Well, here we are again. Three years later. In Dubai for our second 1001 nights [on our second three-year contract].
When we left three years ago, we had no idea what to expect. We were moving halfway around the world to a place we had never even visited.
We've ended up loving it. We've met people from dozens of different countries - and visited a lot of those countries ourselves. We've got great jobs, great friends, and a great church. We have a lot of time to spend with one another, and a lot of time to spend on vacation :).
When we received our contract offer this past year (to renew for another three years), we kind of looked at it, said, "Do we want to do this?", said "Yeah, sure", and that was it. A day or two later, we were eating dinner and one of us - Cindy, I think - said, "Hey, should we have thought a little longer about that? I mean it was a huge decision to move over here and we just spent less than 30 seconds deciding to stay." So we talked, thought, visited with some friends, and tried to make it a hard decision. But really, it was a slam-dunk. We feel blessed to be here and we had a hard time thinking of reasons not to stay.
So here we are. We'll try to get you all a story each week or so over the next year - about life on campus, vacations, the city, people, our church, or whatever comes to mind. If you have questions, respond to this post on Facebook and let us know what you want us to talk about. We'll be glad to fill you in. Thanks for reading.
When we left three years ago, we had no idea what to expect. We were moving halfway around the world to a place we had never even visited.
We've ended up loving it. We've met people from dozens of different countries - and visited a lot of those countries ourselves. We've got great jobs, great friends, and a great church. We have a lot of time to spend with one another, and a lot of time to spend on vacation :).
When we received our contract offer this past year (to renew for another three years), we kind of looked at it, said, "Do we want to do this?", said "Yeah, sure", and that was it. A day or two later, we were eating dinner and one of us - Cindy, I think - said, "Hey, should we have thought a little longer about that? I mean it was a huge decision to move over here and we just spent less than 30 seconds deciding to stay." So we talked, thought, visited with some friends, and tried to make it a hard decision. But really, it was a slam-dunk. We feel blessed to be here and we had a hard time thinking of reasons not to stay.
So here we are. We'll try to get you all a story each week or so over the next year - about life on campus, vacations, the city, people, our church, or whatever comes to mind. If you have questions, respond to this post on Facebook and let us know what you want us to talk about. We'll be glad to fill you in. Thanks for reading.
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| At DFW about to get on the plane for the next 1001 nights. |
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