Wishin' and Hopin'

We have had some things slowly stirring up around here. A little while back I approached Lee about moving closer to my parents. I was very honest with him and told him how miserable I am living down here now. I don't have any real friends or support system. We are expecting our third child and I hate being so lonely. Lee finally said that he would try to find a job in the Birmingham area. He has been interested in working for a country club as the food and beverage director. My friends dad is a bigwig in the golf/country club industry and sent us some leads for people hiring. Only one of them was in an area that we were even slightly tempted to move to but we never heard back from them.

Then a few weeks ago my parents mentioned to the couple who sits behind them that we were trying to move to Birmingham. Dad told Dave Belcher what Lee was looking for in a job. My dad never new that Mr. Belcher would be just the right person to say this too. He slipped dad a note in church with all of his contact information and told my dad to have Lee call him. He's on the board of some country club and owns a major car dealership in town.

This happened the same Sunday that I went to my parents house. They gave me the note and I called Lee with the information. To make a long story short Lee emailed him his resume. Then Dave passed it on to Mr. Carr who is the COO/GM of an elite country club in the B'ham area. It turns out it wasn't just one of these times where someone just emails our resume to another person and it's discarded. No. Every Friday all of the GM's of the B'ham area country clubs get together for lunch. Mr. Carr made copies of Lee's resume for everyone who attended and talked him up.

When Lee talked to him last week something came up at the club and he couldn't talk to Lee but asked if he could speak to him the following day so they could have his phone interview. We had no idea that he was being officially interviewed. Or even semi-officially being interviewed. Now this gentleman is know for placing people in positions at the areas country clubs. He has been with the same place for 28 years and from what I gather is like the godfather of all of the B'ham GM's.

Lee and he finally spoke on Friday and it was right before he went into the weekly lunch meeting. He was very nice to Lee and seemed very positive that Lee would be able to find a position with the help of Mr. Carr. So today Lee called him just to follow up. It just so happens that there was an opening as of this morning for an assistant GM of one of the clubs (the AGM is pretty much the food and beverage director) and he had already sent over Lee's resume and called the guy on Lee's behalf.

My dad happens to be on the board of trustees at Samford with Mr. Belcher and when he saw him today Mr. Belcher told him that Mr. Carr really wants to meet with Lee in person. Lee called Mr. Carr and told him something came up and he is going to be in B'ham next Friday and Saturday to see my family. Mr. Carr said he was really excited and hopes to have at least 4 interviews set up for Lee. He also wants to show Lee around the clubs with Mr. Belcher.

I feel as if these men are angels sent from heaven. I can't believe that anyone would go so far out of their way for people that they do not even know personally. Not only do we need to move for the sake of my sanity and family but also financially we need this. I have never wanted something so much before. Not only that but I truly believe that our family needs this from a spiritual angle. Our family is not firmly planted in God and we need this more than anything. Our family needs a strong Godly man as it's head. I truly believe if we move then this will help lead the way to this.

Please pray for us that all of this works out for the best. I know God has a hand in this. I can feel it. Please pray that his will is done (and secretly hope that it's for us to move to Birmingham).