Final decisiosn

Ok, after a bit of a crazy week sending out e-mails and making lots of phone calls Kristyn and I have decided that we have enough work to stay! Things are going to be tight for a while but it is good finally making the decision and having real work. I was able to line up 6 private lessons to give each week and Kristyn was able to line up some work with another academy. So that is the update. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.

We both start teaching this week, so wish us luck!

Kristyn and I at the Parque del Retiro in Madrid

Downtown Madrid during one of the many holidays

This is the Templo de debod in Madrid. Kristyn captured this magical scene one night when we were out walking!

Job update...O NO!!!

It has been a while since my last post… I realize this. But I am ok with large gaps in the frequency of my posts. I think it builds suspense and from what I know about books, TV shows, etc. suspense is a good thing. So I hope you all don’t mind that you aren’t getting a weekly update. Who knows, maybe I will get better, but in the mean time just feel the suspense building up inside and say a little thank you to me …your welcome!

SIDE NOTE---It is kind of hard to post when you still don’t have internet and you have to hold your computer over your sink and half way out a window just to get 5 minutes worth of signal.

With that said the last few weeks have been eventful to say the least. We started the month out attending my buddy Andy’s wedding to a great Spanish lady (Irina) They did a three day wedding in Hornacharlos (close to Cordoba) and it was amazing. The highlight was when Kristyn and I won the Flamenco competition over all the other Americans. I guess you could say we should have won because we had been here for a month before everyone else. But, with my sense of rhythm working against us I still think this was a truly amazing accomplishment! Neace, you would have been happy!

After that we came home and thought we would start work the next day. Well, that didn’t happen and the next few weeks consisted of our boss telling us we would start on a certain day and then getting an e-mail right before hand telling us we needed to wait a little longer. That finally played out this weekend and we realized that our jobs were no more.

This leaves us in quite a predicament. What are we going to do now that we don’t have jobs, and we haven’t explored any more options because…we thought we did? I am sure you can feel our pain! So now Kristyn and I are trying to figure out what to do next. We have sent out a few e-mails trying to put together enough private classes to sustain us until we can get our feet about us, but we are not quite sure if this will work out.

So the adventure continues and Kristyn and I get to put our money where our mouth is and try to trust the Lord through this challenging time. If we don’t get some things worked out quickly we might just need to come home for a while and then head back over here in early March/April to do the backpacking part of our trip. Neither of us wants to do this but it might be our only option. So there is my little update.

I hope you all are well and that you are enjoying the fall/winter seasons. We are still in the 70’s during the day but at night it is starting to get quit cold.

I will leave you with these words of wisdom. Never take for granted the fact that you know what other people are saying. It can prove very challenging when this little convince is taken away J