Goodbye Party for the Collins

As president of PIU I get to (have to?) make a lot of speeches. Sunday night I had to make the speech I dislike the most: saying goodbye to one of our PIU families. Sunday we had a surprise (no sure how you pull that one off but Samantha did it) going away party for Joe and Lisa Collins and their kids. I did, along with a few others, make my speech and talked about how much we will miss Joe and Lisa since they were such a part of the PIU family. Lisa also did a great job building up our library and left a legacy there that will go on far into the future. The best thing about them was their willingness to just get in there and do whatever needed to be done. After four years of living closely with people, dealing with hard issues, joking and laughing together and being such a part of each other’s family it is really hard to see them go. We pray that God will continue to lead them and, of course, we selfishly pray that God will lead them back our direction some day. Lisa will continue on with us, from a distance, as a library consultant and maybe we will see her sooner than later.

Christel Wood baked her famous bread in the shape of a “C” in honor of the Collins.

We ended the evening with a time of prayer and goodbyes