This is getting real:

There is no doubt that this next phase of our life and ministry is coming to reality.  Fast, I might add.

I have bought tickets--I was able to get them with frequent-flyer miles--to go to Guam & Palau the second half of November.  I'll be training on procedures, policies, etc. for running a PIU Teaching Facility and I'll be meeting, greeting, promoting in Palau.  I'm looking forward to some of that great Palauan food.
Kathy will be going to Louisiana for Thanksgiving.  Our boys and their families have established a tradition of getting together for Thanksgiving and Easter, so Kathy will get to see all our family.  I hope I can Skype in, maybe for the prayer before Thanksgiving Dinner.  They can give thanks for dinner as I give thanks for my "next day's" breakfast.  Kathy will drive to LA, leave HM's car there, and fly back to Roanoke.
We haven't bought tickets for our January - April time in Micronesia, yet, but we plan to fly from Roanoke VA to Palau in January and then back to Monroe Louisana, stopping in Guam for the PIU graduation, at the end of April.  Our Granddaughter, Carrington, graduates from Sterlington High School, May 9.  Then we'll drive home.
Kathy and I have been privileged to share about our ministry at a sister church, here in Covington, and are looking forward to other opportunities.
Right now I'm in the middle of a two week series of lectures, on homiletics and pastoral ministry, at Appalachian Bible College, our Alma mater.   It wasn't set up to be such, but it is kind of a warm-up.  I don't know, yet what I'll be teaching at PIU.  The registrar is looking to see what will be most useful.  Like most adventures there is a lot

that is unknown
We do know that God has brought us to this point so that we can use what He has entrusted to us for His glory.  This looks like a great way to do that.We know that all over the world there is a great need for prepared leaders to step up to help lead the church in obeying the Great Commission.  As you can see from our last post, that is what we'll be doing--helping recruit and prepare leaders.   We know that our Pastor, church, family, and friends have been very supportive.  We are told that we have an apartment in Palau.  Several folk have already indicated that they are joining our support team.  So there are some things that we do know.  We have a couple other questions to answer before we know just what our full support package looks like.  We should have those answered in a week or so.

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Our last post has more information about what we are doing, not only for the four months we'll be in Micronesia, but for the other eight months as well.