Goodbye Harrisonburg

Well, today's the day that I leave Harrisonburg and begin my trek across the country to California. Packing has taken a little longer than I was hoping for, therefore I am leaving a little later than I was planning. I think it will end up being noon or early afternoon when I end up leaving. I am getting nervous as I am about to leave, knowing that every mile I drive away is a mile further away from shore, and I am simply trusting that by God's grace I will reach the opposite shore safely. Please pray for safety as I drive across, that I won't get in any accident and that our car makes it safely. We have not had any problems with it, but when you start a 2600 mile trip it becomes more of a concern.

Wow...so this is goodbye. I have lived in Harrisonburg 3 years, 7 months, and 2 days. When I first arrived I was a single guy with all my life's belongings packed in my Mercury Tracer. Now as I leave, I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world and have the most precious daughter in the world. I am leaving Harrisonburg a richly blessed man. I could not ask for more. Harrisonburg has become home to me, and so as I move away I am leaving part of my heart - for in Harrisonburg I began my first "real" job out of college; I proposed to Sarah here; Sarah and I were married here; Phoebe was born here; and here I have met and made friends so dear to me that they are like family.

Well, Harrisonburg, it has been more than a pleasure, and I hope to continue that pleasure again in the future. As Douglas MacArthur said, "I came through and I shall return." I am joyful over what lies ahead, but my heart is heavy over leaving so many loved ones. So long, and farewell. Keep in touch.

"For I know the plans that I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."
Jeremiah 29:11