Hard Decisions

This week was was a crazy week in the fact that Jeremy and I had to make one of the hardest decisions of our life so far. We found out on Thursday that Jeremy had a job, which would start on Mon Aug 2nd. It would be full time (low pay, but full time) with benefits starting in a month's time. He would have to work on Sunday if he took the job, but he would still be able to attend church. He would have to (most likely) give up his current part time job to be able to do the 3 week training. (If his part time boss would be willing to let Jeremy take 3 weeks off for the training, at the end of the three weeks, the two work schedules would have allowed Jeremy to work both jobs.)

There were several cons to this job, but 3 good things. 1) It would be a full time job 2) we would have benefits 3) Jeremy would be learning to do something he isn't good at that could help him find a job later on. After several days of prayer, temple attendance, and discussions after discussions, we decided to pass up this job. I know that Heavenly Father would have understood if Jeremy felt like he needed to work on Sunday, especially since Jeremy would be able to still do his calling and attend all of his meetings. However, we just kept feeling like we would be blessed if Jeremy turned down this job so that he could better keep the Sabbath Day holy. I know our lives will not magically become easier because of our decision. I know that it might be several more months before we find a full time job that doesn't require Jeremy to work on Sunday, but I feel very peaceful with our decision. I know that we will be blessed for our desire to keep the Sabbath Day holy. Can I just tell you how hard that decision was for us. We are extremely poor at this point in our lives. We have been with out work for a lot longer than we ever though we would have been (especially with all the job interviews Jeremy gets.) It was very tempting to be a little bit more financially stable - although the pay was low enough that Jeremy would have had to keep is current part time job. But I still dream of the day when we have work again.

We did thoroughly enjoy ourselves for the 24th though. I love living in Utah where Pioneer Day is a state Holiday with so many fun things to do to celebrate it. Some friends of ours invited us over for a BBQ and fireworks. I figured Clara would run into the house crying when we lit them, but I was impressed when she kept asking for more. There were a few Whistling Pete's that scared her enough to run in, but as soon as those were done, she wanted to be back out where the action was. Clara also wouldn't touch a sparkler. Natalee kept offering, thinking that since Clara was watching her girls wave them around in the air, Clara might change her mind and want one. With each offer, Clara screamed, "No." But Clara did love to watch the spinning flower fireworks along with the smoke bombs, snake, and she LOVED to throw the "whites" (snaps.) We ended up staying up until 1 am playing wii with our friends. We had a blast!

P.S. For those who are wondering Jeremy did not get the job I posted about last post.