Job application after job application

Today I have spent about 6 hours on the computer filling out job applications for school districts. Some of them are districts that I have already applied to, but I have to recheck to see if any additional openings have been posted. I try to do this once a week. This week however, I extended my job search. I've started applying for positions in districts that are a looong drive from Denton.

I counted and I have now put in 40 job applications! That's right, 40! This has been one of the most frustrating and difficult things that I have ever done. When I was graduating 6 months ago, I would have never thought that I would still be struggling to find a job. I was so confident that I would get a job in Lewisville ISD (where I did my student teaching) that I never even considered not being interviewed for a position there and here it is the middle of June! I've got 2 months left before teachers start reporting to work for the next school year.

Please, please, please, keep praying for us. I have got to continue to trust in the Lord to bring me through this. I need the hope that my current job situation will not last forever, and I will be successful in finding a job. I know that someday soon (if it is His will) that the right job opportunity will jump out at me! I need the strength to get through everyday. I have never had a job that I disliked so much than the one I have now. I guess I have been so lucky the last several years to work with people that I enjoy in a fairly positive working environment. This new job has been such a challenge, so I hope I will take from it whatever it is the Lord is trying to teach me, but it is a hard lesson to learn!