Things that make you go "hmmmm......"

As you know, I went back to fulltime at my "regular" job about six weeks ago and have put my efforts to build Writing For a CHANGE on hold for the time being as I go back to school to pursue a copyediting certificate from the University of California, San Diego.

Well, the truth is, Writing for a CHANGE is just mostly on hold. I am trying to do a few projects here and there to keep my name out there and to bring in some extra money. But, with my fulltime job picking up (not just in literal hours at my office but also in terms of tasks and responsibilities), it's been a little difficult to do any marketing or reaching out. Basically, I'm not currently actively pursuing any sort of extra work...if I get a small project, it's mainly because the client has come to me.

With all that background aside, for the past few days, I've been just thinking about some of the expenses coming up this fall (plane tickets for two - maybe three - separate trips, Christmas gifts, weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, etc) and how it'd be nice to have a little extra cash to pay for those things. I haven't been stressing about money but really, simply thinking about the situation...and thinking that it'd be nice to get a few extra clients/projects but that I have no way of getting any.

Add to that the literal truth that though I have a website out in cyberspace that does advertise my business, it's not easily found or searched for (case in point: in a simple Google search of "Denver Copyediting" or "Denver Copywriter," Writing for a CHANGE doesn't turn up in the first five pages of results for either search....I'm working on that (though that's an entirely different topic for another day).)

ANYWAY, yesterday I get a call on my cell phone from an unknown number. Typically, I don't answer those calls...but for some reason I did yesterday. And to make this long story somewhat shorter, the person on the other end said that he was from a local web design and marketing company, that he found the Writing for a CHANGE website and that his company is looking for a freelance copyeditor/writer. He admitted that the entire thing probably sounded a little weird and random as he was just cold-calling my cell phone - so he gave me a bit of a brief history of the company, the company's website, the website for his personal side business as well as a brief caviat to say that he had been a missonary kid growing up and that this company is a family-run business full of other Christians (I think he felt safe mentioning that because he saw some of the work samples I have posted are from my job with Kingdom Building Ministries).

After our conversation, he also emailed me a brief description of the kind of work they're looking for and it looks perfect. We're going to meet next week to discuss if working together would be a good fit (specifically since I do still have a full-time job that I intend to keep for a while longer).

Anyway, it's just one of those crazy things that I can only attribute to God's tender care for me. I didn't even pray about this extra money or this extra work....it was just a passing thought combined with the reality that no one would know my company exists since I haven't done a good job of marketing the website, etc. Kind of fun to be reminded that God's bigger than my thoughts, my limitations and my concerns. Kind of makes me go "hmmmm...."