Flying to Raleigh

Well, we ended up flying to Raleigh the first week in December. Scott had the opportunity to meet Rick, the General Manager of this location. We went not knowing what to anticipate. Would we like the area? Would he meet Rick and like him?

Prior to us going, I received a phone call completely out of the blue. Our old neighbor, Kathy, called me Friday evening. Scott had just assumed I called her because they moved seven years ago to Raleigh themselves. Well, little did he know, I had never called and we had not talked for a couple years. When he gave me the phone, I was totally freaked out!!! It was hysterical! She said we had been on her mind for several days and she thought she would just call and see how we were doing. Coincidence? Really? I don't think so. We caught up by phone and made plans to have dinner with them while in town the next week. What a great resource they would be for us!

We flew up and had the afternoon/evening to ourselves. This was helpful since we immediately began looking around the area and seeing what felt right. We located his office and went from there to surrounding areas. From what we could see, we really liked it. The area is beautiful with rolling hills and lots of two story houses. The kids will love that!

After meeting Rick, he offered Scott the job. Scott was 1 out of 400 applications that they looked at. Rick is a Christian and he kept going back to Scott's resume. Really? We really felt like God would not have done that if this wasn't right. After meeting Rick and talking with him, we also felt his testimony and walk with the Lord was another sign of God's leading.

One glitch --- his signing bonus was half of what they originally told him. Once again, we knew what we really needed to make this transition work. We communicated that to them and trusted God to close the door on this if it wasn't right. They came back to the original agreement again. Another way of God's provision and direction for us. Trust me .. I was waiting for the red flags and God just kept showing Himself instead!!!

We returned home with a sense of peace but knew we would not make this decision until the kids had the opportunity to see Raleigh for themselves. We told them we trusted the work of the Holy Spirit in them just as much as we did in ourselves and this would be a family decision. Ultimately it would be our final decision since we are adults but that we would trust God to speak through them as well as we prayed about this as a family. All this transition has made for great conversations.........