Sunday, June 14, 2009

THE MOVE


Well we are "settled" in. Most of the empty boxes are stored and all we need to do is place pictures on walls, along with our map of the UK.

We packed up the truck on Friday May 22. We had some good help from some dear friends in Mesa. I appreciate the willingness of these people to help us. I left Saturday around 9:00 while Mike went to a Karate seminar until noon when he and Robin headed East. We met up outside of Albuquerque where we stayed the night. Vince preached at Providence PCA and we said good bye to the Steels.

We arrived in Chattanooga on Wednesday evening and had a great time with Pat, Brit and Britney's brother, Joel. Patrick surprised us with his latest addition, a piece of metal piercing his left ear lobe. It looks very good on him. We ate TGIFridays so that Vince could have some fried green beans. Then we hung out at the river and simply enjoyed each other.

Thursday was a long drive to Melbourne. We left at 4:00 am so that we could take Joel to the airport in Atlanta. We arrived in Melbourne around 6:00 pm and crashed for the night. Friday was moving day in which lots of folks from Cornerstone showed up to help us into the second story apartment. These folks even helped take some of our stuff up to the loft.

Our apartment is wonderful. It is very roomy with a great area for the office. Mike and I spent many hours assembling bookcases and a desk but it almost finished. Maybe one more bookcase. Our complex has a pool table which accommodated Mike and Jamie for a quick game. We have all played a few times. Our building has eight units with one currently empty. We have met all of the neighbors except one. Please pray for us to build relationship with our neighbors.

We discovered that Disney lets you get in for free on your birthday. Robin's birthday was June 1 so we decided to celebrate at Epcot. A lady from Cornerstone had a free pass so for the price of one we got three of us into Epcot. It was a great day. We got to see replications of the UK, Morocco, China and France. We thoroughly enjoyed our time and did not even get sun burned. It was a great time to remember just how perfect Robin is. I love her so very much and thank God that I get to spend my life with her.

We have been at Cornerstone for three Sundays. We are getting to know the folks and can almost recall all of their names. This week was my first in the pulpit. Cornerstone has chosen to do a program called 40 days of love through Saddleback Community Church in California. Each of the families read a chapter a day from "The Relationship Principles of Jesus"We meet on Wednesday, share a meal discuss our readings and watch a video expounding 1 Corinthians 13. In conjunction with this I am preaching on some of the "reciprocal" commands in the New Testament. Today, I opened up John 13:34-35 and Jesus new commandment to love one another. I plan to look at serve one another, submit to one another, honor one another and forgive one another. We hope that this will help Cornerstone move forward after the devastating last couple of years.

We would love to hear from you. And begin to make plans to come visit. We are only 10 minutes from the soft and and warm waters of the Florida coast.

About Me

My photo
I have been a PCA pastor since 1993, having been a pastor in Arizona, Florida, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and as the Team Leader for MTW’s work in Scotland. I am currently the Senior Pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church in York, PA. As a pastor, my desire is to help everyone I meet live out Psalm 73:25, “Whom have I in Heaven but You, and besides You I desire nothing on earth.” I love my Wife Robin, my two sons, Patrick and Michael and my daughter in law, Britney. I am firmly wrapped around the fingers of my granddaughters.

Followers