One month and five days before we move to Botswana for three years and where am I (Rich) at right now?  That's right, my mom and dad's house in Michigan.  While my lovely wife back in St Louis figures out how to put all of our earthly possessions in 14 pieces of checked luggage and seven carryon pieces.  And she is LOVING it.  Two sons and one big guy out of the house has apparently made this task much easier for her.  Cuz that's how we roll.

So meanwhile I am in the basement suite in Michigan finishing up some correspondence to partners, prepping liturgy for the commissioning service, and sorting through file boxes of important papers and documents to give to our power of attorney.  Cuz that's how we roll.

DId I mention that I am still speaking every weekend too?  My final 'Smitten with the Mitten' tour of Michigan (yes I stole that from Rob Bell) has us at St Paul Cassopolis, Trinity Berrien Springs, Trinity Sawyer, and Trinity (there should be three of them right?) St Joseph.  Cuz that's how we roll.

In the midst of the Smitten by the Mitten tour, I will take a detour to help represent LBT at the LWML convention in Portland June 25-28, thus still leaving my lovely wife to wrap things up in the apartment which we vacate the first week of July.  Cuz that's how we roll.

Commissioning July 12th, big airplane to Botswana July 15.  Cuz that's how we roll.

Crazy?  Yes.  Busy?  Yes.  A blast?  Absolutely!  We ask for your continued prayer over all this travel, speaking, packing, planning, and purging - that we will do all things with wisdom and to the glory of God whose name we bear.  And praise the Lord that He has given us the ability to keep this schedule, function well in it, and share His story through it.  It's all because of Jesus that that's how we roll.

Peace out - The Rudowskes