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I wish to make an ANNOUNCEMENT
Sep. 14th, 2005 09:07 amThirdly and finally, he said, I wish to make an ANNOUNCEMENT. He spoke this last word so loudly and suddenly that everyone sat up who still could. I regret to announce that - though, as I said, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to spend among you - this is the END.
Well, it's not really the end, so don't worry. But there is going to be a change! While I'm not going to disappear as suddenly as Bilbo did -- and I'm not going to disappear at all, actually -- I AM going to be moving. I won't go into all the details, but the short version is that since June, we have known that we would no longer be involved in the running of our mission's guest house, and we have been looking into other options.
Much prayer and discussion went on during the ensuing months, and we now have a plan -- at the end of October we will be moving to the Midwest, first to Wisconsin for a time, and then on to Chicago. We hope to become involved with a work there among Pakistanis.
While the process of getting to this point was a bit of trial, we can now see that this is going to be a GOOD THING. My hubby has been unhappy in his position here at the office, and the work in Chicago will be much more along the lines of what he wants to do. And it's the next step to getting back overseas. Our son is excited as well, because he wants to return to the Midwest where it is cold and they have real winter. ;-) He has other, better reasons, too, hehe, but living where it is cooler is a major issue with him.
I shall very much miss my dear ones here in Pennsylvania (yes, you know who you are!), but while we are moving out of the state, we will be back at times, because we are still connected to our mission office here.
If you don't see me around sometimes, it won't be because I disappeared suddenly like Bilbo did -- it's because I'm frantically sorting, discarding and packing all the junk we've managed to accumulate in two years here, while working around the guests who are still scheduled to come between now and then, and my copyediting work at the office. Strengthening prayers and thoughts would be appreciated!
And now, I'll disappear -- but I'm only going as far as the conference room for a meeting!
Well, it's not really the end, so don't worry. But there is going to be a change! While I'm not going to disappear as suddenly as Bilbo did -- and I'm not going to disappear at all, actually -- I AM going to be moving. I won't go into all the details, but the short version is that since June, we have known that we would no longer be involved in the running of our mission's guest house, and we have been looking into other options.
Much prayer and discussion went on during the ensuing months, and we now have a plan -- at the end of October we will be moving to the Midwest, first to Wisconsin for a time, and then on to Chicago. We hope to become involved with a work there among Pakistanis.
While the process of getting to this point was a bit of trial, we can now see that this is going to be a GOOD THING. My hubby has been unhappy in his position here at the office, and the work in Chicago will be much more along the lines of what he wants to do. And it's the next step to getting back overseas. Our son is excited as well, because he wants to return to the Midwest where it is cold and they have real winter. ;-) He has other, better reasons, too, hehe, but living where it is cooler is a major issue with him.
I shall very much miss my dear ones here in Pennsylvania (yes, you know who you are!), but while we are moving out of the state, we will be back at times, because we are still connected to our mission office here.
If you don't see me around sometimes, it won't be because I disappeared suddenly like Bilbo did -- it's because I'm frantically sorting, discarding and packing all the junk we've managed to accumulate in two years here, while working around the guests who are still scheduled to come between now and then, and my copyediting work at the office. Strengthening prayers and thoughts would be appreciated!
And now, I'll disappear -- but I'm only going as far as the conference room for a meeting!
