Many have asked us why we are planning this trip straight on the heels of David’s retirement. The simple answer… our mission is to make the transition so dramatic that little of our past routines will exist upon our return.
As an example, except for weekends and vacation days, David has set the alarm for 5 am for the past 35 years. Our prayer is that the Alaska trip will break that habit!
Additionally, during the last 20 years of his career, David has spent about 70% of his working time traveling on business. Our Alaska trip will give us the opportunity to reconnect. There’s no question that sitting less than 18” apart in bucket seats while driving over 9,000 miles will bring us closer together!
Will our mission be a success? Most undoubtedly! In 1987, David and I took a similar excursion for five weeks. We traveled from Mississippi to Montana, up to Banff in Canada, across to Vancouver, down to Oregon, over to Colorado, and back again to Mississippi.
Over the course of those five weeks, our adventures included backpacking the Bitterroot Valley, hiking the Beehive from Lake Louise, and climbing our first fourteener, Mt. Sneffels. We had a blast! We are convinced that had we taken six weeks’vacation, we would not have been able to return to our old way of life. We feel certain the same will be true this time around.
“God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go! This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children.
That’s how we want to live… ADVENTUROUSLY EXPECTANT… and with faith to ask, “What’s next, Papa?”
Let the journey begin!
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