On 1st April, last Tuesday, a day after my Schlumberger PhD fellowship was announced, I was utterly gobsmacked to receive a conditional offer from my chosen university--- which I can now reveal to be the University of Cambridge! YAY!!!!!!!!!
All I need to do now is pass an English language test, send them my original documents, show them proof of my Schlumberger Foundation grant and be offered membership in a Cambridge college. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw "Offer Set" against my application status on my Cambridge Self-Service page today; I almost thought it was an April Fool's Day joke!
O and I are so ecstatic and overjoyed at this great news, and what makes it extra special is knowing how much our friends and family have been supersupportive and encouraging all throughout my application process. Thank you for all your good wishes and fervent prayers, and please join me in thanking God for his faithfulness, for being true to his promises to me, for giving me this undeserved blessing. Wow, being able to do my PhD in such a prestigious institution as Cambridge, second in the world only to Harvard, is a thought which just blows me away; it hasn't really sunk in yet, even two days later. God has really planned a future full of hope for all of us. We continue to abandon ourselves to His will and providence as we prepare to move to Cambridge before autumn, as we seek a great job for O in Cambridgeshire and as we pray to find and make arrangements for B and E's transfer to an excellent Catholic school in the area. Primary school starts in September while my PhD studies begin in October.
Alleluia for this great blessing, indeed! Praise the Lord with me! Let us give Him all the glory!
