If you would have told me 6 weeks ago that we would be leaving Lincoln, I would have told you that you were crazy. Today, however, I must tell you that it is true. Jonathan has been dealing all year with the possibility of a pay cut for the 2009-10 school year (it's all based on a technicality in the extra standard pay policy). His co-teacher and administrators at the school have been fighting with the district to see that this wouldn't happen. But, around May 18th, the door was pretty much slammed in their faces...meaning the pay cut would happen. The same day we got this news, Jonathan got a call from the director at his high school in Iowa saying there was a job opening and his name had been brought up as a possible candidate. So, within a week, he applied and an interview was set up for June 1st. He was offered the job on Friday, and after one last ditch effort by his principal to reverse the pay cut, he accepted the job in Iowa.
Everything is in hyperdrive now. We've made another trip back to look at houses while frantically getting ours ready to sell. We are officially moving the last week in July. The whole situation is so bittersweet. We're excited to be near family-Jonathan's whole family lives in Iowa. The kids have never lived near their grandparents before and they will have their cousins to grow up and play with. However, Lincoln has become our home. We love it. We love our church and all that it has brought to our spiritual life and growth. We love Jonathan's school. He has built such a successful choral program in five short years....nothing like leaving while it's still growing! Just a week before this all started I said, I could live in Lincoln forever...words I NEVER thought I would say. This is my home and I'm not ready to leave it.
But, I will go, with a lot of tears, but nevertheless a cheerful attitude and try to look forward and not back. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that this is exactly what God has planned for us. Great things are in store. His hand has been in this every step of the way. I think the transition for me will be more difficult. Jonathan is going back to something he knows very, very well...his high school and hometown. I am going back to where I went to college and spent 4 years of my life.
Five weeks left here and I am going to love every second of it. I wish I could take all I have here and pack it up and bring it with me. But, alas, my friends, our church, my bible study groups, E Free MOPS, worship ministries and Resonance and Ambience must stay in Lincoln and I'll find a way to make it through.
If you think of it, say a prayer for us...that our house will sell quickly, that the kids will transition easily (we will be living with Jonathan's folks for about 2 months), that Jonathan's job transition will be smooth and my heart will not be anxious.
Sorry so somber...I will try and post some pics before we leave town of the kids.
Take care and God Bless.
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