A note from Andy

We’ve gotten quite a few phone calls since our last post with concerned friends, (which we appreciate), and so I thought I’d try to be a little more clear on what’s going on in our lives…

6 weeks ago, Molly had a miscarriage, and even though she was doing okay with it, things became a little harder for her when she realized that there was no one close that she could turn to. (Close in that our church is an hour away and our family is 10 hours away. And when Molly miscarried, even our friends, that live 20 minutes from here, were out of town). So Molly felt alone in a lot of aspects, which brought us to the next dilemma… work.

A few weeks after that happened, Molly said she would like to move, either closer to the church, or family. So I started applying for jobs around the country with Sodexo, several interviews and a job offer came out of it all; but it was after visiting these schools that the decision to move became even harder for Molly and me. I currently have a boss that cares about my family almost as much as I do. I love my job, my co-workers, my employees and Don, (my boss). And we knew that at some point, we would have to move on and be under a more ‘real-world’ boss, (the kind that only cares if you show up and have good numbers), but after visiting the several different schools during my interview process, it became more clear that we were going to be in a completely different world when we do eventually move. Earlier this week, I turned down a job in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It would’ve been a lot more responsibility and money, two minutes from the church building, and I would’ve had a brand new office. (Which, for anyone that knows this business, knows that that’s very rare). But I turned it down because I just wasn’t ready to work under someone else. When Molly called me on my way home from Wisconsin, all I could say about the interview was that it wasn’t Don. And the odd thing is, after I got back, Don (my boss), chewed me out for only thinking of myself and not my wife. He sent me home that day so Molly and I could take some time to pray about the events going on in our lives. And then told me that no matter where I go in the country, he’ll always be a phone call away.

Molly and I are putting our house on the market next week, and we’ll be continuing our search, for another position with Sodexo, that would put us closer to family or church. If all goes well, we’ll be in a new place by next spring. The reason for our previous post was because this experience, in itself, has reassured Molly and I on what’s really important in this life.