S everal years ago, someone asked me a question that took me by surprise and caught me off guard. The question was, “Dan, someday when you retire, will you and Andrea move back to Ohio?” This was an honest and fair question. Yet, I had trouble answering. After fumbling a moment for the right words, I replied, “No, we are blessed to serve God here in Virginia. Lord willing, we will remain here after we retire.”

My wife Andrea and I began a journey when we left Dayton, Ohio in 1985. We then served congregations in Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; and then moved to Bristol, Virginia, in 1996, where we have resided to the present time. I can relate to Abraham of the Old Testament when God called him to another place. Genesis 12:1 says, “The Lord had said Abraham, ‘Go from your country

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