The Lord giveth & the Lord taketh away....

A year ago Roger was offered a promotion and the new job meant a move to Utah. Everything fell into place so smoothly that we KNEW we were supposed to take the job & move. We hunted and hunted for a home in Utah. Then about 6 months later, we found out why we were prompted to take the new job. Novartis had a small down-sizing and eliminated Roger's old job.
What a blessing we had been given - to escape being out of a job! Then in April of this year we
finally found a home in Cedar Hills. Many things happened in quick succession - My mom passed away in May, we moved in June, had many visitors and family in July & August, I had double knee surgery in Sept and then came another interesting phone call from Novartis. After moving us to Utah, and having been on the job only one year, they decided to eliminate this new job! About 15 people in the same job all over the US lost their jobs as well. We're guessing that the Lord must have REALLY wanted us here... to eliminate TWO of our jobs !! SHEESH!! So, now... after much prayer & thought, Roger has decided to just retire. The company offered a very good severance package & so we decided to take it. He hasn't quite decided whether he wants to still work part time or in a consulting capacity for awhile, or if we should just put our papers in & go on a mission... so, we'll see what happens! But, for now.... just consider us ......