Finally, the Far East...

Admittedly, the Far East was never all that appealing to me. I always thought that the Chinese/Japanese/Korean cultures were nice, but rather strange. So I would secretly tell God, "Send me anywhere... just not Asia." I was thinking more along the lines of South America or Africa; obviously God had different plans.

Right before graduating college, Daniel and I had to decide what we were going to do: work, or grad school? Daniel did an online search for jobs in Indiana, and one of the results was for a position teaching English in South Korea (I think they need to work on their geography...). Because it seemed like nothing else was panning out, we looked into teaching in South Korea. We applied to a school, but something was a little off, so we didn't go through with the interview. That was that, and we thought we were done with the whole Asia-thing. 

We renewed our efforts in searching for jobs and grad schools stateside, yet to no avail. Indiana Wesleyan held a teacher recruitment day, and Daniel signed up to talk with several schools- we were hopeful that something would work out! It just so happened that one of the schools Daniel signed up to meet with (not because he really wanted to work there, but because he wanted to get interview experience) was a school system in China. His "practice" interview went really well, and to make a long story short, that is how we got connected with our school in China.

Our decision to go to China in 2010 came about because it was a neat opportunity, and we knew we both would have jobs. Shortly after arriving there, we fell in love with it. We returned to the States, but China was already infused in our blood, pulsing through our veins. This time, our decision to go to China is because of His calling. So now we are heading back to the place that we never imagined God would send us to, and we are extremely grateful.