I would be remiss to not mention something that happened here in Maryland shortly after our arrival. My wife and children took a road trip to Massachusetts for a week a few days after getting settled. I was left to myself for my hospital orientation. I had too much free time on my hands. I get very lonely without my family and wish to spend most of my time with them as they are truly Gods greatest gift to me that constantly displays His love for me in a concrete way. One day I decided to go golfing. I love to golf but going alone is usually kind of strange as there is no one to share the game with. I just know that IF I ever get a hole in one, I'll probably be alone!! No one will believe me!! Anyways, I joined up with another single golfer on the second hole of play. It was nice to meet up with someone else who also was looking for company as he also was away from his wife and trying to get a game of golf in before meeting up with some friends further away that night. As happens often in golf, we engaged in some pleasant conversation. It turns out he is a retired military man of good stature. WE chatted quite a bit about current events and seemed to both be coming from the same point of view. He thought it a wonderful thing to be home-educating our children and actively training them to be productive members of society. Around the 15th hole it was evident to me that he knew my savior Jesus on a first name basis. This brought great pleasure to me as I felt a real connection to a brother in the Lord. I needed that because of my family being away. After the round we had a soda together and shared a fantastic conversation that was basically focused on how good our God is! He had nothing but positive things to say about how the Lord had turned his life around. To make this all sound biblical, I would say we mutually edified each other. I expressed to him how wonderful it was of our Creator to put 2 of his children together on the course so they could boast of is greatness in each of their lives; what a blessing! Isn't that just like God? Only he could have done such a thing. Mere coincidence?? I think not; just God remaining anonymous once again. We can't actually prove it was HIM who brought us together, but there's nobody out there who can prove to me otherwise. Thank you Lord for sending me a cool glass of water during a dry spell away from my family...