Stepping Out
My wife is a much better blogger than I am. In the past few weeks, I think I’ve said, “I’m going to blog about that” about 20 times. You can see how diligently I’ve kept that promise. Anyway, if you’ve been following my wife’s blog, you probably know that we have decided to move on to a different place after this year. I don’t know where we will end up, but I know God has good in mind for us. We hope to settle down a bit soon. This will be my twins 5th house. They are turning 5 this summer. Maybe if I join the military we can move less.
You may be wondering why we are looking elsewhere. I have found it is a very difficult thing to leave a ministry. It has come with much prayer and deliberation. The truth is, I feel like I have gotten too far away from what I’m really good at. After stepping in to teach science at Silver State in an emergency situation, I felt I wanted to stay on and continue to contribute to the ministry I had grown up in. When I learned that there was an opening to manage technology I thought it would be a good fit. I have a lot of ideas about technology that I’ve wanted to try out in a small school setting and I thought this would be a good opportunity.
What ended up happening was I became stretched too thin. I was doing too many things I wasn’t really trained to do and as I tried to learn on the job, I soon found myself just struggling to keep up. On top of that, I felt we as a family were going in a different direction than the church in a number of areas. I have much respect for Pastor Heinze and the rest of the pastoral staff here and have truly enjoyed working with them. I just feel our family doesn’t quite fit right. I have no ill will toward people here and will miss the friendships I have been able to develop.
I will also miss the school relationships I’ve been able to enjoy. Silver State has a tremendous faculty and I have learned a lot from them. I have also developed great relationships with the students and will miss them tremendously.
We don’t know what God has planned for us and it is a bit scary stepping out and looking for a job in this economy. We appreciate your prayers as we move on.
Tagged as moving + Categorized as Family
I hear there is a great church in Lexington, with some great families to associate your family with! We will be praying for your decision, but I would love to talk to you about what your desires are for work and maybe give some other places to think about.