PART 07 — 06/11 — ENGLISH

CHRIST LIFE REVIVAL

My Life Testimony — Part 19

The Entire Employment Journey, 2023–2026 — Five Opportunities with Gaps in Between

1. QATAR

January 31 to April 25, 2023

QMS NOUF Jack-Up Barge

2. MUMBAI

March 2 to April 23, 2024

Leighton Stealth Project

3. BAHRAIN

June 22 to September 25, 2024

LTB-300 Project

4. BASRA (IRAQ)

November 16, 2024 to February 8, 2025

Oil Terminal — SAR Radio Officer

5. QATAR

November 11, 2025 to February 12, 2026

MAG MAINTAINER I — Radio/Admin

Looking at the approximately three years and nine months from the beginning of 2023 through September 2026, I received only five job opportunities in total.

Each job lasted roughly three months, and altogether I worked for only about fifteen months.

For most of the remaining time, I stayed at home.

The gaps between some jobs stretched to nearly nine months.

I faced situations where I worked for three months and then had to remain at home without a job for many months.

Just as I began to rejoice over getting a job, the project would end and another period of waiting would begin.

During those three years and nine months, I felt that God was teaching me not a life of continuous employment, but how to depend on Him both when I had work and when I did not.

My wife experienced those lessons alongside me.

When I have a job... when I do not have a job... He alone is my refuge...

Bible references: Psalm 37:5 | Isaiah 40:31 | Philippians 4:13 | 2 Corinthians 12:9

My Life Testimony — Part 20

May 2024 – October 2026 — Our Household's Financial Circumstances

After my mother passed away, financial difficulties became more apparent in our lives.

We had to stretch the money earned during a few months of employment to get through the remaining months.

We did not know when another job would come. Meeting the household's essential needs had to take priority, and we were not in a position to meet other needs.

We did not have money to renew the bike's insurance.

At times, there was not enough money even to put petrol in the bike.

We did not have money to renew the car's insurance.

Even putting diesel in the car was something we had to think carefully about.

We could not afford to buy new clothes for my wife.

We could not afford to buy new clothes for me.

There were times when we could not afford footwear for either of us.

These are the real circumstances we have been facing in our lives.

I am not sharing these circumstances to blame others. I am sharing the lessons I have learned about depending on God amid these difficulties.

When we had to live for many months on the money earned from three months of work, I learned the value of money, care in spending, patience, and waiting.

I came to understand that, however great a need may be, we cannot always obtain everything immediately.

My wife is living through these circumstances with me. These are not easy days for either of us.

Even so, amid our needs, we are trying to move forward with faith in God.

Bible references: Psalm 37:5 | Isaiah 40:31 | Philippians 4:13 | 2 Corinthians 12:9

CHRIST MUST LIVE IN US • OUR SELF MUST DIE

Christ must live in us • We must die to self.