Thank you all so very much for the lovely reception Sunday. After a few short weeks with you, I felt so very honored by your kindness. The flowers are beautiful; I have kept them on my desk so I can enjoy them each day. Every pastor likes to be appreciated and I certainly do feel appreciated by BPC.
Please remember that you had a great search committee to find an interim. Bill Mundroff, Laurie Monteith and Paulette Norman were like my best friends after our first telephone conversation. I promise to serve you, members and friends of the Batesville Presbyterian Church, to the best of my God-given ability, as long as I am your pastor.
Many thanks to all of you who helped with my move this past week. Slowly, the boxes are being emptied, and soon it will feel like home. Your help has made the “call” to Batesville Presbyterian Church a real testament to Christian love.
Many of you have asked about my brother, John, and you have added him to your prayers. Thank you. John continues radiation for his brain cancer. He travels to Boulder, CO from his home in Firestone, CO each weekday for radiation treatments. In the evening, he takes a chemotherapy pill called temador before bed. It does create nausea, so his medical team is trying to control that right now. Just this week, the FDA released a new drug for glioblastoma multiforma (John’s cancer), and my sister-in-law will be talking to John’s doctor about it this week. Again, thank you for your prayers and your concern.
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