Hello, Goodbye

Today was a bittersweet day. It was our last Sunday at the Redland Campus of RCCC. I am thrilled about the launch of RCCC NW, don’t get me wrong, but Redland feels like “home” in so many ways. So much of my life seems to have happened there. I remember the first time I visited River City as a 19 year old. I was on a team with Adventures in Missions and we stayed at RCCC for a week while doing service projects, etc. I remember sitting on the steps of the (former) sanctuary one night praying and just trying to figure out just what it was that God wanted for my life. I remember hearing His faint whispers of what was to come (not that I ever could have imagined any of this). I remember over a year later, catching eyes with a blue eyed boy across a picnic table on the grounds of RCCC. I remember announcing our engagement to a trailer full of teenagers a year after that. Becoming youth pastors, dedicating our children, friendships – God has changed our lives here.

Of course, that’s what fuels our vision for RCCC NW – so that people here in Northwest San Antonio can hopefully have the same kinds of life-changing experiences. And I’m so excited to see it all unfold. I know that we’ll have more stories and so will others, and that’s exciting.

This morning the congregation prayed for us and sent us off with lots of love. It’s the beginning of a new chapter…