3 weeks into my sabbatical

We left on March 28 from Kane, PA, at 6:00 A.M. First, we dropped Rusty (our dog) in Williamsburg, VA, then arrived in Bedford, VA, at Uncle Joe and Aunt Mary’s and that was day one of our sabbatical. Then on March 30th we left there and we drove to Warsaw, NC, to Joyce’s cousin Becky (and her husband Neil). They are missionaries and temporarily living at JAARS (part of Wycliffe Bible Translators).

Quite a cool place for missionaries to serve while off the foreign mission field. For some, this is their place to help missionaries by the many ways they support missionaries from here in JAARS. While there we went on the campus tour of JAARS and also went to the “Museum of the Alphabet” - pretty cool!!! Then on April 3rd on to Angier, NC, to meet Pastor Rick who is my mentor for a class I am taking over the internet. I’m excited about the class, “Maintaining Your Spiritual Health,” a course that I feel goes great with my sabbatical. Then on to Jacksonville, FL, to visit with our minister friend, Bob (and wife Mary), founder of http://www.biblefood.com/ (notice I said .COM), as I am http://www.biblefood.org/ (which I founded).

On April 6 we left Jacksonville and arrived in Savannah, GA. We spent a portion of the day running around Savannah catching up with friends, then off to Atlanta that night to be with our kids and grandkids – Yeah!

Our first week in Atlanta, GA we spent with family, and spent time with 4 of our adult children and with 5 grandchildren. Now into our second week we are spending it with one of our best friends. No kids, so it's quiet, Joyce is back to working her medical transcriptionist job online (she can do it anywhere in the country, which is great). I'm finally buckling down and spending time studying, reading and praying for my sabbatical to help me spiritually rejuvenate and seeking God for direction in ministry.

This weekend we will visit a small Sovereign Grace Church - looking forward to that!

Other news, I finished reading “The Sovereignty of God and Evangelism” by J.I. Packer I give it 5 of 5 stars. It is a small little book but a great book to help you understand “man’s responsibility” and “God’s Sovereignty” dealing with the subject of evangelism.

That's about all for now. Please do pray for our finances, I ordered my plane ticket for my ministry trip to Las Vegas (primarily for evangelistic work), now we are praying someone(s) will step forward and help us with that expense.

Please also pray for fruitful sabbatical of time with the Lord and others, safe travel, and refreshed return to our church in 3 months.

Our mailing address is: Jim and Joyce Mazzulla ~ Box 676 ~ Kane, PA ~ 16735 (will be forwarded). You can contact me on my cell anytime during the 3 months at (814) 558-7600
Thanks again for your prayers and any other way you can help us during our sabbatical.

I also invite you all to join my facebook:www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Mazzulla/1054373339

I thank the Lord for family and friends in all of you. :-)