He thanked God, and right there, he knew everything was in God’s hands. He then called his first appointment and told the man the story and asked if he could come at 9:30. The man said to him that wasn’t a good sign as lateness was not acceptable, and he didn’t believe his story. Apprehensive, he hopelessly called his second interview expecting the worse. But to his relief, he was believed and was told he could come an hour later.

Somewhat relieved and encouraged, he called his third appointments and nervously retold his story and asked if he could come a bit later. The man on the phone said no. His stomach dropped before the man continued by saying that he takes an early lunch and rescheduled him for two O’clock later that afternoon, a piece of very welcome news. He thanked God profusely for His much-needed blessings he had received.

Now he had only one interview in the morning to worry about. He rushed back to his car on the side of the road and waited for the tow truck to arrive. Happily, the tow truck came shortly after. He rode with the tow truck to the repair shop, likely within walking distance from his first interview. At the dealership, he tried very hard to barrow a car since it was their fault for not repairing his car right in the first time. But they wouldn’t budge, and he couldn’t afford to rent a car.

He walked briskly to the interview carrying his oversize portfolio. There he was told by a young lady to have a seat and offered him a cup of coffee as he waited anxiously. That helped calm his anxious nerves. The interview went well. The boss told him he liked what he saw and offered him to work without pay as their delivery boy, delivering their goods and work as an artist when possible for a month to see how well he would perform. He was very excited; his simple idea had worked as he now had a potential job in the field of art! He was on cloud nine as it was known one to be when the good news was that good. The company was a fabric design studio, and he was very interested to learn all about it.  

Now that the interview was over, he had ample time, but nervous as he still had to secure a car for his afternoon interview. The only choice he had was to find his girlfriend to borrow her car for that interview. He knew of his girlfriend’s schoolmate and a close friend who worked nearby. On a hunch, as he had overheard them talking about her workplace, he was able to find it and went to the office and asked for her. To his surprise and her amazement when she came to the front, he was in the right place. He told her the story and asked if she knew where his girlfriend worked. She told him that they are scheduled to meet for lunch, and it would be a pleasant surprise for her to see him there. Since it was still too early for lunch, she told him where to meet at noon. He left to stroll the streets of the small historic Old Town Alexandria that was being revitalized.  

At noon he surprised her by tapping her on the shoulder. She was excited to see him and with his potential job offer. She was also saddened with his misfortune of car trouble on such an important day. After lunch, she walked him to her car, and after they said their goodbyes, he drove to his afternoon interview. It happened to be an hour away.