Nothing short of a miracle

A long time ago, James and I took a trip up to Wasatch County, Utah and fell in LOVE with it! One town in particular really stood out to us. Gorgeous mountains, cute little small town feel, and many of the stores were even closed on Sundays. How would it be to live here, we thought! Then, we checked house prices, and felt pretty discouraged! James and I, periodically, checked the housing market in this town for a few years, still wanting to move there eventually. Sometime, along the way, we realized it was more than just "wanting" to live here. We both really "felt" like this is WHERE we were really suppose to be.

Soon enough, house prices fell and it seemed like things were working out for our benefit. We might actually be able to AFFORD to live here, now! If only we could find a job.....

Well, a litte discouraged, we found out that the pharmacy market was pretty saturated in Utah and Idaho, and their was little hope of finding a job there AT ALL. ANYWHERE. I thought to myself, maybe we ARE suppose to end up in that city, but maybe it's a few years down the road. We applied to over 40 jobs online, and nothing was working out. We called every Pharmacy around and nobody was hiring. We finally started to apply for jobs in Oregon and California, where there was a high demand for Pharmacists. Target, in Northern California, was very interested in James, and started doing some "over the phone" interviews with him. About this time, I called a random store in Wasatch County to see if they were hiring. They weren't. BUT.....they told me of another store that actually MIGHT be hiring. We called, and over the next few weeks, James and I played a lot of waiting games. Both from Target, and this other store that was hiring. We weren't super confident that James would get this Wasatch County job because it was for a Manager's position. James was just graduating and had never really worked retail before, but ..... after a second interview.....they OFFERED HIM THE JOB!!!!! (on the same day Target called to offer him the job in California!) We couldn't believe it. I started bawling immediately when I realized this would mean that we could move to the city we WANTED and he would have an awesome job, less than 20 minutes away!

James told me during the time that we were applying for jobs that "if we somehow get a job where we can live in that city, then it would be nothing short of a miracle." I believe in miracles. I believe that God has a plan for all of us, and always knows what's best. I know that we need to put our faith in him, and trust in him, instead of "leaning on our own understanding". I believe that he gave us the gift of the Holy Ghost to direct our paths, and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO grateful for that. I know that we were guided through personal revelation, and I know that this is the job that is best for us and this is where we are suppose to be. I know that I belong to the true church, and I am so grateful that I've had this experience to strengthen my testimony on following the Spirit. I'm so excited to live in this city, and I'm glad i never gave up on the idea! It's a little hard, because it's about an hour from my family. But hey-----it's MUCH closer than the 13 hour drive to California, and I know without a doubt that this is where my family is suppose to be.