Monday, June 20, 2011

A Fork in the Road - Stay the Course

We received our answer regarding the new opportunity and the answer was no. I have such a great sense of peace about the answer. Peace because where I work now has the best working environment of any place I have ever worked, my coworkers are great and we all pull together as a team!

Peace because we are not going to lose some wonderful neighbors as well; we have grown very close to them and would miss the "living in community" that we have come to enjoy. Peace because we don't have to sell our home in a very difficult real estate market.

So now we have an answer and all of the plans that were on hold for our home can be tackled!

Tackled, that is, as soon as we return from the beach!

Peace!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

A Fork in the Road Part 2

We'll if you read my previous post I inferred that a decision regarding my fork in the road was imminent. Well that has not proven to be accurate! We are still awaiting "the call". Stay tuned...

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A Fork in the Road

Yogi Berra is quoted as saying, "when you come to a fork in the road take it."

Several months ago I was invited to pursue a new opportunity. Part of the opportunity would require selling our home and relocating to a residence provided by my new employer. It would also mean leaving neighbors we have come to love dearly. After carefully considering the pros and cons, and praying we decided to go for it. So today we are at the metaphorical "fork in the road."

There are projects that are in waiting regardless of the fork we take but none of the projects can be addressed until we actually choose the fork. For example, I would like for us to have a home energy audit of our home, this would show us ways to increase our energy savings. I don't want to spend the money on this if we will be selling our home soon. My lovely wife is being very patient about a bathroom remodel. There are a number of projects that are waiting for the choice we make: a drainage project, some rain barrels, some new lights for our garden, a ceiling fan for our patio & a shade to block the afternoon sun.
There are other considerations - what to do about a vehicle replacement, work clothes, and our annual mission trip to Romania. All of these are part of this decision.

The board that will approve the search committee's recommendation is meeting as I write this post. So, after seven months of allowing the process to take it's course we could have an answer as early as today.

If that answer is yes then we have another wonderful and daunting set of decisions to make and projects to undertake. There will be new friends to encounter and a grace filled exit from my workplace and our neighborhood. There will be new opportunities to put our touch on in a special place, to build up the Kingdom of God in a place where He is already at work.

I am at peace with the decision regardless of whether it's yes or no. Don't be confused, I want the job but I have the blessing of a wonderful place to work already!