The Countdown Is Underway
God had told Abram, “Leave your own country behind you, and your own people, and go to the land I will guide you to." (Genesis 12:1, TLB) Dear family and friends, Conversations in a pandemic: Bed and dressers. Check. Desk? Well, of course I will need a desk. Two desks? Hmm. Entertainment center? No. Definitely not taking that behemoth that holds VHS tapes and a square TV! We should have given it away years ago. The sewing table? How could we leave it? Leslie gave it to us. It makes a great printer table. One or two vehicles? Let’s let that decision ride a little while. And so, the difficult conversations begin. After living in Arizona for 34 years, in this Prescott Valley home for nearly 23, planning a move back to the Midwest is not something we can do in 19 days – the ACTUAL time it took in 1986 to accept a job offer, pack up our apartment and drive across the country to start a new life. We had been married a year – we hadn’t accumulated much. No kids or pets,...