We landed in Marion last night about 16 hours after leaving Sioux Falls. The trip was fairly uneventful with the exception of doing a phone interview with a church that I had applied at a few weeks ago. Things are moving quickly with that church and I expect to know whether they want to meet me in person before the end of the week.
We went to church at Hanfield this morning and got to see a lot of folks, but obviously couldn't talk to everyone that we had a mind to talk to. We've got a lot of lunches and dinners planned this week where we will be better able to catch up with friends.
We had lunch with Tim & Karen Helm, Tim's mom Jackie and John Hines. John and his wife Becky moved from here about the same time that we did and are now in the Des Moines area. He happened to be in town which wound up being an unexpected surprise for us.
Topics of conversation during lunch ranged from the usual "catching up" kind of topics to ministry to "Lost" to basketball. It was great getting a chance to catch up a bit, but I'm already feeling like this week is going to go by way too fast. We're headed to Kent and Melissa Kessler's tonight to hang out, eat and let the kids entertain each other.
In the morning I'm hoping to get the first of four or five bike rides in on some familiar roads followed by coffee with Christer Lagerqvist. Bikes, brew and a great brother; I wish I could stretch tomorrow morning into a week long visit!
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