After Mr. Bond was back from his vacation, he received raving praises from everyone Rock had performed a job for and about the talent of his newly hired hand. And what made Mr. Bond extremely happy was a call from Mr. Fowler praising Rock for his professionalism and for the handling of his "rush job" in less than 48 hours that made it possible for the printer to meet the deadline.

Mr. Bond called Rock to his office, and beaming with joy told him about Mr. Fowler's phone call, and other raving reviews from others and thanked him for the job well-done, and to his delight and surprise was given another raise to $4 an hour.  That, too, was hard for his girlfriend to take, and their relationship soured and ended soon after that.

He was saddened but accepted and devoted his time to his new Godsend profession. He moved out of the apartment they were sharing and moved into an efficiency apartment near his work, and for the first time, had his own place, he could call his home!

Mr. Bond was Godsend. He was very kind and generous. He took him in as a friend and a son. He invited him to his house for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. His wife was also very nice and kind. He worked for Mr. Bond for six months or so before the seasonal job was complete and over. Mr. Bond try to keep him on and even hired a newly college-graduated young man as Rock’s assistance. But economically, it wasn’t possible since there was not enough work for them to do and laid off the newly hired man. But Mr. Bond liked Rock very much, and called him into his office and told him to take the next two weeks with pay to prepare a portfolio of his newly accomplished work, promising him that he would help him find another job.

Rock thanked Mr. Bond and spend long hours every day for the next two weeks and put together a very impressive portfolio of his work and showed it to Mr. Bond. Mr. Bond was further very impressed with the portfolio and immediately phoned his friend at a big graphic art company while Rock was still in his office. He explained his situation and highly recommended Rock with high praises, saying, "he'll be a great addition to your company!" Mr. Bond gave Rock the phone number of the person to call. 

Rock went back to his office and immediately called the number and made an appointment for the next day in the early afternoon.   He met with the new potential employer and was told that they like his work and would like to offer him a job as a designer and paid him $5 an hour – a great pay as the minimum wage was still below $2 an hour in those days.

That was a shocking surprise to him as it was to his now ex-girlfriend and was coldly congratulated, but the most important news for him was yet to come. He was on cloud nine and beyond once more. He now had achieved the impossible; only six months earlier, he was told by his girlfriend that it was not possible to achieve. But the most blessing part was that in less than six months, he had gone from a hasty acted on and perhaps, unattainable idea, with no experience or degree to an ordinary “paste-up artist” and now to a designer – a job that is reserved only for experienced artists with college degrees.

Again, he contributed his good fortunes to God's grace and blessings that he was born with the talent in the first place and for giving the opportunities to prospers with, all through his life. He knows it is God that has made all possible through His angels above and right here on the ground.