As the cool autumn winds began to scatter the colorful leaves to the ground below, Sherry and I both brought to a close our "working" lives. After all those years of serving others we said goodbye to that hectic life and started down the road to retirement.
Sherry had been a mom, a housewife, a professional counselor, a research specialist for Walt Disney World, and an Agent of Customer Service for Delta Airlines. It was from the latter that she retired in mid September, 2016 after serving for 10 years. Those ten years would provide us with "traveling rewards" for the remainder of her life.
I had pastored churches in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Florida for 40 years and then since 2010 had been traveling as an Evangelist across the country and speaking in different churches. In early November, 2016 I held my final revival at the Church of the Nazarene in Spencer, Indiana.
Now the stage was set for the nomadic portion of our lives to begin. Six years ago we had sold almost all our "stuff" and had been living in a "Time Share" condo in Kissimmee, Florida. Now, with us both retired we are free to travel from place to place and enjoy each other and the world around us.
The plan is to travel for about 9 months out of the year and spend the other 3 months visiting family and friends. It is to be a great adventure. An adventure to which we do not know all the answers or workings. 2017 will find us feeling our way and testing our theories.
What we fully believe is that as good as we have had it, as blessed as we have become, that the best is yet to come. Now come join us on the journey.
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