It’s Official!
Some of you may have noticed a very conspicuous lack of posts here in the last couple of weeks. This has been caused by a big change in our life that has been taking place, which used up a lot of my time both physically and mentally as I was processing everything.
Matthew, as a recent graduate, has been looking for a job and within the past two weeks has undergone the process to receive his first call. He is now officially the pastor at Richmond Church of the Brethren in Richmond, Indiana. After two interviews and negotiations, he preached his trial sermon this past Sunday and the congregation voted to call him as their pastor. It is very exciting, and we both feel like this will be a great place for him to grow as a new minister. It will also be a very welcoming and loving community for me to feel out and live into the role of “pastor’s wife”.
So between his interviews, our daily life, and the mental work that goes into making a decision that impacts your life in the way that becoming the pastor of a church will, I have been negligent in my posting. Now that we have a better idea of what our future holds, I am hoping to find more time to return to my regular posting. I am sure I will have plenty of anecdotes and stories to share as we enter this new phase in our lives.
One other related announcement is that Matt and I will now officially go from being people living in Richmond as transient students, to a functioning, participating members of the Richmond community. Our current plans are to look for a house to buy within Richmond in the next year, and for the first time since leaving our parents’ houses, have a permament home.
