It's been somewhat of an adjustment to return here after being in the States for over 2 weeks. We thoroughly enjoyed our time at home seeing family and friends. The time away from home has put a lot of things into perspective, and caused me to appreciate more about my life than I did before. Like I've said before, God is certainly using this time to teach me about myself, other people, and Him. One thing has been on my mind lately: I don't want this time of special service to become mundane and routine. I call it "special service" because we left home to serve here for a very specific time; however, wherever we are living at the moment is where we should serve Him. So, even though we "come down the hill" each day to work at the same job, I want to remain fresh in my outlook for opportunities to be a witness, and to keep the same attitude when I return home. Hope some of this makes sense.

I want to go to Haiti! I feel so sorry for those people, especially the children. We are off 5 days at Easter, and if there were any way to get there, I would go. God will lead.

If anyone wants to come down for a visit, let us know. The Newcomer Motel is open to all!

Wow! So much has happened since I last wrote! We enjoyed a wonderful trip home to see friends and family. Stephen and Rebecca had an engagement party in Birmingham, and we met all of her family - very large and wonderful! Since we have returned to St. John, it's been mostly school and more school. We did meet this week with some folks God has brought to this island who have the connections and resources to build a sanctuary - very exciting! We attended a movie (my first here) on St. Thomas last Saturday with youth from Calvary and had lots of fun. Dickie is teaching at Three Sail church each Sun. morning in January and anywhere else he is needed. We will go Sat. to help Calvary members clean up the piece of land they have on the beach. There will be a community family outreach there at the end of this month. We will make visits for that this Sun. afternoon. Tonight, Pastor Terrence Jones and his wife, Sharon, are coming up to the Ranch for dinner and a long overdue visit. He is pastor at Grace Baptist on St. Thomas. So, I must get to the store to find something to eat tonight!!
We are very burdened about Haiti. Would like to go there someday to help out.