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The Rev. Dr. David V. Sagar of Schiller Park, Illinois, has been appointed as an associate development worker in South India. He will work with the Baptist Convention of Telugu Churches in discipleship training and leadership development.
Jesus is alive and at work in the world! We celebrate this message of hope and can see Christ at work all around us.
When I was at my cross-cultural training last summer we focused one of our days on transition. I learned that there are five stages of transition. First is called the settled stage, second is the unsettled stage, third is the chaos stage, fourth is the re-settling stage, and lastly is the “new” settled stage. I feel that I am in the unsettling stage of transition.
It’s not that I don’t want to go back to the States, it’s just that there are a lot of aspects involved in moving and relocating and readjusting that don’t get me too excited, and kind of take the fun out of the idea of going back and seeing old friends and family.
Today I once again find myself in a time of transition from one career to the next, from one season to the next, and I wanted to share a few of my thoughts with you.
I’ve probably said this a hundred times, and I’ll say it a hundred more — saying goodbye to friends is really, really hard.
