There has been a huge pause in postings because we are in the middle of moving into the first home in the US that is actually ours. The mover deposited our boxes in the house a week and a half ago. Since we have so very little furniture, actually getting the boxes emptied and the contents stored away is going to take a while as we gradually accumulate the appropriate stocking places.
Just a couple of days before moving, Bill and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary. We met at Wheaton College in the fall of 1964. Now, we have bought a home 5 miles from where we first met -- one of the last places we ever expected to live! In the meantime, we have literally traveled all the way around the world. So we really have come "full circle".
It has been quite a ride! And the past year has been the most surprising and stimulating part of it. There is a certain exhilarating feeling in living out of a suitcase, unattached to a lot of "things", and always ready to hop on another airplane. But, it is again time to settle down and get integrated into a community and a church family. Now we learn whether or not we are as adept at "settling" as we were at moving around. The Bible shows us frequently that migrants are more likely to depend on God and answer His call than sedentary folks are. We just don't want our settling-in to take the edge off of that alertness to service.
But, we again have a place that we can call "home".
Just a couple of days before moving, Bill and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary. We met at Wheaton College in the fall of 1964. Now, we have bought a home 5 miles from where we first met -- one of the last places we ever expected to live! In the meantime, we have literally traveled all the way around the world. So we really have come "full circle".
It has been quite a ride! And the past year has been the most surprising and stimulating part of it. There is a certain exhilarating feeling in living out of a suitcase, unattached to a lot of "things", and always ready to hop on another airplane. But, it is again time to settle down and get integrated into a community and a church family. Now we learn whether or not we are as adept at "settling" as we were at moving around. The Bible shows us frequently that migrants are more likely to depend on God and answer His call than sedentary folks are. We just don't want our settling-in to take the edge off of that alertness to service.
But, we again have a place that we can call "home".
