A prayer answered! Jon...

Jon has been offered a job!

We are thrilled!!! The job sort of came about out of nowhere. Without any knowledge of the job, Jon went to an interview for a different position (that he had waited two months to hear back from) and instead was offered an even better position with hardly any interview!! Thanks to previous experience with the organization and an obviously awesome recommendation from a friend, Jon landed a fantastic job. Not sure if I could have picked a better job for him myself!

He will be the new executive director for the Barron county Habitat for Humanity!!!

Yey!

Thank you to all of you who have been praying for him. We have dealt with job loss/changes in the past, but with the adoption process taking place at he same time, it seemed much more stressful. We are so very thankful God has provided in a fairly quick fashion (even if it did feel like forever) and that it is a job that fits almost everything Jon was looking for.

And with that, we should have peaceful sleep tonight. Hallelujah!

Congrats Jon! You're going to be great!!!

Mara

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