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Moving to Saipan

On July 2, 2017 I will be moving from my home of the last 26 years to take a new job in Saipan. This decision was made with a lot of prayer and thought, and I am excited for this next chapter of my life that God has for me. I will be working in the maintenance department at the Seventh-Day Adventist school, and I will also help out with the grounds needs, Auto mechanic needs, and IT needs as they arise. I thought about all the different ways to communicate with you all about my time on Saipan and since I am not a Facebook person, and I don’t want to tell my stories over and over to many different people, I thought a website would the the most efficient way to tell everyone what is happening. In the coming days and weeks I will update this with more information. Until next time.

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