Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Transitions

Jarrod and I are in a stage of transition right now - packing up our apartment and getting ready to move back to the Shenandoah Valley by this weekend. There have been many changes in our lives recently.
Right after I graduated from nursing school, Jarrod interviewed and accepted a job to work for Community Christian School in Woodstock, VA. He will be teaching 6-8th grade English and 7-8th grade Civics, as well as coaching boys basketball (which he is very excited about!). This set into motion preparations to move by the start of the school year, beginning with Jarrod's last week of work at the post office. He has been working at the USPS as a Rural Carrier Associate for many months now, and really caught on to doing the job well. He will definitely be missed - and has an open invitation to return if he so desires.
Here's a picture of Jarrod coming home after a long day of work. :)After Jarrod accepted the position at CCS, I began seriously looking for a nursing job in the Vally - and had to turn down a position at UVA's hospital. After spending time at Rockingham Memorial Hospital and Shenandoah Memorial Hospital (a critical access hospital in Woodstock), and with much prayer and consideration, I have accepted a job at RMH working on their cardiac floor.
Jarrod and I both begin on September 2nd! We have spent several days "house-hunting" and are continuing to look for a place to rent for this next year that is in-between our job locations. In the meantime will be living at my parent's house in Edinburg so that Jarrod will be close to the school to get his classroom and lesson plans ready for the 2nd.
For some, we are moving closer to you - and we are delighted! But we are also leaving behind sweet friends in Charlottesville, and hope that we will still see each other... we'll just be over the mountain and through the woods? ;) Through it all, we ask for your prayers as you think of us, to pray for this time of transitions, that we would continue to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit and give glory to our Father in Heaven. We are excited about these next steps and trust in the Lord for guidance and provision of all our needs.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

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