i want to be a teacher

four years of tedious hard work to get my degree in education, all to just sit and wait.  i have a hard time doing that, i always have especially if i have no control of the situation.  it's something i'm trying to work on.  graduating from a university in oklahoma and then moving to texas right after graduation makes it hard to find a job, especially in teaching.  

i tried starting early in my job search in texas.  i started applying for jobs, took resume's, and applied for a texas certificate a couple months before i graduated.  heard nothing.  texas is very picky in  choosing their teachers and doesn't want anyone working in the education field if they don't have a texas certificate, or that's my conclusion.  i have waited for my oklahoma certificate to come in the mail so i can finally get it turn into texas and figure out what i need to do to get my certification there.  along the way, there have been some obstacles that have left me discouraged, frustrated, and negative.  finally, after a one-day trip to OKC to the education department, i might be on my way to being certified in oklahoma, but with it being middle of july (1 month until school starts), only having 2 interviews, and knowing just about everyone else in my education classes already has a job, the discouragement has stayed about the same.

landon has been such a huge support in all of this.  he knows when i get down and frustrated and he knows exactly what to say and how to pray for me.  he is my rock.  God has been working on me in this whole process as well.  i know "All thing work together for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."  that verse has been brought to my mind several times over the last couple weeks especially.  the Lord is teaching me to trust him....completely, because that is where i am falling short.  

landon has been going to his "alternative certification" class last week and this week he will finish them up.  i am also helping him with his online classes that he has to take as well.  as small as it may be, talking to him about these different teaching principles he is learning and the things that i am "re-covering" on his online classes excites me even more to be a teacher.  i know this is what i am supposed to do for now and i know God will provide a way for that.  he has called me into this ministry of teaching, my mission field and he isn't going to leave me hanging now.  i'm excited (and a little nervous) to see where this road will take me.  it's already been a crazy ride, but with a wonderful, loving, and supportive husband and an unfailing God, i will be right where i'm supposed to be in the end.