The Occasional Occurence

Wow. I have only three days left at my current job as Network Administrator at Greenville College. I have been there for 4 1/2 years. It was my first "real" job out of college, and it has been a great place to learn and grow. I am really going to miss everyone in IT and lots of others around campus as well.

There is no doubt I am going to miss the general Greeville experience as well; the dinky little overpriced grocery store where we knew all the checkers, the quiet streets that are great for taking walks, the local newspaper complete with its Ag and NASCAR sections, the local independent FM station with a really good morning show and great old-timey country and bluegrass twice a week.

Change is a good thing though. Time for new experiences and new challenges. This morning in church, our pastor challenged the American cultural notion that pain is bad. He drew examples from the Bible that demonstrate how character is formed from painful experiences. There is sure to be some "pain" from this transition from employee-to-independent-contractor, from utopia-small-town-to-city, from regular-family-unit-to-regular-family-unit-plus-mother-in-law, but along with the "pain" there will be opportunities to grow in character and in faith.

I'm looking forward to the adventure.

cw