Some of you might have heard by now. Mat has changed his mind. He has changed his major. Instead of focusing on the Travel and Tourism Industry, he will be going into Secondary Education.
Shocker! I know. Most people have been startled by the news. "Isn't that why you moved to Las Vegas?" "How do you feel about it!?!" "Why Education?" "But Mat loves to travel!"
I though maybe it would be good if I explained how I feel about all of this. Here goes. (Warning, I am not sure how long this post my end up. My apologies if you read it all and then are mad that you just spent forever reading it for no reason!)
When Mat and I started out on this journey of moving away, we were not sure exactly why. We had both had very strong witnesses from the Spirit that we were suppose to. At first, we didn't know where we would move to, only that we needed to change the direction our lives were headed. Not that anything was wrong with our life in Roy. We both just felt stuck, in a rut, like we needed a change. Somehow, Las Veags came to both of us in different ways. We knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that we were to move to Southern Nevada.
The easy answer to tell people when they asked why we were moving - school. It made sense - right? Mat loves the world, geography, travel. He would enroll at UNLV and study to go into the field of Travel and Tourism. The easy answer.
It may be part of the answer, but it is not the whole answer.
Our Heavenly Father guided us to Henderson. He guided us to be where we are. He has been the center of every decision we have made. He is the rest of the answer.
I may never know exactly why we are here. All I know is that we are happy. We are content. We love our new ward family and friends. We love the area we are in. (We love the warm weather and swimming all summer too!)
Yes, things have not happened how we hoped they would. It took Mat more than 5 months to find a job here. I have had to work more than I like. Kat had a rough start in school when we first moved here. We are struggling horribly trying to make ends meet and pay all of our bills. Despite all of that, we know we made the right choice. We are happy.
So, back to Mat's schooling. I am totally fine with him changing his major. Honestly! Yes, Mat loves the travel industry and all that it could provide for us. It could give us amazing opportunities. But, it is very demanding and crazy. His schedule would always be weird hours and very demanding. If you know Mat at all, he is a creature of habit. He likes to know what is going on well in advance and likes his days to be structured and the same day to day. To change his major to Education was a little surprising to me, but the more I thought about it the more it fits his personality and the goals he has in life. He can teach kids to love geography and the world like he does. That is his passion. He wants others to be passionate too.
Mat is changing his focus, yes. But he will still be doing what he loves - teaching others about the world. Just in a different kind of way!
We plan on staying here while he finishes his degree at UNLV (Bachelor's Degree). After that, I guess we'll see! We have a lot of praying to do and see what the Spirit guides us to next. Hopefully we will make our way back to Northern Utah and he can find a job there. Then he can finish off school (Masters) at a Utah University.
Yup, Mat changed his mind. I think he will make a great teacher!
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