Destination Unknown

Our vicarage in Crookston, NE is not going to work out for our family. I will spare you the dramatic details of the stress and tears shed over the components of our situation. This has been a long road for all of us up to this point, but we are still waiting to see where God is going to place us after all. Today we found out that the district president (the man who sort of *keeps a pulse* on activities in churches/also which pastors are leaving, retiring, staying) in Nebraska is working on another possible vicarage placement for us.

We have spent the last few weeks getting used to this idea...of not going to The Sandhills. Drew had sent away for a variety of information about the area, all of it had excited us. So now we find that we have to deal with our hearts and mind mentally saying a "farewell" to so many things we were looking forward to experiencing. We had just a snippet of information about the people who make up the churches of this area, so in a way that was good. If we had been given more information..we might have fallen harder...though I'm not sure how much lower one could feel right now regarding this "being placed in a church" business.

Farewell *cowboy and rodeo days *white sandy beaches and stargazing at Merritt Reservoir *pow-wows in Rosebud *canoeing/tubing the Niobrara River *wildlife refuges *meeting a real life rancher's wife named Eve with son named Cactus (so cool, she was the real deal) - I was looking forward to meeting you *sending valentines from Valentine *unique birds and animals of the Sandhills *Snake River Falls/Smith Falls *wonderful pastor supervisor for Chad *Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park *exposing the kids to many horses and ranches

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. We will keep you posted...