So, after spending the four days of our closing retreat talking with the volunteers about the stages of transition, I now get to go through one myself! God is such a joker sometimes.
Some of the details are still being officially worked out, so I probably shouldn't share too much just yet, but I will say that the volunteer program I have led for the past year has had success in every area - except raising a continuing source of incoming funds to sustain it over the long term. So we are officially moving into a multi-year planning phase, led by the Board, during which there is not funding for either staff or volunteers. All of this means that I am in the market for a new job, though I'm okay financially for a couple more months.
Add to that some changes in my parents' lives over the past month - my dad was laid off, and my mom is getting remarried next year - and it feels like this is a bit more of a curve in the road than I was expecting at the moment! Over all, though, I think it will work out okay.
On the plus side, I may have more time to keep this blog updated more regularly...
