Lots has happened since I last posted! Where shall I begin?
I know most of you know this, but for those of you who don’t…read on.
It feels like God is so specifically directing us in the last few weeks, and for that we are truly grateful. I know we prayed for that, and others prayed that for us as well, but it doesn’t fail to amaze me when He is so directly involved in our decision making – to the point of practically making the decision for us! 🙂
A couple weeks ago I got a phone call (D was out of town), saying that a funding for the cardiology residency opened up, and they are inviting D to come this July! Now, this is not the place we were leaning towards; in fact, we were shying away from it because of distance from our families, etc. However, it seems like a good fit for D (academically) and it will be a place I think we will enjoy living very much. (Sorry, but I don’t want to put names and places on here)
The program director there basically told me that they won’t interview anyone else for the position if D wants it, and they didn’t even have all his reference letters, etc at that point, not to mention they hadn’t even met him in person!
Soon after, we found out that there is not much chance Iowa would have accepted him since he doesn’t have much research experience and he’s not too interested in doing a lot of it. Also, there’s a lot more competition there for getting in.
So it seems like God has obviously closed one door and flung another one WIDE open! We are terribly excited about moving there, except for the fact that we will be living so very, very far away from anyone we know! But we have known all along that when the right thing comes along we will both feel at peace, and we do. Also, someone else had given us a prophetic word that God would make it obvious to us which choice is right, and it seems very clear to us!
Right now everything (except for saying good-bye to everyone) seems so new and exciting, but I know there are hard times to come. I know it won’t be easy living in a new place with D working a new job. But we have to remember now how God has led us so we can look back and still be sure we’re in the right place.
D and I are going to check things out next week. He will meet the docs, etc. and work with them for a couple days, and hopefully I will be able to check out some schools, houses, etc.
We are still praying for much wisdom as we figure these details out! For now it looks like they will compromise with us and let us wait until at least October to come.
Hopefully I will get lots of emails from you guys now – I think I should maybe start a private blog so I can be more specific about places.
I feel like I’ve rambled and haven’t made much sense so feel free to ask questions. I can tell you more details by email if you want to know!