About a week ago, Steph and I received a letter from McGladrey & Pullen's Dallas office. In this magical letter, a generous salary figure was included, benefits were outlined, and a start date (18 months from now) was included. After prayer and some deliberation (okay, not too much deliberation), we have decided to accept this offer. Yay!
We are both very excited about this opportunity. We spent the first few months of our marriage in Dallas and had a great experience. Housing is very affordable, the people were very friendly, and I really liked the people I worked with. We also had a lot of missionary experiences in Dallas. One of the nice things is that people in Dallas are still very religious and religion isn't considered "uncool."
While we are sad that this takes us away from family and might make seeing them more difficult, we have high hopes that our more northernly relatives will come come to visit us during our warmer winter months. The golf courses looked pretty nice. We considered Las Vegas and it's convenient location, but feel better about Dallas and the career opportunities I will have there, plus our ability to raise children in a good environment.
All in all, we feel very blessed.
We are both very excited about this opportunity. We spent the first few months of our marriage in Dallas and had a great experience. Housing is very affordable, the people were very friendly, and I really liked the people I worked with. We also had a lot of missionary experiences in Dallas. One of the nice things is that people in Dallas are still very religious and religion isn't considered "uncool."
While we are sad that this takes us away from family and might make seeing them more difficult, we have high hopes that our more northernly relatives will come come to visit us during our warmer winter months. The golf courses looked pretty nice. We considered Las Vegas and it's convenient location, but feel better about Dallas and the career opportunities I will have there, plus our ability to raise children in a good environment.
All in all, we feel very blessed.
3 comments:
Jon,
Have I told you you are a great guy yet today?
I give you my congratulations! It is great that you are being so blessed. I always told you you were a genius!
The official offer with Hill AFB is simply awaiting two more signatures, then I will be recieving it. We've looked at apartments down there aroung Layton and Clearfield, and think we've found two good possibilities. One complex, in addition to it's aesthetic appeal and fair rent, turns 25% of the rent over to home equity for a future home. That's hard to beat!
Good luck with everything, and press forward!
Your friend,
Luke
I know we already talked about this, but hooray again! We are really so pleased for you, especially in this unstable market. We'll be sure to come visit you when you get there!
Congrats. We will definitely be down to see you and my old mission stomping grounds!
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