Ask Ompung-Manis for help

I copied from the ServiamTO mailing list: with a few edits and added photos.

"Ask the Lord Ompung Manis for help, Who is very good!"

I did that firstly when I looked for a job. I have made more than 100 applications, and got training at Job-Searching agents I never got a call.

Finally after more than one month I was called for an interview, but failed. And keep praying to Ompung Manis (that is the name I call my Lord JESUS). Eventually Ompung-Manis helped! I was accepted as casual,then part-time, next full time. I worked as a full-time Residential Care Attendance for 15 years until retirement.

2014, my group-home that I worked make a farewell for me. Surprisingly the Director for all DDA adult-grouphomes will come. She told me that she would like to give me a surprise gift. The surprise gift is my first grouphome manager Mr.B. Mr B said that, "Actually the person who accepted you was not me, but the second interviewer Mr.H. Mr.H said to Mr.B, please hired this person!" And Mr.H immediately asked me to work in his group-home night shift, even though I had not been trained at his group-home yet.

Now  as a reflection, I try to use clear "glasses" to see all these events. I used to work very well, money came, I was praised and respected in Jakarta. Coming to Canada, I still thought like that, that I had the privilege to easily find work. Well, because I'm a doctor, psychiatrist and super child psychiatrist. But I could not get a job. I tried to downgrade, apply a job for a researcher at UBC, and all Vancouver universities, colleges, still no answer...

There is a need to follow first two years residency, but the waiting time was too long. There were 500 international doctors to queue, each year only accepts 5 candidates. Or go to the Yukon but having to be separated from the family. Continue to searching, go to another section/job: for computer data, insurances, etc., still no response.

Then CL advised: "Just do it according to your field." So I followed this advice by looking to work on the health sector, becoming as a Health Care Worker (RCA).

While i was waiting to get a job, I studied ESL. From grade 0, continue to Medium level, then jump to grade 10. Then enter the LPN school at VCC. When in VCC, I saw a DDA advertisement looking for a RCA. I applied to DDA right away. The first interview failed. Only a few months later the second interview came. It was successful. I thought this was accepted by Mr.B who was interviewing me, but actually I was accepeted by Mr.H.

In conclusion, I was proud and arrogant. Only after I got stuck I remembered God. HE is the Boss of all bosses. Praise the Lord, God still accept me. God sent Mr.CL who is an atheist (he admitted openly, you know), and Mr.H who is a gay (also openly). I am very grateful to both of them. We were helping and mutually respectful each other.

Petrus

more pictures: Happy Retirement 2014