What's Going On...

I know a lot of you out there are wondering the latest status on our lives. So here it is...

We are trying to have faith. Faith that the best will work out for our family. Faith that we are making the right choices. Faith that all things will work together for our good. Faith that we'll be able to do everything we need to in the amount of time we have. Faith that we will be watched over.

Right now, life is really good. Braden really enjoys his work and he is loved at his work. He just received another award for outstanding performance company wide. He also just had his review and did amazing. The last review he had, he was awarded the highest raise his manager had ever given out. Well, this time, he beat that. I am very proud of him and how hard he works. He is often approached with opportunties to participate in exclusive training courses or to apply for managerial positions because all his superiors love him. He has the best numbers in his division and does awesome at his job.

That being said, we also feel very strongly that it is time for us to move out of Arizona and head to Minnesota. So we put our house on the market at the end of December and just got an offer on it yesterday. Hopefully it will be accepted by the bank and we can close in the next couple months. Hopefully.

After applying for a whole bunch of jobs, and hearing nothing, Braden has now been interviewing with an online school in Minneapolis. He's made it thru the first 3 interviews and has 2-3 more to go. We're just waiting for them to schedule the 4th interview, which should be next week. After that, if they want him, he'll have 2-3 weeks to get packed and moved to MN. If he doesn't get the job, we'll start the process all over again and hopefully come up with something else.

So, we're trying to have faith that this move is the right thing to do. When Oliver Cowdery was acting as scribe in translating the plates, the Lord told him,

"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, blessed art thou for what thou hast done; for thou hast inquired of me, and behold, as often as thou hast inquired thou hast received instruction of my Spirit. If it had not been so, thou wouldsnt not have come to the place where thou art at this time. Behold, thou knowest that thou hast inquired of me and I did enlighten thy mind; and now I tell thee these things that thou mayest know that thou hast been enlightened by the Spirit of truth; yea, I tell thee, that thou mayest know that there is none else save God that knowest thy thoughts and the intents of thy heart."

Later, He told him, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things. Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?" (Doctrine and Covenants 6:14-16, 22-23)

I love those verses. We are trying to have faith and rely on the witnesses, the inspiration, the quiet whisperings of the Spirit, the light and truth we have felt as we have prayed and prayed about this decision. It is hard to keep perspective and not feel doubt as Braden is offered a better job here and a big increase in pay, while applying for a job in MN where he will be at the bottom again and take a pay cut. But we know what we have felt and we know what we know, so we move forward in faith.