bus downtown. He changed clothes quick and was off.
The interview was fairly short 20 minutes or so. Chris went over his portfolio for the Creative Director and answered a few of her questions, she asked if he had any questions and he said, "What is the next step?" She then informed him that they intend to hire him, but of course this all has to go through the placing agency, and had the HR Rep who was present go over some of their benefits.

This morning Chris called the placing agency telling them what Settingpace had said. The placing agency emailed Chris a little later saying that they had received an offer for the job. Chris has accepted the offer and is hoping to start there next Monday.

Thanks to all of you that joined us in prayer!