leaving!

Alright. I'm finishing up packing (my mom would disagree... everything is still a mess!) and getting ready to make the 55 or so minute drive up to Merrill, WI: my home for the foreseeable future. Reading back over my last few posts, I'm pretty sure I don't have a clue what to expect, and I'm going through multiple stages of whatever to try and deal with the anxiety.

I still think limbo is the best way to describe my attitude right now.

But, like it or not, tomorrow at 9am I walk through the doors of Merrill Bible Church as their Pastor of Youth Ministries and Director of OTTS Garage - and that means I'll have a lot to do.

I don't think my office is wired for internet yet, and I'm not sure where I'm living has it either... and I know there's not a Starbucks for 30 miles, so it might be a while till I post again.

So... in the meantime...

Pray for me. Pray that God will use me, mold me, and break me - but in kind, gentle, easy ways (how that works with breaking me, I'm not sure). Pray that His will be done in, through, and by me, and that my expectations, pride and general lack of knowing what the heck I'm doing doesn't get in the way of His glory. Which it won't. Because He's Him.

But also pray that things go easy. Pray I settle in, make some friends, get comfortable, find a place to live... maybe find a nice girl and settle down with a few kids. Eventually. Things will happen, one way or another. Just please pray that they happen well...

I love you all, and I'd love to be praying for you. Feel free to write, email, call or otherwise get in touch with me.

To His glory!...