My dear comrades,

First of all, please forgive my nearly week long delay in writing something to you.  It has been an interesting week, and quite frankly a busy one.

As many of you know, once that phone call happens, you must begin the task of planning to move and actually getting ready to move.  That means boxes, lots of them.

I have been in Sevierville three years, which makes it my longest appointment since commissioning ten years ago!  As I looked around the garage yesterday, I realized that much of my "stuff" was unpacked and put somewhere in the house.

I was recalling my first move.  I received the call at camp and my then wife had just been called as well.  I called home, and she was already packing!  When I got home six days later, the house was 75% packed.  Needless to say, we had to dig in those boxes a few times over the six week transition time.

The next few moves (as many of you know) I did alone, and I basically took my time in packing.  As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I generally downsize and get rid of junk, or old things that I do not need anymore.  For example, when I left Elizabethtown, I brought two full boxes of binders to the office.  I had them since training, and I was tired of haling them around.

Sevierville is getting at least one box of books.  Maybe more binders, who knows what I will find in the garage as I start moving things around.

Well, happy packing to those who are moving!

God bless, Be well, and Keep in touch!