Well, it’s actually happening. Something that I honestly wasn’t sure would ever happen…leaving Abilene. I came to this town a single guy, transferring schools, scared, optimistic, and clueless. Now, 4 years later, after I’ve gotten nice and settled in, I’m going somewhere new again, only this time married and finished with school…but still scared, optimistic, and clueless.
So what’s been going on? Well, I’ll tell you. Hope for the Heart has offered Katy a great job as their Copy Editor/Proofreader for their counseling materials and books. The ministry is located in North Dallas and they would like Katy to start by August 1st. We have been praying about this for almost two weeks and feel that this is the direction God wants us to go as opposed to my job offer in Austin or our state of unemployment in Abilene. This has not, however, been an easy decision. God has made a home for Katy and I out of this town (a town I never thought I’d stay in any longer than I have to) and we have grown to love life here. We have had friends come and go, but we have stayed for as long as we have because of several things: God has clearly worked a great deal in our lives here and is continuing to do amazing things here. The more specific way I have seen this has been through our church. Katy and I are founding members of Crosspoint and I have been serving in worship there for about 2 and a half years…more than half as long as I’ve lived here. Crosspoint has been the central root of our identity here and has been apart of completely transforming my perspective on ministry, church, and faith. If it weren’t for Crosspoint, we would have left Abilene long ago, probably. Crosspoint has given both Katy and I a great deal of joy. We have great friends, a great community, and we share an amazing passion for reaching the emerging generations of the world. To be honest, the scariest part of this transition is the fear that we will not find another band of brothers and sisters like we have here. Something this unique, this visionary, this great is going to be hard to find. In fact, our experience here has caused Katy and I to consider and begin praying about starting a church of our own someday. I say “someday” because obviously we are primarily concerned now about jobs, where to live, and where to plant ourselves. Starting a church sounds amazing to me, but I don’t want to rush what God is doing in our lives. He’s the one with the plan and He’s the one with the timeline. Heck, it took two years for Him to prepare us for this.
Ok, so there’s a lot going through my head right now, but I’m trying to focus on the task at hand….after all, this is going to be the toughest transition for us to date. So I guess temporarily this blog will be more of a “transition journal” of sorts. I’ll keep everybody posted on what’s happening (I hope) through this venue, so stay tuned!