The long awaited decision

Well I know that some of you have been praying over me for a long time and I want to thank you for that. God has heard your prayers and has given me extreme peace over the decision that I made...Coming this June 14th I will be leaving South Korea far behind me...a lot of things went into this choice, but I'll save that for a later date, there are other pressing matters. I want everyone to know that I prayed long and hard about this and feel that I am doing exactly what God is asking me to do...Since Dec. I have put out 25 applications and resumes to different schools and I got several school that were very interested in me. The trick of this is that none of the schools that I applied to were in the United States. I applied to London, Guatemala, Thailand, China, Africa, there were a lot. and even more rejections. However I only had one phone interview with one school and it sounded like a really great place to go to. Before I made my mind up to leave Korea, God put a peace over my mind that just made the picking very easy and hard at the same time. I really felt at peace about staying, going back to Kansas City or heading somewhere else. Any choice I would have made I know that God would have been okay with. I know you hate me dragging this out any longer, so I will tell you that I will be touching yet another continent next fall. Starting Aug. 4th I will be reporting to Khartoum. Khartoum is the capital city of Sudan, that's right Africa. The reasons that I choice to make this move are vast and numerous. I absolutely hate leaving South Korea. I love it here, the people, the country, the school, my job...I love every piece of it, however there are some drawbacks. This year about Dec. our enrollment dropped to under 180 and so every teacher had to take a 10% pay cut. This would hurt anybody, but with what we have to also pay for and my student loan situation, I felt that signing another year with the added fear that we may have to take yet another pay cut I just couldn't do it. I also don't like the fact that at our school a lot of our teacher have fallen into a clique. It almost feels as though I'm back in high school again. We are to be here for our students, through Christ, and I just feel several teachers are here for their own glory...sad I know. At my new school I will make several thousand dollars more than what I make now, I will pay for nothing other than food, they will pay for flights, housing, utilities, moving...everything. My thoughts were that in under one year I could pay off ALL debts and be able to come back to the states debt free. I had to sign a two year contract. My job will consist of teaching 1-8 grade p.e. as well as a high school block, which I consider an intramural program. I will also be arranging sporting events between the three schools in our city. So I will also have an athletic directors role. It is a secular school, however when I was learning about the church possibilities there in the city, I learned that my director is a pastor as well...nice to know that I will be led by a man of Christ. Our school day will go from 7:15-2:00 because after that it will be TOO hot. We will be getting out mid-May based on the same reasons. Our school week will go from Sunday through Thursday, because being in a Muslim country, they recognize Friday as the Holy day. I really ask for all of your support and prayers as I start this new chapter in my life. I know this may not make EVERYONE happy or probably even close to that, however I do feel that I am doing what I am suppose to be doing. I don't want anyone to worry about communication, I will still have phone, internet, mail, the works...they even tell me that I will have satellite tv where I can get the NFL package...so I can still keep up with my precious Chiefs. Please understand that Kansas City is my home, and I love it, it is where I want to come back to to raise a family someday and live. I just need to take the path I feel that God is leading me to get to that point. If I were to take a Christian school job in the states I would make less than I make now, have to pay about twice more than I do now just to live, as well as paying for all of my bills. I would have to have three to four extra jobs just to keep my head above water...I feel this is the best option at this point to please everybody all at the same time. So please understand if this might take me a couple more years to get back to the states. I love you all. Peace be with you, and I will write more soon...I promise.