Interviews

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Jul 31, 2009

Well, I skipped Wednesday. Two things were cool about Wednesday. The first was that we had a BBQ at our house for lunch to appreciate John Norton for the last six years of being the elder of Student Ministries at Calvary Church. It was a relaxed and fun time. Then I met with a potential College Pastor who is a SoCal youth pastor that I like a lot. It was great just chatting about life and our hopes and dreams for ministry.

Then Thursday had another similar meeting. I had coffee with a different potential College Pastor who I have a ton of South County connections with and I loved our time together. I was supposed to have lunch with one of my major life mentors which had to get canceled by him – that was a bummer. Then I went and bought a mullet wig for VBS and checked out all the decorations for VBS at church. It’s crazy and outrageous. The entire church is being transformed into a bayou. VBS is seriously the biggest, most legit thing we do in a program/production sense.

We interviewed another High School Associate Director candidate in the afternoon. My brain and heart are seriously getting drained by all these interviews. Hiring is such a big deal to me that I want to make the right decision. Plus, both decisions have multiple good friends who are applying and I HATE the fact that I will have to disappoint some of them. I also emailed “rejection letters” to some folks who applied for the College Pastor position who were just clearly not qualified. It bums me out to do that. I know the feeling of applying and interviewing and the initial news of not getting a job stinks. You know it’s God’s will and all that, but you still feel like the girl you asked to the prom just went with the other guy instead of you.

2 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Shameeron

    Thanks for all the time you are taking to interview and select the right college and high school leader for our kids. I know between you and Josh and Melissa and GOD the decision will be a good one. Thanks for going through the draining process. It will be worth it. Hire well and you will have less draining days down the road:)
    Praying for you!

    Aug 1st, 2009

  2. Patti

    Just face it- it’s impossible to find anybody good enough to replace Brent! :) haha

    Aug 5th, 2009

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