After 3 years of trying: diplomate!

my testimony🕊💖

Let's start from the beginning: to enter this school with financial help, it took me 4 years, during which the Lord showed me in dreams that I would go to school. So it happened!😃💖💖💖

A dear friend of mine, before starting school, warned me with a prophetic word from the Lord, quoting Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Looking back, I kind of understand what it meant. But the Lord is so good! I had great classmates and teachers! I enjoyed history and a lot of things! I met friends and through someone I met my patner (of 4 years now)!😃 God makes us wait for a good reason!😃 He also uses all the bad things to work together for our good.💖

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Now, about the diploma: after 4 years of school, I passed all my exams but... not the practical work. Without it, I couldn't take my diploma.

One of my teacher told me it was because I didn't realize something "Swiss style", since our school is based on Swiss graphics. I made other mistakes as well, but the grade was so low that it seemed like I had done nothing. I had the interview with the experts to understand my mistakes.

One of them was my teacher and, even if he couldn't give me points that I didn't deserve, I could see compassion in his eyes. While the other one, I noticed that he was agitated seeing that I had come accompanied but, as soon as he understood that he was "only" my patner (and not a lawyer, probably) he immediately relaxed. He was not sensible at all. He had told me that I would be fine in a day, but that was not the case.

The next year, I retook the exam and… failed again. This time I understood from their comments that what my teacher had said was correct: they were judging my work from a Swiss style point of view. Which is pure objectivity, no room for artistic experiments. My fault, I was trying to show them what I enjoyed creating (illustrations and collages) but they didn't care. They wanted something more minimal and… less me.

I was so angry. For 4 years they had let me pass, how come I failed the professional exam for the second time? Then I found out that half the class had failed. This was not normal.

In all honesty, I wanted to give up. I didn't want to retake the exam a third time. However, a brother in Christ prophesied to me that "a man would make me a proposal that I didn't like, but it would be better for me to accept it". In fact, after a few days, my former teacher/expert wrote to me, suggesting that I retake the exam. I absolutely didn't want to, but I understood that it was all moved by the Lord. In fact, the previous year, I had also dreamed that God told me that this professor was chosen by Him and positioned there for a purpose.

In addition, during that period, I continued to see references to Esther 4:14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?

So the Lord moved me to act. We signed a letter and wrote to the school, the graduation office and with some help, we also wrote a letter to the directress of the Department of Education. The school and the office didn't take us seriously BUT the directress of the Department of Education did and it made the difference. When the directress went to the graduation office, those responsible were so angry that went to scold our teachers, who didn't know about our the letter. Incredible, but this was proof that something was happening, God was moving!💖

The directress wrote us that the office did something about it and that we could try to take the exam again. So we did it. I was worried, but the Lord gave me a dream: I was on an escalator with a former sales apprenticeship classmate of mine, with whom I graduated and with a former graphics classmate of mine, who was allowed to change section, in our school, after 3 years. So I was comforted, the Lord wanted to give me the diploma. Instead, during the summer I received a warning from the Lord in a dream: while I was going down the stairs, something was shown to all my classmates except me, but in the dream I was stepping on a snake. My parents reassured me with the interpretation; a small hitch would happen but the Lord would help me. in fact, out of the whole class, i was the only one who hadn't received the letter with the exam dates. On it was everyone's name except mine. But, thanks God, a classmate noticed it and told me, so I was able to write to a person in charge and receive it.

Things have changed. An expert is now teaching to graphic designers, to better prepare students for exams. In addition, the experts evaluated an exam test for us, to help us in preparation for the final exam. Finally, in the final exam they actually asked us to do less things than the other two years.

I am very grateful to all the people and teachers who helped me over the years, even in prayers.🙏🕊💖 I was able to understand better what I had to do to get my diploma. A Special thanks goes to the Lord.💖 For two years I was so anxious about exams that I had trouble falling asleep and between nightmares and worries, I didn't get enough rest. This year was my last chance and God also manifested in my sleep. Not only I was able to fall asleep, but the Lord also taught me at night! He would wake me up around 4 in the morning and show me what I needed to improve or what I needed to do to make the work more objective and consistent. Then I would go back to sleep! God is so good! 😃💖

Psalm 16:7

I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

When I handed in the analysis, I was crying, but when I handed in the practical work, I was smiling! Because this time it was clear to me too that my work was definitely more objective and less "Sharon".

But at the presentation, as expected, I couldn't speak for 20 minutes (due to anxiety, even if I've improved, I become faster at speaking). So they had more time to ask me questions beyond their 10 minutes. Unfortunately, even when their time was up, they kept me longer for some questions. If before I was more confident because of the Lord's dreams, now I was more worried. I must say though, that last year almost everyone smiled at me during the presentation and I thought I had done well, instead they had cutted off my legs.😅 So the last word had not been said.

Well, this year the letter arrived even earlier and... I GOT MY DIPLOMA!!!😃🥳🥳🥳🕊💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 Halleluja, Praise the Lord!!!😃🥳💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Furthermore, I am grateful because in these 3 years the Lord has introduced me to new friends, made me win a writing contest with a teacher and encouraged me, even through a free book at school, to write!  Because even if something is not written perfectly, it reaches the heart of another person and makes a difference!😃🥳💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

God bless you and give you many reasons to smile today and forever! In the name of Jesus, amen!😃🙏🥰💖💖💖💖💖