Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, in the snow on Feb 12, 2010 one of my favorite Photos of 2010, thus far. Little did I know at the time I took this that almost 2 months I would be getting ready to end my 20 year lifetime at Dawson after getting a hard push out of the nest. But what seemed at the time a painful punch in the gut came on Wednesday March 24, 2010, just one week after Beach Breakaway. In the now 2 weeks after this happened I have been on emotional roller coaster, moving from sock, to anger, to now an odd mix or anger and happiness and sadness and peace. I know, anger, happiness, sadness, and peace, are an odd mix of feelings. Try feeling them all at once. The anger comes from knowing that I have been pushed away from my church home for my whole life for reasons I don’t understand. Sadness that I am leaving a place that is home for me. Happiness and peace knowing that I am moving on to new home and a new direction in my journey.
It is kind of sad for me to say that yes, at last my time at Dawson, my home and the church that I love and adore, is coming to an end. I also wish that it could have come with out being forced out and by me leaving to go to a church to start in ministry, but it has come at the hand of a strange and for me painful event. But leaving now and getting a new experience and being in a new environment maybe something that does help me to get into ministry better, or show if it is what I am going t to do with my life. I feel like this is the right time for me to make this change and move on. So over the next few months I will be visiting churches and looking for a place to land. So to my Dawson family, who I love so much, this begins the ending of this chapter in my life with you. Thank you to all of you who have made this time so great and played a role in my life, I may be gone now but I promise one day I will return to you again.
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