Time to Head Back to New England!

Somehow the months in Texas (and in New England as well) seem to fly by so quickly!  In just less than a week, we'll be turning our Buick Lucerne toward the northeast.  This time we're taking the southern route over the four-day trek, stopping one night near Charlotte, NC, to visit with my "growing-up next-door neighbor" and her husband!  We're so looking forward to that. . . .We'll likely be spending Wednesday night in Harrisburg, PA, where the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Baptist Association hosts wayfaring missionaries and other ministry teams in their missions house.  We've done this a couple of times before enroute north or south!

When we get to New England on Thursday evening, we'll unpack and "hit the ground running" to get ready to participate on Friday and Saturday in the Baptist Convention of New England Ministry and Multiplication Multiplier Conference, a two-day leadership development session.  Sherilyn will also be a participant on Saturday in the New England WMU Annual Meeting in Billerica, MA.  So as you can see, we're off and running as usual!

This year we'll be living in a different place than our summer home of the last four years.  The Baptist Convention of New England headquarters is located in Northborough, MA, on the homestead of Luther Rice, who is considered along with Adoniram Judson as one of the founders of the modern missions movement.  In addition to the BCNE headquarters office building, also located on the homestead  property is the Rice Lodge which was originally the family stable and blacksmith shop but now has been converted to house mission teams from all over the country who come to serve in New England.  The
original barn has been made into a very nice residence which is the current home of Matthew and Kathryn Nunnelley and their two children.  Originally from Alabama, the Nunnelleys are completing their third year as Mission Service Corps missionaries, serving as Church Strengtheners at Pleasant Street Baptist Church in Worcester, MA.  The third structure on the Luther Rice homestead is a two-story home which features a very nice downstairs suite, used for short-term visitors who come for conferences or other special occasions.  The upstairs apartment will be our home for the next six months!  It is fully furnished and even features a loft for guests!  Come see us!