" You can tell your committee that I won’t be their candidate.” “Oh! May I ask why not?” “No support!” Amira cried out. “Not one person has suggested I put my name forward. Except Jennie Kanematsu-Ross when she called last night.” She got up, poured the boiling water into the pot. “Even Tom Fox said it’s not the right time, with where I am in ministry and the kids so small.” “And what do you think about that?” Amira stirred and poured the tea, adding a sprig of fresh mint to each glass. “I wasn’t planning a big career move so soon. I need to build up my preaching and management skills before I have a church on my own, let alone one as large and staffed up as the AUUCC. So you can tell everyone I won’t co-opt their search. "
― Michelle Huneven , Search