These Days

Well, it's been two and a half months since I posted anything on this blog, but I've heard from a few people who requested a little update so I'm going to try and give you just that!  I guess the last post wasn't really a "conclusion," but does life really ever have those?

Jane and I got back to the States in the first week of May and entered into a whirlwind summer of transition, families, and lots of big changes.  I celebrated my brother Preston's graduation in Nashville and then went on a family trip to Peru for a couple of weeks, before Jane and I reunited in Charlotte during the first week in June.  Since then we've bounced around between Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville,Winston-Salem, the Tennessee mountains (twice), and Cleveland.  We've been blessed with wonderful time with each of our families, gotten to celebrate at a good friend's wedding, been a part of a joint family vacation, signed a lease on an apartment, and reunited with many old friends. 

We've also had LOTS of wedding conversations and decisions!  Right now we are 12 days away from THE day, so most things are planned and we're down to the little details.  God has been so faithful to give us many awesome people to help in this whole process and to keep it all from getting out of control.  I truly believe that we are both enormously excited about the wedding AND our life that starts together after that, and I thank God for how he has kept us from getting swept up in the craziness.  Please pray for us as July 23 gets closer! 

I've also had some people ask about what's going on with CARE for AIDS.  As soon as we got back to the States, I started transitioning into my new role as Operations Director with CFA.  I am our second full-time staff member here in the States, so for the foreseeable future I'll be handling the Operations side of the ministry from Winston-Salem.  This will involve keeping tabs on what's happening in Kenya, coordinating textbook drives, working on marketing and back-office projects, planning Cornel and Duncan's trip to the States in October, getting over to Kenya with vision trips occasionally....it's really an unending list!  It's exciting, though, and I'm blessed to have the opportunity to take my experiences over the past two years and apply them to the US-side of the ministry.  Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions about CARE for AIDS - I'm probably a little closer to you now than I used to be!

I'm not sure if I'll continue posting on this blog.  I probably will try to post from time to time - more often than the last few months but not as often as when I was in Kenya.  We are also trying to start a true CARE for AIDS blog soon, so I will be posting from time to time there.  I'll be sure to share that once it is active. 

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!