Home Sweet Home?

One year into our fun little marriage and our concept of, "home" is still fuzzy.  Adam just finished pharmacy school and is licensed in Iowa.  I am a nurse at the greatest NICU/Peds unit on the planet.  We live in North Liberty, IA and love it here.  We are surrounded not only by many of our amazing college friends but also some great new friends from church.  Speaking of church, North Liberty is home to our wonderful church, Grace.  It is a place where God's name is adored and people see the true love of Christ in the people who call Grace home.
Or at least until recently, that was the case.  I knew when I married a Pharmacist that moving was a possibility.  I escaped a move after I graduated by God's grace alone.  I was hired at the site of my senior internship during a time when hospitals were not hiring.  At that point Adam and I were still dating and getting pretty serious, so moving wasn't an option I wanted to take.
That wasn't God's plan for Adam.  He took a job in Moberly, MO on Tuesday July 26th.  During the past 6 months or more of applying and interviewing doors have been shut from all directions.  The first plan was a pharmacy residency, which he was told would not be hard to obtain.  Think again.  There were several other jobs that came up after that and a bunch of interviews, but none were the perfect fit.  Just last week I remember asking the Lord, "What direction do you want us to go when so many doors are closed?"  I spent some time in Philippians 4:4-13.  The words, "Rejoice in the Lord always, Rejoice," I knew were not true of my life. I was also convicted that I was not thinking about, "honorable, just, pure, true, lovely or commendable," things as the passage states.  I spent some time confessing these attitudes as sin and walked away with a better view of the truth.
I am glad to say that I was the one to ask my sweet husband, "Have you looked a Missouri yet?"  Last week in 1 day--after my tiny breakdown with Jesus--we went from no interviews to 3.  Had an offer by Friday and another on Sunday.  Then came decision time and after much prayer and discussion Moberly Medical Center is the place for Adam.  We are choosing to rent a really nice apartment in Columbia (it is called "The Greens" look it up and be amazed) I'll start applying as soon as I can.  There are a couple of big hospitals in Columbia including a Children's Hospital.  So that's that.  All the wishing and hoping and praying and we end up in Missouri!  Bottom line, this decision was nothing but clear to us and we know we are going where the Lord wants us.  We have no idea why, but we are following his lead. 

We are so sad to be leaving our friends and family in Iowa but this is the first of many invitations...COME VISIT US!  We have a pool, hot tub, sauna and golf course.  We will also come back often.  I am here at least through the 18th of this month for work but we get our apartment the 7th so Adam might head down to start training during the weeks before I am done up here.