Moving

I have some explaining to do... I have mentioned in a couple previous posts that we are moving... In December we are moving our family to Walla Walla, Washington. First though, let me back up and fill you in on what you have missed. It's been a crazy few months!

After months of interviewing for different positions within Adventist Health, the company my husband works for, a position became open in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. There is a hospital there owned by Adventist Health and Greg was offered the position of Director of Finance/Controller. After much prayer, we accepted the job offer because we felt it was where God was leading us at the time.

So, Greg began his job in Hawaii at the beginning of September, leaving me at home to take care of the boys on my own. Our plan was to move during Kyler's school break at Christmas. The primary reason for this had to do with Caden's therapies and not wanting to lose them before we had to. When Caden turns three years old in January he will lose the services he has in place anyway, so we figured it made the most sense to wait to move until right before then. That way he would only lose a couple weeks of therapy vs. several months. In addition, it was a logical time for Kyler as well due to his school break.

So, for the majority of September, Greg was working in Hawaii. He was scheduled to be home for about a week and a half at the end of the month before heading back to Hawaii to work for most of October. Just before he flew back to Sacramento, he received a call from the Adventist Health Corporate Office offering him a VP of Finance/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) position at Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) in Washington state. WOW! We were thrown for a loop because we had finally made a decision to move to Hawaii and were moving forward with that plan. This came completely out of left field!

All that being said, the CFO position was what Greg has been working for all along and the only thing holding him up was needing hospital experience. So that was why we decided to take the job in Hawaii, so he could get the necessary experience. However, this opportunity came up rather suddenly due to the health of the current CFO at WWGH. He wanted to step down to a lower role due to some health issues so this job opening became available.

While Greg was in Sacramento, he had meetings with several people, including the CEO at WWGH. And we prayed about it some more. After much prayer, we again felt like this was where God was leading us. It was an opportunity we couldn't pass up. To give you some background, Walla Walla is where Greg and I went to college. It is where we met. I worked at WWGH for two years doing Marketing and Communication. We really enjoyed our time there and the thought of moving back was very exciting. It is a small town and we are looking forward to a slower pace of life. In addition, all of my side of the family will be within four hours driving distance. That will be wonderful!

Greg had to fly back to Hawaii to work for most of October. His last day with the hospital there is October 27. He will be home for a week and then he starts his new job at WWGH on November 4. Life changes quickly with us so sometimes it's hard to keep up! We are looking forward to our new adventure and even more than that, we are looking forward to having our family back together again and not have to be separated by oceans or other states.