Hard Decisions Made Easy

So I posted a while back about my decision to go to Grad School to get my masters. I had decided I didn't want to teach and wanted to be a Child Life Specialist. You don't need a masters to be one but I figured what the hey I might as well since I have a bachelors. I took my GRE, got the scores I needed and applied to the University of Georgia for their program. 

About to three weeks ago I was thinking about what the next couple of years would look like for me. As I got to thinking I realized that I wasn't sure if I really wanted to take two years off of working full time and go back to school. Not only would I be not getting paid I would be in even more student debt. After praying about it I thought it really wouldn't be a good idea. Then one weekend my roomie and her boyfriend and I attended a church conference where the speaker spoke on prophecy. We paired up and just prayed boldly for our partner, mine happened to be a lady I had never met. She told me that as she prayed for me she sensed God was telling her that I was teetering on something and that I knew where I needed to go and that God was going to take care of it so I should go in faith. I cried because I knew exactly what she was referring to. 

The week after I looked on the Child Life Council website to see what I would need to do just to get certified. Since I already have a bachelors I would just need to take a handful of classes, do an internship, take the certification test and I am good to go. I reached schools that would let me take classes as a non degree seeking student and as a distant learner. I found about 7 schools and started emailing contacts to figure out what I needed to do. All of them emailed me back. After looking at costs and how easy it would be to register and apply I decided on the University of Alabama. My brother went to school there, that's who I root for and who just so happened to have a great program for me and an awesome advisor that was already helping me so much. 

After talking back and forth I applied as a non degree seeking distant learner (which means I didn't have to pay an application fee!!) and got accepted. I will start taking classes come this summer and will need 10 or less classes depending on what I have already taken counts for. 

I know that God has had a huge hand in it. I applied to Alabama on Monday was accepted on Tuesday, on Wednesday I told my small group my new plan, and on Thursday I got a letter saying that I was not accepted to Georgia's masters program. It was just confirmation that it was not where I was suppose to be. His timing is always perfect. I am just honored I get to witness it. 

So now I will be working still with my nanny family and taking classes. When I get a job in a hospital the opportunity might arise to get my masters and I might take advantage of it, who knows. For now I am very happy and lookin forward to the future. 

With all that being said Roll Tide Roll. 

Jenny