Good News!

(drum roll, please . . .)

I have received a call to a church! This has been a long, drawn-out process (as is the norm in the PCUSA, I'm afraid) and there are still more hoops to jump through before all is finally final, but I'm well on my way! I'm excited. The kids are excited. My folks, not so much so. It's further away from them, but they do understand and are trying to be supportive.

We will be moving to our favorite vacation destination. Depending on where I find a house (renting, at first), I will be somewhere between 10-20 minutes away from the beach!!! (Wish you could see the little happy dance I'm doing right now!) I will be in the same city as Coach. (I wish you could see the big happy dance I'm doing right now!!)

The church is small, but not as small as Small Church. The congregation is still primarily older, but there are more younger folks and . . . get this . . . some other children. (Oops! Breaking out in another happy dance!) The church is home to that presbytery's Hispanic Ministry, a ministry you know is close to my heart. There is potential here, I can just feel it.

After being beat down, bruised, and I swear, almost broken at Small Church, I am having to work hard to reclaim my energy, my enthusiasm, and a little of my lost self-confidence. I am trying to imagine what it can be like to be in a place where people are excited and ready to move forward. I'm trying to imagine a life and a schedule that more accurately reflects the kind of balance and fulfillment I have lost here.

I'm also trying to look ahead and think about the things I will need to do first. If you have words of advice, suggestions, books that are must-reads, etc., please send them my way. I'm ready to go and I want to go ready!