Almost 30 years ago I came to the USA and Pasadena to go to Fuller Seminary.  On my second Sunday in Pasadena I walked into All Saints Church on Homecoming Sunday. When I saw that there were two women priests on staff and a multiplicity of social justice projects I knew that I had come home.

I had many people telling me I should become a priest, but Southern Africa my Anglican church home, did not yet ordain women as priests back in 1984.  A year later as I waited for church to begin one Sunday, a thought as clear as a bell came to me: ‘If Frannie (Hall) can do this, why can’t I?’  I knew that I had to explore this.  I spent the next two years on an exciting journey of discernment that took me back to South Africa when Bishop Desmond Tutu became Archbishop, and eventually to ordination as a priest in Cape Town in 1992.

All Saints Church was central to my vocational journey. I found my vocation there; I was supported in the difficult days of apartheid struggle there; and encouraged in my struggle for ordination there.

Fifteen years after ordination in South Africa, I returned to All Saints to join the clergy staff. This was a dream of mine come true! My vocational journey came full circle. I treasure the almost ten years I spent on staff. I treasure the relationships with staff and parishioners. All Saints Church is indelibly in my heart and my life. I thank God for the gift you all have been in my life and in my ministry. I thank God for the women priests in the Episcopal Church who inspired my own journey. I thank God for the journey with you all.