It seems like I was enduring heartache after heartache. I eventually shut the world out. I was in a dark place, so I moved home to Odessa from Lubbock in an attempt to start over.
I had a great job opportunity in Odessa, but COVID and negative oil prices hit all in the same week, and I only got to work for 24 days! So I found another job, but it wasn't great, and I'm still healing from how my boss treated me.
During all this change, I was taking steps to purchase a home because rent is outrageous in the Midland/Odessa area, so I took a leap of faith and went into Betenbough Homes. To my surprise, someone I've known since high school was my salesperson – Donavon!
Because I had been in constant contact with Donavon, I saw a post he shared about a job opening. I texted him immediately and said, "I don't care what it takes; I want to work for you."
In March, I started at Betenbough as a new home coordinator, and over the next few months, I felt like my life started making sense again. Betenbough is 100% a part of that. They helped put my faith back together and helped me learn to listen, not even just spiritually, but in many other ways.
"They helped put my faith back together and helped me learn to listen, not even just spiritually, but in many other ways."
I now know that there is purpose in it and that I'm not alone even in the middle of hard times. It's a "we're going to walk with you through this storm" culture. They've taught me that we're a team. And more than that, we're family.
I'm less guarded because of this place and the people I'm surrounded with daily. I'm kinder. And my kids, family, and boyfriend get to feel the fruit of that firsthand. But I'm also kinder to myself because I know that God's got me. It was an ah-ha moment that happened in the walls of Betenbough Homes, and it's changed my life forever.
