A Move to Taiwan

Perhaps you have heard the news
that our son Paul and his family
are moving in July
to Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Though he and Kate were happy with their jobs in State College--
Paul was in charge of study abroad and internship programs
for the College of Science at Penn State
and Kate was working on a two-year grant
on Pennsylvania businesses
for WPSU,
the local public radio station,
both jobs were full-time, year-round positions
and they wanted to spend more time with their kids.
Anna is six
and Lucy is three,
lovely children.

Ten blessings about the upcoming move:
1. Kate has always wanted to teach.
She will teach middle school English
 at Morrison Academy,
the international school that she was graduated from,
though at a different campus.
2. Paul will work as a consultant for Morrison for one year,
then perhaps work in Morrison's administration
developing an internship program for high school students.
3. Kate has been offered opportunities
to continue to pitch radio stories
as well as teach a class in radio journalism.
4. Paul will also continue to work remotely for Penn State
on a part-time basis
and will continue to run and teach
their summer biology course in Tanzania.
5. Anna will be able to bike to school with Kate.
6. Lucy will be able to stay at home with Paul.
7. Their family will have the perfect environment to learn Chinese,
 something they have always wanted.
8. They will be living on the top floor
of an apartment building on campus
that is FULL of young families.
Playmates will be available all the time!
9. Kate's brother lives in Taiwan.
10. They will be a short flight away
from Kate's parents
and extensive family
in the Philippines.


What else could we expect from Intracultural Studies majors?
Paul drove in the UK before he had his license in the States
and has swum in the Sea of Galilee.
He travelled alone to the Dominican Republic when in high school,
had a semester in London during college,
and has had adventures in Switzerland
and Spain
and Morocco.
Kate traveled the world
as a recruiter for Houghton College.
They spent their first years of married life
in a house with a giant boulder in the living room
among hippos
and a variety of snakes
in Tanzania.
God has plans for their family
and we trust Him
and them.

But Oh.
Oh.
Oh...
We will miss them.
Please keep us in your prayers
as our minds wrap around
this change.