At the end of February, graduation seemed too close for comfort. We knew it wasn't the right time to start our graduate programs, but we couldn't see ourselves just hanging out in Tucson for another year. We kept coming up with ideas, and subsequently deciding against them.
One day as I walked to English, again fretting over what in the blazes we were going to be doing with ourselves for the next year, I made the conscious decision to just let things be. Focus on the now. I watched the birds fly by, and stared at my shoes. It was one of those moments where you're having thoughts, but not recognizing those thoughts. The thoughts exist simply for the sake of keeping you entertained, simply to take up the room in your head, so other thoughts can't come sneaking in. And then without recognizing the implications of what I was doing, I texted Steven.
What if we taught English abroad for a year?
And after months searching, all of the sudden we were there. In only an afternoon. It's like I was waiting for a train, waiting and waiting at that train stop, knowing that the stop would be closing soon. And trains came and went and nothing changed. I sat there on a bench at my train stop. Until all of the sudden, I stepped onto a passing train, without even thinking about it.
That weekend we made plans to have dinner with a couple in our church congregation who had taught English in South Korea. They told us what their experience was like and gave us some great advice. The next week we researched. And all of the sudden, researching was fun. It was interesting. We even stopped in at the Center for English as a Second Language on campus and asked their advice and looked into their programs (which were terribly expensive by the way).
Within two weeks we had sent out emails to about 15 recruiters that contained our resumes, cover letters, and pictures of us. By the next morning we had 9 interested recruiters ready to help us.
I don't really know how we narrowed it down from there. Again, it felt like I was absentmindedly just stepping onto a passing train. But part of me thinks I already knew what train to hop on.
Within a month of making our decision we accepted our position.
We will be teaching English in Incheon, South Korea beginning on June 26, 2014.
We are thrilled to be travelling, learning, growing, and serving others together. We couldn't have picked a more perfect location or position. And although we have other big plans in between now and then, we cannot wait until the end of June!
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