The week in California was amazing, the speakers were great, time away from the church for a bit was great, and most of all seeing friends and making new ones was by far the best part of the whole conference. The conference ran Tuesday night to Thursday around noon, but I was in California from Monday morning to Friday late afternoon. It gave myself quite a bit of down time, but most importantly to see many of my friends from the program who I missed and Adam and Kyla as well. The theme of the conference was #connect so I was able to meet many new DCE's and some very respected DCE's in our synod as well. The worship experience when I was there was absolutely phenomenal. We were led in worship by Kip Fox who lead the worship at the last national youth gathering that was in Orlando, Florida. So it felt pretty cool to go from seeing him in front of 25,000 people to now only in front of 150. We had about 1/4 of the DCE's from synod represented at the conference so there was many connections to be made.
Now to the point im sure you are all waiting for. Last Sunday Our Redeemer as a congregation voted to officially extend me a call for the position that I currently am serving under now. So now I basically am praying quite a bit and deciding whether or not I believe that this is where God wants me to be. The date for a decision that I am shooting for is when I come back for midyear in a couple weeks, but it could go quicker, or it could take longer. I am not one to test God so this answer will only come on His time.
More than anything I hope that you all will pray for me and my understanding of what I believe God's call is for my life. It is not my will, but His.
Thank you all for the support that you have given me through this year thus far, and the continued support and prayers that I know I will receive.
Blessings,
Praying my friend.
ReplyDeleteMuch love.