On Sunday afternoon I arrived at the Sacramento airport to begin my journey home on Jet Blue via Long Beach, CA. These were the last two of seven flights that were needed to carry out Phase Two of my sabbatical travel.
I arrived at JFK around 5 a.m. and my son Tim picked me up at the Merrick train station and brought me home.
It has taken me three days to recover from the jet lags I've experienced, but I am hoping that I will be adequately rested so I can head out on my final journey, a 10-day trip to Minnesota, on June 20th. While I am there I will stay a few days at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, then go to Detroit Lakes (MN) for a few nights at the home of Sandi Holmberg and her husband, then to the Ministry Summit in Little Falls and finally ending in Hastings before flying home. I believe that it will be summer there in Minnesota while I am around.
I visited with the Peconic Conference pastors on Tuesday who were having their annual June Barbeque. Our newest pastor, Kevin O'Hara (Our Savior's, Patchogue) was there. The announcement of the retirement plans for our Dean, Pr. Bob Modr came out just that morning also, so I wanted to see him as well. On Wednesday I paid a visit to the Hope when picking up my grandson Collin from nursery school and I was glad that people not only recognized me but also knew that I had been away.
I am catching up on unpaid bills, and I plan to do some reading. I've already completed two books and am working on three others. My colleagues have urged me to write a book about what I am learning, so I will also probably start paging through the 141 pages of handwritten notes in my Livescribe notebook. I may even listen to some of the many hours of recordings I made at the places I visited.
I have many new ideas to share with our members at Hope as well. I am looking forward to working on them when I am back in the saddle again. Stay in touch.
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