Roanoke, VA it is! :D

Well, since I last posted, Mike received an offer from the hospital system in VA! We accepted and his approximate start date is around Thanksgiving. What a Thanksgiving it will be!!! :D He will be working in a Level 1 Trauma Center in their Emergency Department; mostly Urgent Care, Pediatric Urgent Care and Chest Pain Centers.

It is so amazing how all of this has come about. We are so amazed to sit back and see God's hand not only in this particular circumstance, but throughout the last 4 years. It is interesting that Virginia was not even on our radar in terms of places we were looking to live. We have known we would like to be closer to family. We've known Mike REALLY wanted an ER job. We've known we love it here in Williamsport and that that didn't pan out (because God had other plans!). So, this move will be bittersweet. We will dearly miss this place and the people who have become family to us. We will miss our church and all of those who have supported us through these trying years. We will miss the beauty of the landscape; rivers, rolling hills, green everything, and the beauty of the Fall. And yes...Wegmans.

But here is what we look forward to. Getting paid. :) Just kidding. Kind of. We look forward to being 4 1/2 hours from Mike's family (in NC). We look forward to being near dear friends. We look forward to Mike having a job that challenges him in every way! We look forward to finding a new church home (and already have a few scoped out). We look forward to raising our kids in another beautiful area (near the Blue Ridge Mtns.). We look forward to eventually getting some land and some livestock and building a big ol' garden. We look forward to making a home. We look forward to the hopes of you, our friends and family, coming to visit!!! Please know our door is always open-not to be confused with unlocked!

No words or amount of explanations could express the gratitude we feel toward those of you who have supported us in any way...even cheering us on when we were ready to say, 'Enough!' You all mean so much to us. We pray one day we can give back in all of those ways... :)

Thank you all for the love and congratulations! :)

OH, and lest I forget to blog it, Mike just received word from Penn College that he is the recipient of the Board of Directors' Award for achievement in exceptional circumstances! :) I (Jenna) can honestly say I am so grateful that they have recognized his achievement in our exceptional circumstances! ;)