Officer Hessing......finally!

So I wanted to write this latest news down, so someday I can look back and remember how everything we had to go through this past year has been so worth it. And also, how the lows have made the highs even more meaningful, and how 2009 just made us stronger. And I will never, ever doubt again that the Lord hears, and answers prayers.

We found out yesterday that Chad has been hired by the Ada County Sheriffs Office! It was one of the greatest days ever. And a day we have been waiting for. But if you would have told me I would be waiting for it, and so excited a couple years ago I would have said you were crazy! I never thought my husband would want to be a cop. So a year and a half ago when he said, "I really want to be a Cop, what do you think about that?" I was supportive, but in the back of my mind was thinking, this is just a phase he is going through. Chad has always been in construction, since I met him, that is all I thought he would ever want to do. But what I thought was a phase, turned into a life changing journey for both of us. He started right away, testing and applying, he changed his major to criminal justice. He got a job doing Hospital security, thinking that would help his chances. He got a gym membership!! So I knew he was serious :)

And so begins our long road of devastating dissapointments, and amazing victories. Dramatic you say? Well I guess you just had to be there to understand. Only family and some really close friends will understand what I mean. And I don't want to go off on a tangent about all the negative things that happened, mostly becuase there was always so much good to hold on to as well. At his lowest point Chad said, "As long as I have you, and the kids, and you guys love me, we can get through this." And he was right:)

So looking back to times when we thought it was hopeless to keep trying, and when we thought we had lost the fight. Chad ends up getting hired by the department that was his first choice in the very begining, but they had a freeze for a year. So during that year, he was prepared, he learned. Our faith was tested to its absolute limits. And then the time was right, and he was ready, it happened. All the bitter sure does make it sweet, thats for sure.

So this year is going to be great, I can just feel it. Chad gets sworn in on the 25th of this month. He is still doing construction with the buisness he started, Kemper Construction. Ada County is great cause Chad will work 4 days on 4 days off. So that gives him time to do construction if he wants. And he deserves this more than anyone, he has been through so much. I am so glad he set out with this goal, and he was not giving up til he got it. He will be such a great police officer, and he will excel, he does that with everything he does. I know I am a little biast, but it is true! I just want everyone that was there for us to know how much I love and appreciate it. And all that love got me through, you will never know how much it has meant. So bring on 2010! We are ready. And rest assured Idaho is going to be a little safer now, ha ha!