Go Time

We're cleared to go!  We've bought our one-way tickets to England and leave September 15th!  The next two weeks will be busy with packing, sorting, getting an international moving company, saying goodbyes, and much more.  We will be in Thomasville until the 13th, then head to Atlanta for the weekend, and fly out Sunday night, arriving Monday morning....   Here we go!

August Happenings

Eli started kindergarten, and being the social kid he is, was pretty excited about it.  He'll only get about a month and a half of U.S. school before heading to England and being in "Year One" as they call it, but it's been great for him!   Liam is going to preschool at First Baptist during the mornings.  It's been a good window of time for Ginger to get things done for the move!

Our family made the week-long marathon trip from Georgia to Tennessee to Missouri and back to see (and say goodbye to) family!  We covered a lot of physical ground, but also got to see both my parents, both Ginger's parents, her sister & brother-in-law, ten aunts/uncles/cousins/grandma on her mom's side of the family, and almost everyone on her dad's side of the family!   It was great to see everyone, and we pretty much just tried not to think about "this is the last time we're going to see you for a looong time...".

I worked on wrapping up everything with Young Life in Thomasville, which was hard to do after a decade here!  But had some great moments too, include Nathan's farewell/graduation party (left) and continuing our Campaigners (Bible study) group with the high school guys.  My last official day as Area Director was Aug. 15, and I'm now on the international YL Military payroll!

  And in the "Is That Really You?" category, there's the picture to the right.  I was invited to come to the march last Sunday for the 50th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech  so Young Life was represented (which was an honor!)  The flyer said to wear a t-shirt of your representing organization, and I did.  What it *didn't* say is that all ministers and leaders would be coming up front to lead the march.  Can you spot me in the picture?...  (Hint: I'm wearing light blue).  Though I was quite under-dressed, the good news is that I was totally welcomed, and Jeremy (the minister in charge) insisted that it didn't matter what I was wearing.  It was great to be a part of supporting the community on that day.