I am now sitting in the Jackson, MS airport with Pastor Carroll, ready to make our way home. Our annual time at the Twin Lakes Fellowship is over.  It was a very good time - seeing old friends, making new ones, and being encouraged from the Word of God (yes, pastors need that too!) was a real blessing.  I was able to spend some time on the ride to the airport with some folks planting a church in Lansing, Michigan.  Lansing was one of the places that Deb and I considered upon graduation, as we sought the Lord’s will for future ministry.  It was so good to hear from them that the work is going forward well.

As good as our time was, it will be very nice to be back home.  I enjoy talking about PCA goings on, theology and ministry; but I miss throwing the ball with my boys, having Abby jump up on my lap, and Deb.  I miss my house.  I miss Houston.  And I miss Christ Church.  I joked with Rick Phillips, a PCA pastor and prolific author, who had recently moved to Greenville and is happy with his new work, that I might be the only guy happier in his ministry that he is!

I hope to have opportunities to share with you some of the things we heard and saw there, and to answer the questions you always had about dogs barking in the middle of of the night.

John Carroll and I have just arrived at the Twin Lakes Fellowship outside Jackson, MS.  Right now, Dr. Ligon Duncan is speaking to us about the purpose and mission of the Fellowship.  It is a time for pastors to be refreshed, encouraged and energized for the work of a pastor - bringing the ordinary means of grace (the Word of God and Sacramets) to the people of God.

Our flight was uneventful, and even though when we got off the plane the weather was colder and stormier than when we got on.  Already I have seen more than a dozen old friends, and been encouraged by the way in which the Lord is working throughout the country.

I hope to give more updates during the Conference.  Stay tuned.