Making the move

Two years ago, when we moved to Lake Charles, we planned on it being a "temporary move." Well, the last two years have flown by. We never expected that it was going to be so hard to say goodbye when the time came. In a few weeks, that's what we'll be doing as we load a U-Haul and head to Lineville, AL.

Here's the breakdown of the last few weeks:

A social studies teaching job opened up in Jarred's hometown. Jarred put in an application with high hopes. While we were in Hawaii, Jarred was sweet enough (well actually he's always sweet :) ) to let me do some shopping at the Ala Mona mall. While I was browsing, Jarred checked his email on his phone. I could tell, by the way he was looking at his phone, that there was some kind of news (couldn't tell if it was good or bad?!?). He had received an email from the junior high school principle at Central in Clay County, inquiring about setting up an interview. We got home from Hawaii that Friday, and two days later Jarred flew to Alabama for a Monday morning interview. He felt that the interview went well.

The next 10 days went by so slow as we waited for the phone call, hoping he got the job. Thanks to many prayers and the Lord's willingness, that next Thursday Jarred received the phone call he had been hoping for. He is going to be the junior high social studies teacher. Starting in August, Jarred will be teaching Civics and Early World History.

Before Jarred's interview, he had worked with professors at McNeese to figure out a way to finish his graduate studies online from Alabama (in hopes that we would get the job). All the logistics worked out, and even though he'll have to make a couple trips back to Lake Charles, it will work out for him to graduate in December.

We completely put our trust in the Lord during the process. We had to tell our apartment complex we were not renewing our lease, even before Jarred had the interview in Lineville. If he didn't get the job, we had no idea where we would live. We just knew and trusted that the Lord was going to take care of us.

So in 4-5 weeks we'll be making the move to Lineville. I am so excited to get to be a part of the community. We're planning on settling down in this small town, and hope to buy a house in the next few years. The location seems so perfect too: about 1.5 hrs from Birmingham (one of my favorite cities), about 1.5 hrs from Atlanta (where Lindy lives), almost 1.5 hrs to Auburn (where Joseph lives and . . .  war eagle!), about 3 hours from my parents and sister and her family, and maybe 5 minutes from Jarred's parents!

We're SO excited to be in living in Alabama again. We're ready to move on to this next stage in our life, even though it's so hard to leave this last one. We're so grateful for the love and encouragement from the Trinity family.

Be on the lookout for a name change to our blog. . . I'm thinking . . . Life in Lineville (creative, right?). . . .

 

(We took these pics on one of my visits to Clay County when Jarred and I were dating, a few weeks before we got engaged!)

 

And for anyone wondering, Jarred's beard WILL be returning after his last day at CFA :)