First off, no one really needs to reply to this. I know what a great group of prayer warriors we have here at CAA so I know you will lift us up.
Our family got a little bit back from Uncle Sam this year (first time in about 6 years). Some of you may know that I grew up on the west coast (Born in California and spent my teen years in Oregon). I now reside in South Carolina but all my family is still out west. I got a call from my sister the other day. My mother who had heart by-pass surgery a couple years ago is not doing too well. She evidently fell recently and sis is afraid she sees the onset of Alzheimer's. Of course the hardest part of ministry is being away like this. Anyway, even though we got some money back on taxes this year it's not a whole lot. I'm trying to use Priceline and other on line means to get the amounts down to fly my family of 4 out for a couple weeks. So far I've not had much luck. I'll keep trying for the next week or so. We really need to make this trip sometime around May 3rd through the 17th. I would appreciate your prayers that the Lord will help us to work this out.
The trip of course would be somewhat bittersweet. It has been 12 years since we were able to make a trip like this. Therefore, I realize that this will most likely be the last time I will be able to see some of my family this side of glory.
Thanks gang for being there for one another.