T-Minus 3 Months & Counting

Three months from tomorrow will be the date for Jared's high school graduation. He is working hard now to finish up his two-year "Capstone Project" and several other long-term assignments which are due before Spring Break (March 19-23). He expects that his school life will be a little easier during his last nine-week quarter of high school.

Allen & Judy commented on the "busy-ness" Trish and I are going through right about now. Trish is no longer among the employed (she worked her last day for Covenant Hospice last week), but she has been working harder than ever going through the house, packing some things and disposing of others. We gave a sofa sleeper that we didn't want to move to my secretary at church. I have bags of clothes in the back seat of my truck right now to drop off at Goodwill. Our big green trash can has been overflowing for every pickup the last couple of weeks. My time at home has been filled with all sorts of projects . . . cutting some trees and trimming shrubbery, repairing a fence, cleaning out the garage, etc. I like it when it's time to go to work and rest a little! We're hoping to get things organized enough to get the house listed with a real estate agency next week . . . just in time for the three months that our realtor tells us we need to sell in this market.

We have an Outreach Training Northeast seminar taking place at the Leonard Street church March 4-11. A brother in Christ from West Virginia (Dennis Menear) is coming to teach a group of up to 30 for a total of 18 hours of class time. I don't know too much about this program, but it has been highly recommended to us. Trish and I expect to participate unless we get a full roster of participants. On Wednesday, March 7, we'll travel up to Montgomery, Alabama where I'll be speaking on "Eternal Scheme of Redemption" at the Faulkner University Lectureship. Due to the seminar going on at Leonard Street, we'll make a quick trip and hope to be back for Wednesday night classes.

After all that, perhaps we can catch a breath before time comes to get down to the serious packing during the last month before we leave Pensacola.

Thanks to everybody who has sent us greetings and good wishes about the move to Burlington. June will be here before we know it!

John