My dear friends in Christ, The Lord is teaching me things, as He always does… in his gentle and subtle way that I am usually too slow to catch on to. And yet, He is patient. He doesn’t give up on me. I often visualize him shaking his head and smiling as He opens his arms to me. When Josh and Malcolm asked me to step up as the next Region V Director, I was completely shocked. I usually see myself as someone on the sidelines, someone who commits to things for a while, and then