Thank You for Your Prayers

Well, only a small handful of you knows this, but the prayers you've been saying for Katie and me have helped immensely. What happened was last week I was pulled into my boss' office. There were 3 branch heads in the room and me. It was kind of intimidating. One branch head told me of a new position that has opened up in Washington D.C. Long story short, there's a project that needs to be completed by October, so they need someone out there ASAP.

This is where your prayers have affected Katie and me. That day I was told I had to give an answer the next day. So I went home and started to pray. I felt the words "comfortable" and "trust" come to my heart (read earlier blog). In the end, I felt God telling me to say 'yes' to this opportunity.

So the next day I told them I would like the opportunity. So immediately I became a candidate to go out east and work. The job is a technical position for electrical engineering, and I have never used that side of my degree in over 4 years. So that's where I really have to trust God.

Over the course of last week, there were meetings to discuss all the different candidates to fulfill the roles of electrical, mechanical, air, hydraulic, and structural engineers. I was one candidate out of many different branches of the Navy throughout the country. I was told to send in my resume and they'd select a candidate this week.

On Thursday (yesterday), one of the branch heads came to my office, shook my hand, and said, "Congratulations." I got the job!! They basically saw my resume, circled and highlighted my GPA, and said, "YES! This is the candidate we want to support us." So bottom line is that I'm moving to Washington D.C. until October.

There is a couple of catches though. 1. I will be moving most likely within the next week or two. I will know more of the logistics on Monday, but I know they need me out there pronto. 2. After much prayer and consideration, we felt it best for Katie to stay in Lynnwood. So I will be without my wife for almost 3 months. I know Luke and Nisha were apart for a very long time, and thinking about 3 months really is killing me inside. But I know I'm doing what is right, and I'm stepping out in faith and trusting the Lord on this. So continue to keep us in prayer.

I'll let everyone know on Monday what the plans are. Unfortunately, my summer 2009 in Washington is coming to an end soon. :( I'll miss everyone, my lovely wife the most! If people have time and money, I'd like to have you fly out for a visit. Again, I'm not sure about all the logistics, but I'm told that I get to choose any place to stay, and the place I had in mind is SUPER nice.

Anyway, thank you for your prayers once again. Blessings!