Last Wednesday, I was told I was being furloughed (read laid off) from my job as a case manager at the agency I work for. Friday was my last day. It so happens that I had been making arrangements for several months to begin moonlighting as a drug and alcohol counselor at the same agency. When I left my department on Friday, I started my new job that Monday. It is contract work, so the hourly rate is good, but there are no benefits, and I only get paid if I see clients. Still, it is a job and this is a growth industry, unfortunately. I can start Medicare back up, but my wife is a year short of being old enough, so there is a concern about getting her health insurance.
I have been down this road so many times that it seems routine to me. I believe that for some reason, this is where God wants me to be, and I am just following His leading. Please pray for my guidance, and for the people I will be helping. Thanks.
Wayne