WE'RE MOVING TO KOREA!!!!
My side of the story:
D received a great offer from his summer internship in Dallas (not only did he love the role, but for the first time in our marriage we would be living very close to family!) It seemed picture perfect but we both had an inexplicable feeling that we should not accept the offer. This company and living in Dallas made so much sense so we hemmed and hawed over the decision for several months. The night before the acceptance deadline, D called and declined the offer. It was a leap of faith, knowing that the job market was difficult and Kellogg's recruiting season was already over. This was early December.
Right away, D applied to two jobs that intrigued him, one in Seattle and one in South Korea. The next week was a whirlwind. D had 1st-round interviews, flew to Seattle for a 2nd-round interview, presented to a board of directors for the other 2nd-round interview, studied for and took finals, graded a bazillion tests (he's a TA), and was told by both companies that they were interested in hiring him.
In the middle of that crazy, chaotic week (and wondering how long it had been since D had slept) I suggested that he decline the 2nd round interview with the South Korean company, because "it's not like we're seriously considering moving to Korea." And that was the moment of knowingness. Yes, we had planned post-MBA to finally settle (put down roots, buy a house, get a dog, build a tree house in the back yard.) But as those words left my mouth, I felt that that was our future. It was like I could already envision glimpses of it. While I could think of million reasons that it didn't make sense, it felt right. We could feel what a wonderful blessing and adventure this would be for our family.
Keep in mind, we didn't even know whether he would get an offer from this company but sure enough he did and we felt that same ecstatic feeling. We took a few weeks to mull it over, just to be sure, and then accepted the offer in January.
It's a leadership training program for a world-renowned company. It's a wonderful offer in every way.
My family has many ties to Korea (I have a sister who is Korean and a brother and a sister who served church missions in Korea) which helped prepare us for this path.
We move to Korea in 4 months! We are so excited!
Woot woot!!! How exciting!!!I was just talking to Jarrod about this and was gonna e-mail you and find out. We are saving our money, getting our passports, and packing our bags. Hopefully we will be in Korea soon as well!!! (Keep your eyes open for good airfare) Enjoy this new adventure in your life.
ReplyDeleteThat's so awesome Tiffany! We'd love that. I'll keep my eye open for flight deals and we can plan what things would be most meaningful/cool to see and do.
DeleteYahoo! So excited for your upcoming family adventures. Congrats to Dustinn and you as well!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dani,
DeleteThat is pretty awesome. :) Maybe we will be able to visit you guys sometime.
ReplyDeleteSuch an adventure!!
ReplyDeleteYahhooooo! We'll DEFINITELY come and visit you!! Can't wait to hear the little ones speak Korean!
ReplyDeleteWe sure hope so!! When your mom mentioned you might come visit we got our hopes (way) up. We're going to be so far from family and miss out on the get-togethers; being able to plan on seeing Auden and you makes us so happy.
DeleteYay Korea!!!! What is the second thing B's saying? James and I can't tell! :) Love you guys.
ReplyDeleteMade up words + haseyo.
DeleteOH MY GOODNESS!!! That is BIG news! How super exciting, crazy, unexpected and thrilling all wrapped into one! I can't wait to follow along and see all your adventures. Congratulations to you guys!!
ReplyDeleteWe are so excited for you guys! And we've started looking into flights and it seems it will be surprisingly inexpensive.. so now we are just praying that everything lines up for a visit :)
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