[Magdalen] Quick Prayer pats - job offer

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Cady - prayers and good thoughts headed your way for every facet of this new 
challenge and way forward in the business world!! may beginnings be 
wonderful, may end-tying be gracious and may you continue to be blessed!!
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 11:22 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Quick Prayer pats - job offer

> So with days working at home, it's not as taxing as it might have been. 
> Well done you!  And also how affirming to have been offered such an 
> opportunity 'at your age'.  Again, well done you!
>
> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>
> On 7/8/2015 11:58 AM, cady soukup wrote:
>> Thank you all for your prayer pats/prayers,
>>
>> I have accepted the new, new job at HP.
>>
>> Prior to June 19th, I was working for General Dynamics Information
>> Technology on a US government contract for the Centers for
>> Medicare/Medicaid Services on the Health Care Quality Improvement
>> System (HCQIS) contract.
>>
>> As of June 22nd, I became an employee of Engility Corp. working on a
>> planning contract for the Veterans Administration on a National
>> Cemeteries Administration project.
>>
>> As of July 21st, I will be an employee of HP, back to supporting the
>> CMS HCQIS Infrastructure and Data Center Support (HIDS) contract. It's
>> back to more evening and weekend work, but it is a huge jump in salary
>> and vacation. The Project Lead seems very competent, and has a clue of
>> the difficulties facing the project. I will work from home at least 4
>> days a week, so the commuting should not be a barrier. If it is, there
>> are other options, as Alan Carr pointed out. I do hope the various
>> benefits packages will work out - I am in between medical benefits
>> right now and have applied for Medicare (I'll be 65 in 3 weeks; how
>> can that be?)!
>>
>> I am now attempting a graceful exit from Engility Corp. I am grateful
>> to them for their welcome, their competent handling of a difficult
>> learning curve, and to the individuals with whom I have been working.
>> I am grateful to have had a chance to set up a home office. I am
>> grateful to have learned more about project management tools.
>>
>> Now, to get the caving convention awards show set up for Thursday next
>> week! In the midst of it all, next week is "vacation" while I work
>> very hard to provide the big awards show for the cavers at our annual
>> convention, in Missouri this year.
>>
>> Some weeks are just more event-filled than others.
>>
>> Very grateful for your prayers,
>>
>> hugs all around - Cady
>> !!
>>
>> On 7/8/15, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Praying Cady.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We rented an apartment in similar circumstances (85 miles through Los
>>>> Angeles) and stayed much longer than the year or two I originally
>>>> envisaged.
>>>>
>>>> Worked out for us.
>>>>
>>>> Allan
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> With a decision due tomorrow -
>>>>>
>>>>> I left the General Dynamics IT job to go to another government
>>>>> contractor for the Veterans Administration. Moved from hands-on tech
>>>>> problem solving & system administration to teams building government
>>>>> project documents, I provide the tech knowledge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now HP, subcontractor to the prime group that won the ongoing contract
>>>>> from GDIT, has offered me a job with a decision due tomorrow. It's a
>>>>> very attractive offer but there are some unknowns - I could go from a
>>>>> home-based job (no commute!) to a 60-mile commute through the daily
>>>>> Northern Virginia gridlock.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason the decision is fast is that the job offer was proffered
>>>>> last week, there were some hoops to navigate. HP wants me to start
>>>>> July 21st - two weeks from today. I have next week off for the annual
>>>>> caving convention & show.
>>>>>
>>>>> Prayers for clarity -
>>>>>
>>>>> hugs all around - Cady
>>>>> still reading & praying for all y'all, even so, overwhelmed !
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Allan Carr
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>>> Western Michigan
>>>
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