It’s hard to believe that there is less than a week before our retirement begins. This week is kind of a surreal week, however. It doesn’t seem possible that we will be able to get away on the 4th. But we know that we must; not because the people are driving us away, but because we need to make this break. And we will sincerely miss the people! There is a knowledge that God has something in store for us, but we just don’t know what it is yet. Oh how we covet the prayers of God’s people for this time. And just as we are praying for our congregation, we value like prayers for us: that we will know the presence and leading of the Spirit for future weeks and months.