It was great to get back home from New York and spend last week once again in the sunny,WARM south.Our house seems to have a revolving door, with guests coming and going from all over the coun-try. I love it. The best man in our wedding, Steve Pearson, his sister Joni Campbell and their parents, Philand Martha Pearson were down for a few days because of a family wedding. Some of you may knowHarold and Mary Bean. Their granddaughter was married last Friday. Mary and Martha are twin sisters.So the Pearsons were down for the event. I grew up with the Pearsons in Michigan—our two familieswere in business together and we spent most of our time together. So it was really great to connect withWe also had friends from Maine who came to visit for the weekend, Shannon and Dawn Eckstein.They stayed with the Taubins and were graciously hosted by them.Also this same weekend, we had a young man, Justin Baker, who grew up in our church inPresque Isle, but is now living in New Mexico, fly in for the week. Justin is a close friend of our son,David. He is staying with us in our home this week.So we have people coming from every quarter. Sunday after service we went out with the Pearsonclan and then they came to the house for the afternoon. They left at 4:30, and then the Maine crowd ar-rived around 6:00pm and stayed until 10:30pm. It was a full day! It was a lot of fun. I look forward tomore friends visiting in the future. However, give us a few weeks to recuperate. ☺Last Monday night we had a special School board meeting. The Lord is doing some great thingsat the school. The enrollment is steady and prospects for the future look great. We are also very excitedabout our new Head of School, Dr. Rob Brown and his wife Jackie and their two children. Thank you formaking them feel so warmly welcomed. As with any school, there are challenges we must face this year,and so we need your continued prayers.This morning I had a chance to speak to the faculty and staff at Wesleyan Education Center. Thiswas their in-service day in preparation for the start of school. (Can you believe school begins nextweek—Wow!) I believe there are about 120 on staff, so there was a sizable group of men and women.We shared a great breakfast together. Then Dr. Brown spoke about the sovereignty and calling of God. Ivery much appreciated his message and the issues he expressed as being fundamental to the vision anddirection of the school. I then offered a brief word. Dr. Brown asked me to share the vision of the churchand how the school and church can lock arms to work together in the future. I appreciate Dr. Brown’scommitment to drawing the school and church together. My devotional was warmly received by the fac-ulty, staff and administration.I look forward to another warm and sunny day. Gotta love the south!
Maranatha! Keep your eyes to the sky. Our Redemption draws near!
Grace & Peace,
Pastor Rick
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