There's No Place Like Home

Well we made it home. Little McMinnville Oregon. Who would have ever imagined a few years ago we would have prefered to be in Hooterville insted of London England. But it's true. The beauty of living some place small is the it does not have all the crud you have to endure to live somewhere "exciting."
Here are some things about home that are really great;

• Family- Well nothing compares to flying into PDX at 11 PM and there waiting for you are three little kids with signs saying Welcome Home Mimi and Pa. Nothing compares to the welcome you get when people you love are actually glad to see you. We didn't get little kids saying "Welcome to London, Leave Your Money, Now Get Lost" when we arrived in London. No, having a wonderful family to come home to is...well...it is priceless.

• Home- think about all that you have in your home, a comfortable bed, internet you don't have to pay 12 pounds a day for (thats 24 bucks for 24 hours), your yard and garden...thats right...those same things we get so tired of, we also come to miss when we are not home.
• Food- access to your own food (that you prepare how you like every time), great coffee (everytime), variety, and our own food from our garden and fruit trees (loads and loads of cherries).
• Peace- just knowing that your home is a place where you can be yourself and not pretend you are something else, or not worried about how to get somewhere, or...well...actually driving on the right side of the road...it brings peace to be at home.

Well Mimi and Pa's adventures are far from over...we still have a lot of adventures left in us. Just the adventure of everyday life can be really thrilling. So we'll keep posting blogs of our adventures, and if your still interested you can follow along with us.
As most of you probably know by now, I am also on sabbatical right now. What a blessing that is to know I have six weeks (well actually 5 weeks, 4 days, and 13 hours left) to get refreshed, renewed, and restored so I am fit to attack another seven years of ministry. During that time I am going to try and finish a book I started three years ago and for the last two years have let slide. It's working title is "Driving a VW Bus in an SUV World." It is about feeling like your oddball and the attempts to relate to God and others despite your weirdness...or something like that. So I'd appreciate your prayers as I try to finish...it's hard because it is very personal and requires a lot of self evaluation as well...besides the fact that it is hard work to make sense of all that garbage within me.