Summer is not far away now. It is a time when many people travel. If you are going abroad, I am sure you have already made plans to do so. If you have told anybody about your plans, I am sure you have gotten a lot of advice on where to stay, where to eat, and what to see.

Through the generosity of many of you in this church, Jean and I were able to take a trip to Germany last summer. We had a wonderful time, made so in large part because of the advice that some of you gave us who had been there. The best advice that we got was, travel light, which of course we didn't follow. We thought we had, but it turned out that we just didn't need all of the stuff that we took with us. It reminded me of a sign that was posted in an old inn up in the Pacific Northwest. "If you need anything, just ask,…