We have finally reached the largest milestone on a journey that began almost six months ago. This journey first began last July when Rebekah’s boss, Kathy, asked us if we would consider moving to St. Andrews Scotland for 12-18 months. The HR Manager of the hotel that Kohler had purchased two years ago (The Old Course Hotel http://oldcoursehotel.kohler.com/index.html ) was leaving. Kathy thought that this would be a great opportunity to have Rebekah go over and help to implement some of the Kohler HR process, and gain some management experience.
In the weeks following, we heard five consecutive sermons at three different Churches that spoke directly to us. They were about making decisions, listening to Gods call on your life, the many blessings of being obedient to God, and being willing to act when He calls you. We felt that this was God was calling us to Scotland. After much prayer, many discussions (polite way of saying arguments) and a whole lot of faith, we made a decision. If the assignment was offered, we would rely on the Lord to work out all of the details necessary for us to be able to accept it. As it turns out, making this decision was not nearly as difficult as following through on it.
As we learned over the next four months, when you are working with a multi-billion dollar corporation (Kohler) and two international governments….nothing happens quickly. Due to internal politics, Kohler Co. was not able make the official offer until late October. Once we accepted the offer, the process of obtaining the necessary government visas and related documentation began. We often had to remind ourselves of our decision to let God work out the details. There were many, many, many times when we tried to make plans on our own, or thought we knew how things were going to work out, only to later be thrown yet another curveball.
