Hello everyone.  It's been a while since I've submitted a prayer request.  This Friday I have a test I have to pass for my job.  I took it once in December and I failed and got a 62.  I failed by 4 questions.  At that time, I only had a week to study 14 chapters.  Actually, considerably less when you factor in the 40 hours of work I put in that week and only got to study after work.  Anyway, I am required to test for a D license at work.  I have up to four chances to pass.  That is the state law.  My job handbook says I am required to get a D license before my one year anniversary at work, which is this April.  At that time it is up to the boss to decide if I should stay on or be let go.  Technically, that is what the handbook says, but realistically, that has never happened.  Now, I have been studying those 14 chapters for two months now.  It's boring.  Now don't get me wrong, I love my job, I just find the mechanics of it boring.  Some of you may remember I was unemployed forever.  I struggled and prayed and finally landed a great job.  Then shortly after starting, I was faced with homophobes.  The all male dominate environment hated me because I am gay.  But in time, they let go of those feelings and soon there after, I was accepted.  Accepted to the point of getting invited with the guys for a drink.  That may not sound like much, but I have come a long way in just under a year at my job.  Being unemployed so long and suddenly getting a very well paid job.  Then faced with hate and then ultimately breaking down the walls.  My record at work is superior.  I have never called in sick and I have never been late.  I love my job.....I just don't care for the mechanics of a water plant.  It's boring and filled with a lot of rules and regulations and water technology.  But I love my job.  And I've been studying and praying and studying and praying that I may understand and absorb the knowledge I need to pass this test.  I do not want to fail and I have confidence that I can pass it this time.  So, I am asking for your prayers that I may succeed in passing this test this Friday.  I have always appreciated the prayers I get from every one of you.  Please keep me in your prayers this week. Thank you.Steve