Unemployment Final Chapter by Cory

Well, it looks like we are nearing the end of the latest mini-series of Isakson Family. Lets recap what we have seen and remember that they were asking Jesus to be with them all along.

This episode began just before Christmas on December 16th when Mr. Isakson was given notice by his employer that he had until the end of February to find another job.

Angela’s response of “Woo Hoo now we can go back to Germany” was surprising to some viewers, but the real fans knew that was from her heart.

The excitement grew as viewers then watched Mr. Isakson get immediately let go on New Years eve.

Several options unfolded for the Isakson’s to consider during our last few weeks. First was the Email from local friend Richard Hundhausen on Dec. 18th.

 “Hi Richard, Do you know any very good Boise area / northwest shops that are available to develop a large cross-platform .net and silverlight application?” – Jeff Bull at Unity Media Group

 You might check with Cory Isakson. He’s good, and might have some availability. – Richard

This began a working relationship between Unity and Cory. He began working as a consultant to help them with a product they needed to get developed, having no idea how long the work would last.

Then the big surprise came on January 7th in the form of another Email from a recruiter in Stuttgart Germany.

 “Cory, Just going through some old emails... Looking for a programmer initially for the Web Portal over at SOCAF ... Are you interested? 4 month base and two option years... Please reply to all...” – Chris Foley with Lockheed

We watched the family process the Germany possibility and saw that the biggest concern was Phillip who had been openly opposed. With a big prayer of thanksgiving we all rejoiced as Phillip opened up and reconsidered his previous fears.

Unity continued to meet with Cory and decided they wanted to hire him full time and make him a member of their team. Meanwhile Cory completed the application for Germany and kept that option open.

During our last episode we saw the options coming to a conclusion as Cory met with the leadership of Unity Media Group.

Then came the decision point on Thursday when Ken called him with the offer. Would he take it and stay in Boise where friends and family were wrestling with God to keep him. Or would he hang onto the possibility of returning to the land of Castles, Cars and Beer ?

Again, we find the answers in Email.

 Cory - just had meeting this morning with the govt... They have chosen another guy.... Good guns... Grab what you have... Will keep you in mind for other things as well so lets stay in touch...

And thus concludes this episode of Isakson Family. Tune in next week as Cory goes back to full time work and jumps into the .COM startup game with Unity Media Group.


The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are the personal property and copyright of Cory Isakson. This summary is provided for information and entertainment and Praise Jesus purposes only. It does not represent the experiences of most families and therefore should not be taken to mean that viewers can and will experience similar things. The use of Email in this drama was entirely real and while it is often a weak form of communication it can still be useful. Twitter, Facebook, and Social Networks have been expressly omitted from Isakson Family, though some on the set occasionally catch glimpses of family members on Facebook. Right wing fundies who get their undies into bundies are asked to please exit through the side door. Everyone else is welcome to stay for the shooting of infomercials.

Unemployment Day 8

Well, I thought I should update, but really there is no news yet. Cory is off at Microsoft this week doing training (for FREE) but still no official local job offer has materialized.

So, we are trying to decide what to do. He is trying to decide what to do.

Do we stay or do we go back to Germany as that is the only job offer on the table so far.

What to do, what to do?

The family is all game to move back overseas, but Cory is a bit hesitant---hhhmmm, I wonder why that could be?

Unemployment Day 4

What to say....

It looks like my husband will have about three different job offers in writing by next week. Now he will just have to decide where to work (Boise or Germany) and for whom.

Amazing...Astonishing.. Astounding...

Almost Unbelievable

EXCEPT for GOD, with whom all things are possible.

Day 1 of Unemployment

Some may know that my husband was given a 2 month notice of a job lay-off recently.

However, two months turned into two weeks and he is officially unemployed NOW. He was let go on December 31st, 2008.

So, actually Day 1 of umemployment was last Friday, but who's counting?! Ha!

And all I can say is God is Faithful and True! We are looking forward to a new chapter of faith and trust in 2009. I'll let you know the end of the story...later.

To be continued...