Job!!

Hello folks,

I wanted to let you all know I've been offered a job, which I'm excited to start for this coming Tuesday.  It's with a company called ATS Engineers here in Austin, Texas who do a lot of custom homes as well as commercial projects.  And along the home front, I have been hired to process energy certifications for homes.  For their office, it's a new position, so I'm excited to be working to pioneer a new process.  It's not in structural or civil engineering, which I was looking for primarily for the reason that I already have some experience in structural and civil design.  But in being offered this job, God reminded me of my growing interest and love for green building, and this definitely is a good stepping stone into green engineering and design.

But what's cool is how I got the job.  I interviewed with ATS from a Craigslist job posting and although I would have been eager to start because it involved being on site for much of my time, I wasn't offered the position.  I came away from the interview however, knowing it went well, and the company seemed really cool and the folks seemed really nice.  Not to mention it's in the beautiful Westlake area of Austin.  So, fast forward a couple of Tuesdays later and I get a call from one of my interviewers saying that although they couldn't offer me the job I applied for, they would like me to interview for another position that recently opened up because they thought I was a good candidate, well qualified, and they liked me in the interview and wanted to give me a job anyway.  The next Thursday in the morning I felt God telling me to expect a phone call saying that I got the job, and although I totally believed it, God challenged me to share that word He gave me.  So, in faith I told Shelley, and she totally believed it, because Shelley is so faithfully supportive. Then later that night, while proclaiming God's love to strangers on the street with Jason Chin, one of the ladies from our church prophesied that I would get a job and it would be a job where I was sought out.  How about that?  She had no idea she was speaking truth that had already happened.  The next day I was offered the job and now I start on Tuesday.  God is so good.

So again, I'll be certifying homes for energy performance with energy raters such as Energy Star,  and RESNET.  It's by no means an engineering job and by no means pays engineer salary, but I'm excited to start because it's my first career job!!  Also, as energy efficiency and green building are great interests of mine, what better way to get into this by starting with the basics of what it takes to certify with all these ratings and standards.

That being said, this marks my transition from my En Costa Rica blog, (since I'm no longer in Costa Rica), to my new blog, God's Love Falls, which will chronicle my continued life mission as God walks me through it.  I'll probably be adding some new types of posts as well.  Possibly some social commentary if God permits me to open my mouth publically, and I've always enjoyed answering questions like "I'm going to [fill in city/geographic location], what should I do/see there?" so I've thought about doing a post about all the great places to see local/indie music in and around Nashville, so keep a lookout for that as well.

Anyway, thank you all readers and supporters, you can continue to follow me at
http://godslovefalls.blogspot.com/

May God's mercy and love be poured out among you like the water that falls over a mountain.
Brad Montgomery