If the size of the rock pile indicates the significance of the event, then today's post would be a huge pile of rocks!! So big, it might be confused for a mountain. We just put a contract on a home in the little township of Fishersville, VA. Okay...let me back up a little.
Earlier this year, Ashley and I were contemplating my future with Walmart. Things were going extremely well. I have been given assignments and making an impact in my field across the entire company. I was being recruited by senior managers for positions around the east coast. So that led Ashley and I to wonder what sort of job or option would be a good one for our family. We concluded that if anything at the Mount Crawford, VA facility opened up, then that would be a good promotion. It would keep us close to family while allowing me to take a promotion at the same time.
And wouldn't you know it, Mount Crawford opened up. The Asset Protection Manager at that building resigned out of the blue one morning in February. I immediately texted Ashley, and then put in the for the job. And now, we are only three weeks away from this being a reality for our family.
We just returned today from a 5-day house hunt, and we cannot begin to express how thankful we are to God for his leadership in all of this. We prayed for wisdom. We prayed that the house would really jump out to both of us. This one sure has. It is a larger home, but it is one we can grow in for years to come. It is in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley and is surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. And for anyone who knows us (and Ashley especially) we never like to pay full price for anything. The sellers of the home needed to sell fast and were ready to cut a good deal. We had a set price in mind of how high we would go, and no further. It was the exact amount the buyers said was their bottom price! With every other house we saw, we found ourselves comparing it to this one. No, it is not a perfect home, but we are truly grateful for every square foot of it.
Walmart will do all the moving, which is a first for us! This is also the first job I will have where I will work "normal" business hours. Monday through Friday, baby! If you had told me nine years ago as I was bouncing in and out of frozen trailers that I would be doing this, I would have told you that you had lost your mind. I think I hear God laughing even now.
