Famous Andrew

So heres the story. Ever since we came in August, Andrew's bosses continually ask him what it would take to keep him in Northern Ireland because they like him so much. He was due a raise in November but because of a big project they've been working on it has thus far been put off. Good news is, whenever his raise does get instated, he'll get backpay from November. They finally set the date to meet with him and discuss the raise for tomorrow, 18 Feb.

Then, out of the blue today, Andrew’s former boss, Gerry; calls up. Basically, Gerry wants Andrew to come back and work for him so much that instead of telling Andrew what his salary would be, he asked Andrew to tell him the amount that it would take for Andrew to go back there.

Crazy or what? I think Andrew’s probably the most popular Architect Technician in Northern Ireland. I’m thinking we should just have Gerry talk to Andrew’s bosses and whoever comes up with the best salary wins!

UPDATE: 18 February 2005
Strange turn of events!

Andrew had his meeting today. His bosses starting off telling how great of a job he was doing and they really appreciated all his hard work, etc. Then they gave him his raise, which was about what we thought it would be, no huge raise, but fair. Then they went on to say that Harry, one of the parnters was looking to retire within the next 5 years. And Graham, the other partner, wants to put more into a global ministry he's involved with and therefore less with the company, again, within the next 5 years. Then they basically said that they saw the type of qualities in Andrew that they would want in the person who took over the company for them. And Andrew would be the ideal person to take it over. Andrew told them he would have to talk it over with me and not to expect a reply for quite a while as there is a lot for us to think about. We certainly didn't see that coming!!! Feel free to pray for us as often as you have time in making this decision.