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Preston went to teach seminary yesterday and was really surprised when Brother Linford and Brother Valinga came to observe him.  No one has observed him since the first hiring round and he was under the impression that no one was going to! He said it really threw him off more than usual because all he could think was that they're trying to fill a couple more spots and this is his last shot ... talk about pressure! Unfortunately the lesson didn't go as well as Preston hoped, but he said it still wasn't bad.  They didn't have much time to talk after class, but they asked him how he felt that it went.  On their way out, brother Lindford told him that he and brother Mortensen (the two pre-service teachers at BYU) had decided that they wanted to invite Preston to come back in the fall to student teach!! That doesn't happen very often!! Even when people ask, they don't always let them come back! So, we're still talking about it and then he'll get back to them.  So far, we haven't felt a lot of direction in regards to our future and just keep feeling like we need to wait.  This option feels pretty good, so maybe this is what we've been waiting for.  We still want to be sure about it, so no decision has been made, but we're both feeling pretty positive.  

The only question I have is if this means that he's not going to get hired for sure, or if they just want to make sure that Preston doesn't move on just yet.  If it was for sure that Preston wasn't getting hired this summer, then why would brother Valinga, who travels the nation for CES, take his time to come observe Preston again?  So, for now, I guess we have one more option to calculate into our future plans and we'll see where life takes us!! I just know that this is a good sign.  They don't invite you back if they don't think you'll have a really good chance of getting hired in the end.  Plus, now Preston's been through the whole process so that when a spot opens up in the middle of Fall, etc. he can pick it up.  Who knows, but we still have hope for seminary!