Today, Mark and I drove up to Phoenix (Serenity had gone up earlier in the morning) to meet Jose and help him pick a suit for the wedding. When we got there, Serenity introduced the two men and they immediately went into the store without us women. I chalked it up to male bonding time!
Continue readingFinally using my degree!
Most of you probably aren’t aware of this, but I got my BA in Pastoral Ministry at Marylhurst University in Oregon in 1990. I had hoped to become a pastoral counselor, but I went on for a Master’s in Art Therapy and dropped out just before I was supposed to do my practicum. Anyway, the closest I ever came to using my Pastoral Ministries degree was to be an interim church secretary for a year. When the regular secretary came back, I couldn’t even find another job like that.
Continue readingOur new home away from home
Mark and I have been on pins and needles for the last week with all the delays in getting our new RV. Finally, today, we got word from the seller that our bank paid his bank and got the title, so we were able to go get it today. Praise the Lord!
Continue readingDecorating the church
Some of us stayed after church today to decorate it for Christmas. They fed us pizza!
Continue readingHappy Thanksgiving!
This is a different kind of Thanksgiving than I’ve ever had, I think. I really missed being with my family, but I scheduled something fun to make up for it.
Continue readingNew to us
We have settled on the RV we found in Benson on our way to Tucson last Saturday. Monday, Mark called his credit union to see what kind of loan offer they could make and I called my credit union, the one we have for the RV we are still paying on, to find out what kind of offer they could make. Mine was still the better route to go.
Continue readingFrom Tucson; sorry for the delay!
We did manage to arrive in Tucson on Saturday afternoon. I was so excited to be getting close, I took lots of pictures and had to sort through them all yesterday, so I’m finally ready to report on what has been happening in the last few days!
Continue readingFrom Lordsburg, NM
When we checked out this morning, we went to a Mexican restaurant that had been recommended to us by a friend. The restaurant was called Silver Moon. Our friend said they have the best fried cheesecake she’s ever tasted. We didn’t order that.
Continue readingFrom Santa Rosa, NM
We’ve been through three states today: Oklahoma, Texas, and into New Mexico!
Continue readingFrom Shawnee, OK
Today was still cold, but we had better weather. The sun actually came out!
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