Tim's New Job

Well, after over a decade of working for Alcatel, Tim began a new chapter in his professional career when he started his new job with Mercer HR Services yesterday. He is excited about the new opportunity, but it is a big change for him since he was with Alcatel for such a long time (since leaving A&M). Leaving Alcatel has been bitter-sweet for Tim. He is sorry to leave his friends and colleagues, and it feels strange to walk away from the company that has been a part of his life for so long. However, things have been difficult in the telecom. industry for quite a few years, and Tim was blessed to survive numerous lay-offs at the company. Then, last year Alcatel merged with Lucent, and things have been very unstable for months as these two companies worked to combine. The stress of this instability caused by the merger has been tough for Tim. Thankfully, this new opportunity just fell into his lap. My brother-in-law, Jeremy, told Tim about the job at Mara's birthday party in September. Jeremy had just been looking on an Aggie job posting website, and noticed a post placed on the site by one of his fraternity brothers. The job description was a great match for Tim's qualifications, and the company is located not too far from us (N. Dallas). Tim followed up on this lead, and everything just fell into place for him to take the job. We are truly blessed by this new opportunity. While the transition from his old position to this new one may be stressful at times, it gives us great peace to know that God has led him here. There is no other explanation for how this job opportunity came about other than to say it clearly was a "God Thing". Praise God for taking such good care of us! Please keep Tim in your prayers as he makes this job transition.