Brett had his big interview for the Colombia job today. Unfortunately, he didn't feel it went very well. There were a couple of questions he didn't feel he answered as well as he could have. Bummer! We discussed about how he could have been more prepared and couldn't really think of anything. So... if he did his best then we just have to turn the rest over to the Lord.
We've decided to change up our prayers a bit. Instead of praying for the specific job we should have, we have started to pray that the people making the decisions will be led by Heavenly Father to put our family where He would like/need us to be. We feel we've done all that we can on our part so now it's up to Him.
(Brett had done his homework quite a bit for this Colombia Interview. He had the chance to talk to the attache in Colombia a bit about the details of the job. It's actually pretty exciting, adventurous stuff! He also talked to the International Affairs lady about the Interview process. She said only 3 people applied. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? One of them is the attache from Mexico. Hmmm? Then would his position be open? Maybe? Brett told her about us wanting to go to Mexico. Guess we'll see what happens.)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Applied for Bogota, Columbia
Because Mexico is not an option, we decided to put our application in for Bogota, Columbia. Can't hurt, right? We could always turn it down if we don't feel it's right for us. But we'll never get it if we don't put in for it. The application is due this week so we'll see what happens. Wish us luck!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Montana or Out of Country??
Brett started looking into options of places to move. We'd really like to get closer to family and have a little more contrast to the landscape. LOL We've been praying about it lots and decided to start looking into the Montana region. (It fits our "6-8 hours from home" criteria as well as there are mountains. Yeah!) They have a few offices there we could choose from. Granted- it would only be us putting in our VOPP papers and then we'd have to wait and see!
[What's VOPP?? Basically, we only get ONE VOPP (Voluntary Office of Preference Program) transfer during Brett's career. We tell them where we'd LIKE to go and when an opening comes available and IF the current Supervisor allows it- we could get a transfer. So basically a move could be within months or maybe years.] The trick is that you can only apply for a VOPP during the month of February. That's why we need to find a place we'd like to go now so we can be prepared for the VOPP Posting at the beginning of the year.
Please don't misunderstand- We LOVE Fargo! The people are amazing!!We know we will NEVER be able to replace them and the experiences we've had here. But there comes a time when you just know that it's time to move on. It's weird actually. The Winter's here have been pretty hard on me (Shay) but other than that this is a great place to live. I have the BESTest friends ever here! And this particular Winter has been a piece of cake. But we just know our time here has come to an end. A little bitter sweet, you could say.
Another option of moving that we've talked about for years and decided to pray about is going out of the country for a bit. Scary??? Maybe but probably something we would never forget. Of course, we'd want to go somewhere Spanish speaking. Maybe Mexico? And we'd only like to be gone for a couple years. You can do anything for a couple years, right? It does freak me out a bit but it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity for our little family. We always said we'd want to do it before Liberty hit High School age. And crazy as it seems that's happening way too fast! Time to go if we're gonna do it!
[What's VOPP?? Basically, we only get ONE VOPP (Voluntary Office of Preference Program) transfer during Brett's career. We tell them where we'd LIKE to go and when an opening comes available and IF the current Supervisor allows it- we could get a transfer. So basically a move could be within months or maybe years.] The trick is that you can only apply for a VOPP during the month of February. That's why we need to find a place we'd like to go now so we can be prepared for the VOPP Posting at the beginning of the year.
Please don't misunderstand- We LOVE Fargo! The people are amazing!!We know we will NEVER be able to replace them and the experiences we've had here. But there comes a time when you just know that it's time to move on. It's weird actually. The Winter's here have been pretty hard on me (Shay) but other than that this is a great place to live. I have the BESTest friends ever here! And this particular Winter has been a piece of cake. But we just know our time here has come to an end. A little bitter sweet, you could say.
Another option of moving that we've talked about for years and decided to pray about is going out of the country for a bit. Scary??? Maybe but probably something we would never forget. Of course, we'd want to go somewhere Spanish speaking. Maybe Mexico? And we'd only like to be gone for a couple years. You can do anything for a couple years, right? It does freak me out a bit but it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity for our little family. We always said we'd want to do it before Liberty hit High School age. And crazy as it seems that's happening way too fast! Time to go if we're gonna do it!
Decisions, decisions, decisions???
Any suggestions?
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Documenting Our Journey away from Fargo
This blog is for the purpose of documenting our New Adventure!
[From October 2011 to March 2012 is going to be in retrospect of our journey. We realized after we got our transfer that it would be fun to see where we first started and the things that led up to our big Adventure. -the steps it took, the emotions we felt, the time-line of things, etc. So... let's see what we can remember! LOL]
October 2011
Brett said it's time to start thinking about if we are serious about moving next year. We've talked about it over the last couple of years but it never really worked out (or we were slackers in making any decisions about it). But this time, we both feel it's time to go! So... the question is WHERE to????
[From October 2011 to March 2012 is going to be in retrospect of our journey. We realized after we got our transfer that it would be fun to see where we first started and the things that led up to our big Adventure. -the steps it took, the emotions we felt, the time-line of things, etc. So... let's see what we can remember! LOL]
October 2011
Brett said it's time to start thinking about if we are serious about moving next year. We've talked about it over the last couple of years but it never really worked out (or we were slackers in making any decisions about it). But this time, we both feel it's time to go! So... the question is WHERE to????
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