End of an Era

"Feels like I'm starting all over again, the last three years were just pretend". - Goodbye to You, Michelle Branch

"I don't know where this road is going to lead. All I know is where we've been and what we've been through". - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday, Boyz II Men

End of an Era has been the common phrase to describe the past month or so. These words were repeated a couple times last week as I helped friends from seminary move out of their seminary apartments. It has finally hit me that I will not see some of my friends for quite some time. The latest will be at our 1-3-5 meeting in April. Hopefully I will be able to see some of them sooner than that. As the apartments were emptied it was clear that this era had ended. Not only for us as students but for the seminary as well. Western will never again experience a class like ours. I say this with pride, I am proud of what we brought to the seminary community. I hope our contribution will be felt for years to come. I also say this jokingly as I am sure Western will never experience a student wrapping a t-shirt around his head during class. Yes, that was someone from our class.

It does feel as if these last three years were just pretend. I read some of my old posts yesterday from the beginning of the seminary journey. It is amazing how I made it through. I enjoyed my time at Western and will miss a lot of things about. Mostly I will miss the people. I will miss the friends I made and the good times that we shared. I will miss seeing certain people's faces on an everyday basis. I by no means wish to return to seminary. I hope to not write any papers for at least another five years. I am excited and anxious about the next step in life. I don't know where this road is going to lead but I do know that I have some awesome colleagues in ministry now. I look forward to seeing what God is going to do through all of our ministries. There is no doubt in my mind now that God wanted me at Western and I am so grateful that God gave me the strength to persevere through the tough times.