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Fall is progressing with alarming speed. In one short week, the green underbrush along our gravel road has developed a yellow cast. The ditches are clogged with leaves, and on warm days the Asian beetles, homeless since the farmers harvested the soybeans, are everywhere.<\/p>\n

Change is in the air, and I don\u2019t like it. The worst change of all was a recent announcement by a couple we\u2019ve grown close to in the past five years. He\u2019s accepted a job in Texas and will be moving within the month. She\u2019ll finish out the school year and join him next spring. My head knows this is a necessary move for them. Circumstances leave no doubt of God\u2019s hand in these events.<\/p>\n

But my heart is shouting, \u201cDon\u2019t go, don\u2019t go,\u201d to this couple who have been an example and support to Hiram and me. They lead our small church group. They went through discipleship training with me. They encouraged me when I left teaching to start writing. She brought meals after I had surgery. He mowed our lawn when Hiram donated a kidney and helped cut down some big trees in our yard.<\/p>\n

When we were devastated by Allen\u2019s decision to become a monk, they asked to be put on the monastery\u2019s mailing list. They cared about us so much they wanted to learn about our son\u2019s world. Their loving act was exactly what we needed, and it still brings me to tears.<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019re moving away, and instead of kicking and screaming like I want to, I have to be mature. I have to think of how the changes in their lives are bigger than the ones in mine right now.\u00a0 How hard this must be for them to leave her family and their college-aged daughters behind. How difficult to say good-bye to their church and friends. So many unknowns face them. Can they find a house? Will they find a church they like? Will she find a job in her field?<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t want this move any more than we wanted Allen to enter a monastery. Still it happened, and it\u2019s finally our turn to support them. I need to learn about their new world and help them adjust to it. I\u2019m not sure where or how to start. But we\u2019ve had some wonderful friends as examples. If I think about what they\u2019ve done for us, I\u2019ll get some great ideas. And be moved to tears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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