Meditation

I gave a message in class this week. Here is a video of it.

And here is a basic translation:
I passed Christmas of 2008 with my family. I had to go back to my apartment in the cities early because a snow storm was coming and I had a job interview on Monday, so I couldn't afford to get stranded. So, sadly, I left early. The next day I called to verify some details about the job interview. I accidentally called the owners of a different branch of the same company. Their branch was actually closer to where I lived but I hadn't known they were hiring. They invited me for a personal interview in an hour. I went and, long story short, I got the job. All of this was on the day that I wasn't supposed to be back in the cities yet.

Then my roommate decided to move to Texas. I couldn't pay for the apartment myself, so I moved. The place I moved to was not good. It was super cold- I slept with my winter jacket on- and it was super loud. The guy next door was largely deaf and apparently he could not sleep without the television blaring. He would come home sometimes at 1AM and turn the television on. So I slept with my winter jacket and earplugs. Sometimes during the day I would catch the smell of marijuana...

A woman I had met through my new job found out about my situation, and one day she told me that I was going to come live with her family, for free. She said she needed somebody to help eat her food. This was on the 30th, one day before I would have had to renew my rent at the other place for a second month. I moved that night.

This woman knows lots of people, and she introduced me to pretty much all of them. She made a lot of connections for me and also acted as my secretary. Thanks to her, my monthly partnership increased by about 30% in a couple of months. I lived with that family until August, and September 1st I had enough support to fly to France and start schooling.

Without the snow, I wouldn't have had a job.
Without the job, I never would have met that woman
Without my roommate moving, I never would have had to move
Without that move, I probably wouldn't be here.
The conclusion: God is good! (and thank you to those owners and to that woman, you know who you are!)