My last day in this town is less than a month away. I've lived here all my life, so while school and my boyfriend await in the town I am moving to with my sister, I'm leaving most of my family and friends behind, including my church and my parents. :/ It's bittersweet.
-- 04 Sep 2012 10:55 am --
Hey guys, I just need some prayer really quickly. If you can pray that I stop over analyzing things abs stop relying on my emotions so much? Thanks.
-- 24 Oct 2012 08:50 pm --
OH BOY.
When things go down the toilet, they REALLY go down the toilet.
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Aye yi yi.
So basically, things at my church have almost hit rock bottom. Throughout the last few months MM's workplace abuse of Pastor K and his wife (who is also the church secretary) has just gotten worse and worse. It finally got to the point where Pastor's wife tried to apply for her PAOC pension, and he attempted to block her, AND THEN he got the church to cut off their housing allowance (a MUST if you live in my hometown, as housing is super expensive) and tried to cut their salaries in half.
Well, that was the straw that broke the camel's back for pastor K, who filed a complaint himself with head office. Pastor K's wife had recorded EVERYTHING on paper, so they're ready to bring this to court if they have to. Head office had a mediator come in and both parties (with MM in one party and pastor K, wife and a witness in the other), but it basically came to nothing. Do you know why?
Because Pastor K and his wife were fired today.
It was sooooo sneaky how it happened too.
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Pastor K and his wife were about to leave for a short week-long vacation in Ontario. The day before they were to leave, MM kept asking them what time they had to leave for their flight, and they told him. Before they left to go home for the night he said he'd like to meet with them the day of their departure, to discuss something with them before they left to grab their plane. They agreed to it, but called my folks and let them know what was happening. The next day (the day of their departure), they had the meeting with MM and that's when he let them know that they were fired, and gave them the letter stating their reasons (unable to come to an agreement on conflict, meaning that Pastor K and wife didn't back down from disagreeing with the way they were being treated). It was timed perfectly too; MM is leaving next week for three weeks to the States to finish his degree, which means he won't be there when Pastor K and wife get back.
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I'm not sure if it was sanctified by Head Office or not.
However, one of the things that Pastor K and wife did before they left was call a few people, my Mom included (I found out all this from her), and now the news is spreading like wildfire. I know that there's been at least one irate conversation between my Dad and someone else in my church (who is just as steamed by this change of events), and basically, since MM is still staying to preach this Sunday, that means people have a small window of opportunity to air their complaints...publically.
Guys, I really, really need you to pray for what's going to go down this Sunday. This might turn very ugly, very quickly if things start to go wrong.
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Please pray for the people at my church, for Pastor K and wife to stay strong, for God to convict MM (and knock some sense back into him), and that this doesn't wind up in court (which it might, yet). PLEASE PRAY!!!!!!!!
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting." -- E. E. Cummings