Last year we began to feel the desire for some significant changes in our lives. We became ready to try to have kids and we were excited about some possible opportunities for me to take an expat position with my job. We were unsure what the future would bring and we prayed for change in our lives unsure of what that change would be. Our prayers were answered later that year when we discovered we would be blessed with a child and we prepared for the changes ahead. The chances for an expat position faded and became a long shot at best, but we had that big change we desired on the way in the form of a baby.
Then just before Christmas I was asked if I still had interest in an expat position in Europe. Hilary and I both immediately answered...Absolutely! We spent the Christmas holidays and most of January discussing the possibilities of moving abroad and having a baby. Would we deliver before we moved or would we have a baby in Europe? How would we deal with the changes if it worked out? How would we see family? Were we crazy to try to move on the other side of the world while we were expecting a baby?
The uncertainty was difficult and we felt that we were living in limbo awaiting to find out where we would be living, where we would have our child, and if we had to uproot and move abroad.
The week after our anniversary celebration we finally got the answer to our questions. I received my contract and we would be moving to Norway for the next 3 years. We will be living in the town of Stavanger, Norway (See the red arrow) starting in April.
This is going to be exciting!!! This is also going to be the craziest 3 months!!!
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