It's Green or bust

Well, Karl has landed an interview and he knocked their socks off. He is going to get to go and pursue a dream of his. He is going up to Des Moines to work for John Deere as a Program Manager. He is smiling from ear to ear. I am very excited for him and am happy that he will be able to go up and work for the Green Company. I am thankful that Andy and Lyneil are there and they can comfort us as we get used to our new surroundings.

It will be hard leaving San Antonio. We have such good, Christian examples. I am thankful that we have had the Yager's and of all the things that Karl and I have been able to learn from them watching them love each other and watching them raise their kids.

It will even harder to pass up east Texas and not want to stop. I already said that I am excited but that doesn't mean that I am ready to go. I don't know that I ever will be ready to "leave Texas". But, I know for sure that I will be ready to come home as soon as we get ready to return! It will be hard to pass Sherry in Anna. We plan on being there for a couple of days next week. Karl is also going to go home to Frankston and spend a couple of days with his mom. After that we are going to head to Amy's and then on to Mom's. Amy called and asked me what the state of Iowa's flower, vegetable, tree, fish, bird and song are. She is so creative. I just think that she likes to say "Iowa".

I think that I had my heart set on moving to Paris in all of this. I wanted to think that is where God needed us. I know that we would have been challenged there to be a better, loving couple; but that is not the door that God opened for us. We have consistently prayed for open and closed doors and we are taking the open one. Micah and Jennifer have been so supportive and wonderful. I don't know what we would have done without them in all of this. They have worked on finding jobs for us and have been good listeners through it all.

Mom is the best. She called me Saturday morning with some downer news and then she asked if Karl had heard from John Deere. I simply said that they made an offer and she immediately light up on the phone and said that made her heart happy. I pray that God can make me more and more like my mom. Thank you for being so precious and consistent for all of us, Mom!

Karl and I are renting a truck and we are putting all of our boxes in the truck and headed north within the next two weeks!

Just wanted to say thank you. Thank you, Neil and Andy for opening your home to us and giving us the opportunity. Thank you, family for being supportive. I have three great sisters and two wonderful moms' and I consider myself blessed to have Micah, Jennifer, Tyler and Becky as family as well.