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April 18, 2004 4:51 PM

[I.Have.a.Job!]

The search is finally over! I went and interviewed with the web design firm last Friday morning & they offered me the job that afternoon. We've accepted and are just trying to work out the details of move dates & salary negotiation. We should have these things firmed up within the next few days & start mapping out the transition as well. We're going to try and spend the evening tomorrow night with our pastor & his wife who have been good friends with us over the last six & a half years. I'm sure, at this point, that they'll have a good idea of what we want to talk with them about. Although we haven't advertised that we've been looking for a new job I have been very upfront over the course of the last year with our pastor on the direction that God is leading us. I don't think they'll be shocked, but they will be saddened, as we are.

I'm excited about the transition from 'church' life to 'professional' life, about the move & new beginnings, possiblities of owning our first home, being closer to some family & friends, and being involved with a new work. I walked around church this morning in a sort of surreal state. It felt kind of weird knowing that I would only be doing this for another month or so (we'll probably move around the end of May, after the kids get out of school). I'll be glad to get the details ironed out so that I can give myself into this decision. There is still a part of me that feels like holding back - as if somehow it was all going to be taken away from us before we're able to realize it. There are so many things that have factored into this that there is no doubt that this is God's provision for us at this moment in our lives. So many roads lining up and specifics of answered prayers.

We plan on being involved, at least initially, with a cell church in the city where we'll be moving. Just from the brief glimpses we've had in the past this is something that is very exciting for us. This will be a chance to 'detox' from church the way we've always considered it & allow God to expand our passion & vision for being church. I can't wait!

Posted by Kristo on April 18, 2004 at 04:51 PM | Permalink