It's official

The past 8 months have been quite a roller coaster. Derek decided in November that he was going to apply to some PhD programs just to see if he might get in (this was a year earlier than our original plan). Much to our delight Derek was accepted to 5 schools! All located in the UK. We were not quite sure what to to with this and we spent the next months praying, talking, thinking, listening and trusting - we knew we would figure it out in the right time. It was months of up and down emotions among our already busy day-to-day lives. After some more thought, Derek decided there was only one school that was truly his dream school. So we were able to narrow it down but were still unsure if this was right for us. Derek's dream of doing PhD studies soon became my dream as well and I had made up my mind that I was ready to pursue this dream with him. More and more time passed and I waited patiently for my husband to make the final decision. As I walked in the door one sunny Sunday afternoon, Derek was sitting on the couch with a huge grin on his face. He had the signed acceptance letter in front of him and I knew...he had made his decision. We are very happy to announce that we are moving to Edinburgh, Scotland where Derek will be a PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh's School of Divinity (read more about it on Derek's blog).

Here is Derek with his signed acceptance letter

We plan to move to Edinburgh at the beginning of September. We will be leaving Vancouver, our home of three years, at the end of July and moving to Oregon for the month of August. We will then visit our friends in Chicago in route to Scotland and begin our new adventure in Edinburgh. We expect you all to visit!