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I'm working on my newsletter, which if all goes well, you should be receiving at your churches by next week (before Easter, at any rate). Leaving for France next week has given me exactly the impetus I needed to attack my "to-do" list. I want to get as many things finished before I go as I can--less to do when I get back, exhausted from double jet-lag!

Next up: financial reports and then taxes!

Yesterday was the Eastern Shore sectional council. Eastern Shore is one of my favorite sections, even though its small and widespread geographically. I have a lot of respect for the E.S. pastors, because the churches seem to struggle for some reason. I think it takes a determined pastor to do good work there. Most of the churches there support me, so I feel a strong connection built on many visits to the churches and shared newsletters. Plus, as a native Marylander, what's not to love about the Shore? As I said yesterday to the pastors, the Eastern Shore represents the "history and the heart of the State of Maryland."