the leap

Drumroll please...

Christian and I both accepted new job offers within 3 days of each other!

#1: On Wednesday, Christian was offered a 1-year position at Google!

#2: On Friday, I was offered a position at Stanford's Center for Latin American Studies!

FAQs

1. Is your new job full time? Nope! I will be only be working 2 1/2 days a week!
2. What will you be doing? Mostly serving as a task manager for a grant project: Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative (SHREI). I'll share more about SHREI later this week.
3. What will Christian be doing at Google? He'll be providing Google user support for Google Business Apps. Side note: Stanford just signed a contract with Google to use Google Apps for our calendaring and email hosting, so it was meant to be. ;)

Making this jump was huge. Christian's position is a 1-year position, and mine is a 3-year position (contingent on grant money), so I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety that accompanied our decisions.

We prayed about it. I ran the numbers...over and over and over (as I am prone to do). We prayed about it some more. And then we decided to take the leap, trust our cape, and make it happen.

Christian starts his new position a week from Monday, and I start mine the week after (continuing part time in my current position until a replacement is hired). 

I can't wait to tell you more about my new job. For now, I'll just leave you with a picture of Bolivar House, where I will soon be spending (half of) my days. Aren't you jealous?

Source: CLAS Facebook Page