Arizona or Bust!

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind, as Jonathan returned late Monday evening from a week-long trip to the States. The purpose of his time there was two fold -- to attend a conference on international development and to meet with the staff of Food for the Hungry. You may remember that he started doing contract work for some of their academic programs this past May, and just last month they offered him a full-time position managing their University Relations Department. We have accepted the offer and will be relocating to Phoenix, Arizona (where their home office is located) next month! We are very excited about the opportunity and the work seems to be a perfect blend of Jonathan's background and experience, as he will be focused on recruiting faculty at large research universities to take part in FH's research and student academic programs. While Phoenix was not necessarily an anticipated destination, we are so thankful to have a college roommate, best friend from high school, childhood neighbor and a few other college/grad school connections living there and willing to help with the transition. Please know that we will be anxious for visitors, so start planning those winter trips to sunny AZ! We'd love to see you.

And thank you again for all who have been thinking of and praying for us as we prepared for this next step. It is bittersweet to leave India after nearly 1 1/2 years of calling it home, but we are excited for the work ahead and the chance to catch up with many of you along the way! Thanks again and we will be sure to keep you posted these next several weeks.

p.s. Here's a shot of Abe wearing his new Arizona Diamondbacks gear (compliments of our friends Brian and Edwina) and also of Addie...who's not as thrilled!