My Jesus Expo

When my family returned home from the Philippines in May, I knew I was faced with something that I had no motivation to do. Job hunting. Oh dear. Post-grad life. I was fortunate because when I came back from vacation, I hurled into RYC prep that was happening a week away. After RYC, a certain Calgarian flew in to attend my University convocation the week after.

Before I knew it, those two weeks of what felt like an extension to my vacation were over, it was June, and I still had no job. All of my friends told me that it could take weeks –even months to find a job, especially as a new graduate. MV Shout was slowly approaching, and even without funds, the Lord still showered me with the means to go through the love and support of this community.

The search continued, and as conference was getting closer, I started to feel a heaviness in my heart because it seemed like there was no chance of me going. Even with all the offers of support, I knew that choosing not to accept them in obedience to my parents wishes of me finding a job first was the better choice. I kept telling myself “I did attend ILC, and experienced JESUS Expo already, so really, don’t be sad Lara.”

Still, the Lord had something prepared for me that conference weekend. On the Friday of conference, I received a call from a job I applied, asking me to come in for an interview on Monday. Saturday, I was able to spend the morning and afternoon with my parish of St. Patrick’s in celebrating our annual parish picnic. Sunday was spent with family, enjoying some BBQ and watching movies.

I went to the interview on Monday, and about two hours later, I received a call saying that they wanted to hire me. How the Lord works!

I had my own Jesus Expo that weekend. I experienced Mass from Fri-Sun with my parish family of St. Patrick’s. I had “Awake Fair” and “Competitions” at our parish picnic on Saturday. I had my personal “Sessions” and “Workshops” in my prayer time. I even got to have my own mini-Liveloud, courtesy of my Liveloud CD. And of course, a “Victory Party” at my family BBQ.

I held onto this verse during my job hunt, and after ETNC: Jesus Expo, everything fell into place:

God himself will provide you with everything you need, according to His riches, and show you His generosity in Christ Jesus. — Philippians 4:19

Praise God.