The End

Today was my last "work day" at Trinity. Tomorrow, Saturday, we will have the fourth Kickball Championship which will be my last event and my last 3 hours as youth minister at Trinity. It is quite a surreal experience leaving a job. I guess most people have done it but for me every time has been different.

Last Sunday we had one of the most anti-climatic moments of my life as I was "reconized" at all three services with a gift of a iron cross and a monatary gift. It was honestly extremely disappointing to have invested the last three years of my life into a youth ministry and church and have someone give a generic thanks and best of luck for about 60 seconds and then have me sit back down.

Today I was thinking about the fact that on so many levels it seems appropriate. I have wrestled with IF, WHEN, and HOW to leave for a number of months. And I unfortunatly feel like I over stayed my welcome. While in May it seemed not only good to stay through the summer for the both the youth and Robin and I but something that Trinity wanted to have more time to find another Youth Minister. It just sucks. You know when you are in a relationship too long and at the end of the deal you both just wish you had ended it quicker, even if it meant that you might have a little more pain and questions left unanswered. I think I thought that sticking around would be able to help me and the church get "healed" and be ready to move on to the future but again, it seems that that wasn't the case. It is the bandaid rule: just rip it off quick and deal with the sting.

So, I am looking forward to a great night tomorrow night. It will be good to end my time here and to go out with a fun night which we can hopefully celebrate the past three years of the journey together. In other news, Robin's full time job opportunity didn't work out here in WR. And I am continuing to realize that I will probably be at class three of four times a week which make commuting a major burden rather than just an inconivence as I was hoping it would be. So, I am interviewing with a church in Loganville (The Orchard Church) and am going to be visiting this Sunday with a formal interview later this month. I am really hopeful that Sunday will be an exciting experience and I get a read on the church and community and see if that is somewhere where Robin and I could thrive.

Well, I hope you all are doing well. I am still loving my Mac and finding something new just about everyday that is excellent. As was my first claim about why I was wanting one I am continuing to stick by my thoughts: "Mac is just a better way to computer." Shout out to Jason for being Tech Support this past week. Ok, I am out. Off to bed.

kirkout