Sunday, July 10, 2005

Leaving our Little House On The Prairie

Five years ago when we were looking at moving to Three Hills, we started reading the “Little House” books with the girls, imagining what it would be like living in a little Prairie town with long cold winters. Well, it was even better than we imagined. We had long cold winters, good neighbors, and even got a dog named “Jack” just like the Ingalls dog. And to top it all off my good friend Royal Sproule, who also directs my Mark show ended up playing the shop owner in the made-for- TV mini-series of Little House on the Prairie! We sat eagerly in front of the TV each week waiting to see our friend Royal help our “friends” the Ingalls whenever they came to the town of Independence for supplies. Our journey to New Jersey began last summer when we toured the east performing for Compassion Canada. We scheduled a performance at Zarephath Christian Church and after our short time there we started a conversation with Pastor Rob about coming to New Jersey to work with the Church. I had been looking for an opportunity to work more directly with the local Church, and for a way to expand what I am doing with Mark, and this seemed to be a good fit for our family. So we made our decision this Spring and are now in the last stages of getting things packed up and ready. Soon we will be heading out with our Uhaul moving truck to New Jersey, to work with Pastor Rob Cruver and his team, as creative arts director. This is familiar territory for Heather, she grew up in this little community and Church, in fact we were married there 14 years ago!