This post is a little belated, but better late than never right :) So a little more than a month ago Chris was able to interview for an Area Field Specialist position in Lawton, OK. We had been praying for a while that God would make a job transition possible for Chris. As most of you know, he has been with State Farm almost 2 years now and he was a GREAT team member for Kirk. He helped Kirk start his agency from the ground up and was able to get lots of great insight into what building an agency really takes. Well, as with any job, after some time you want to move on the the next developmental step and use those things that you have already learned to further your career.
Well God not only blessed us with Chris being able to interview for this job, but the job was offered to him on the spot! His new boss is a woman who he greatly admires and knows he will learn alot from! Like I said at the beginning of the post, the job is actually in Lawton...so for our family that means MOVING! We are going to be moving to Duncan, OK (my hometown). This comes at great timing, with our first baby on the way. We are both very excited, but it is very bittersweet as we do not want to leave all our friends in Edmond. We have been very blessed to meet some great people up here and we know we will miss all of you very much even though we will only be 90 miles away.
I can not even begin to count the ways that Chris and I have been able to see God's grace, mercy and love in this entire situation. First, Chris' new job is exactly what he wanted, where he wanted to be and with a fantastic boss and group of support. He is really going to be able to help this AFO, which will in turn help make him a better agent when the day comes. Second, our house sold in 6 DAYS!! That is something that I had so much useless stress and worry about. Thirdly, we found the perfect house in Duncan for us and will be able to close on it the same day we are closing on our house in Edmond. Also, State Farm is moving us, so we do not have to do any of the hard stuff...packing, loading, moving, unloading...which is very nice considering I will be 29 weeks pregnant at the time. I know there is so much more but, like I said His grace and mercy have been so overwhelming that I can not put into words how humbled we continue to be every day. In the words of someone very wise "God is so provideth!" :) He really is!!
Well God not only blessed us with Chris being able to interview for this job, but the job was offered to him on the spot! His new boss is a woman who he greatly admires and knows he will learn alot from! Like I said at the beginning of the post, the job is actually in Lawton...so for our family that means MOVING! We are going to be moving to Duncan, OK (my hometown). This comes at great timing, with our first baby on the way. We are both very excited, but it is very bittersweet as we do not want to leave all our friends in Edmond. We have been very blessed to meet some great people up here and we know we will miss all of you very much even though we will only be 90 miles away.
I can not even begin to count the ways that Chris and I have been able to see God's grace, mercy and love in this entire situation. First, Chris' new job is exactly what he wanted, where he wanted to be and with a fantastic boss and group of support. He is really going to be able to help this AFO, which will in turn help make him a better agent when the day comes. Second, our house sold in 6 DAYS!! That is something that I had so much useless stress and worry about. Thirdly, we found the perfect house in Duncan for us and will be able to close on it the same day we are closing on our house in Edmond. Also, State Farm is moving us, so we do not have to do any of the hard stuff...packing, loading, moving, unloading...which is very nice considering I will be 29 weeks pregnant at the time. I know there is so much more but, like I said His grace and mercy have been so overwhelming that I can not put into words how humbled we continue to be every day. In the words of someone very wise "God is so provideth!" :) He really is!!
Chris started his new job July 6th and will be commuting between Lawton (and the rest of the southern half of the state) and Edmond. We officially move on August 7th. Like I said before we are very excited to start this new part of our lives, but so sad to be leaving Edmond...we do know for sure though that God is going to take care of our family during this transition and are thrilled to see what He has in store for us!
Chris is very sad to be leaving Kirk Fuqua State Farm :)
Ladies and Gentlemen....the new Southern Oklahoma AFS
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