Yet another night of researching churches. The likelihood of a Virginia church is slim to none. The larger ones are pretty well staffed DCE-wise. Honestly, though, I'm not a huge fan of VA (sorry, VA friends), and the places we wouldn't mind going either had itty bitty churches, or massive ones with full staffs. Oh well.
So it looks like (assuming all goes as planned and the aforementioned scenarios don't occur) we're Carolina bound. I just did a boatload of preliminary research, trying to scope out the churches that might call. North Carolina looks pretty promising, with potential openings in Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Clayton (near R/D), and MAYBE Greensboro and Winston-Salem. In South Carolina, well, Simpsonville (right outside Greenville) is our dream town. It was chosen by Family Circle Magazine as one of the 10 Best Towns for Families this year. The church there sounds amazing, too, especially since they had a DCE until last year, when he left to go to seminary. The pastor just retired from the Army as a chaplain....he actually reenlisted after retiring and just retired again after serving in Afghanistan. Not to put all my eggs in on basket, as Dad would say, but I reeeaalllllyyyy want to live in Simpsonville! And for a Simpsons-loving guy like Justin, how perfect of a town name is that???
Anyway, at this point, it's all research and speculation. I feel like I'm coloring on a blank page with a white crayon. I can write and draw all I want, but it's not visible right now. I'm waiting for a different color paper, or a different crayon.
My nerdy little self is now going to transfer my research onto handy dandy note cards. Here's hoping Bug sleeps in tomorrow...it's 2 a.m. and I'm not tired yet...and I'm all set to make note cards!!!
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