Things are happening at breakneck speed around here. Dexter returned on Friday night to Kenya, after his two days of interviews and exams and two days recovering at my parents' house in Essex. After the interview on Monday he felt so good. The interviewer was from a town about 30 minutes from Essex, so they had that to bond over, and he said he felt relaxed and comfortable the whole time, not nervous or on edge. Tuesday was the clinical which meant doing a filling and preparing a crown. He did not leave that time feeling very confident; he struggled with the filling of all things! He even told one of the examiners that he wished he'd done better! So, he didn't really know what to expect or think.
He was told that he would hear within two weeks about his results, and so we planned on waiting until the end of the month to make any life decisions. But then, on Friday night, just hours after landing back in Kenya, he got word that:
He has been accepted to New Jersey!
WHOA.
In my previous post I had said we would go to Buffalo regardless of the results of the NJ interview. Well, we've scratched that and have just decided to go to NJ. Any program that he gets into will offer what he needs: a refinement of his skills, and the ability to be licensed in the US, and since Buffalo is double the costs of NJ, we decided that being less in debt is probably the way to go. Plus, we have extended family in New Jersey, friends Matt & Erica will be in Long Island for the first few months we're there, and my parents will be a 45-minute plane ride away. I really can't get over that -- that's the closest we'll be since I moved to Oakland in 2000.
We're so excited. . .and overwhelmed.
The funny thing is that Dexter decided at the last minute to apply to New Jersey, and then we were so close to even losing his interview spot. Clearly, God's hand is upon us! And we know that it will continue to be in the months and years to come. Lots of decisions ahead.
Thank you, again, for your prayers and words of encouragement, and for being with us in this journey, even from so far away. I'll post more details when we have them.
Now, who can tell us anything about Newark, New Jersey?
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Poa sana!!! So NJ is a go and everything else is out? No Buffalo trip/interview? Louisville is out? Wow, I miss one blog entry and I'm totally out of the loop! ;P
As for Newark, I flew into/out of Newark for the first time last year and was just in NJ a few months ago in August in what may be an annual gathering at the beach house my sister and brother-in-law rent there. How fun would it be to see you in NJ when we visit! :) I'm so excited for you guys... you are moving at record pace! Blessings on your family and all the many decisions you have to make between now and the big move.
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