[Magdalen] Anyone Here?

[Ginga Wilder]

I am still here and still living in Summerville, SC.  I turned 72 last
month, a milestone I am proud to have made as my parents died at 64 & 65.
I am still active in The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, a mission
congregation in reorganized post-schism Episcopal Church in SC.  I serve on
staff, keeping up our website and Facebook page.  Litigation over property
continues in TECSC and it is beginning to look as if the courts are in a
deliberate slow down.  I am thinking the motive is to find a way to do an
end around on the Supreme Court ruling that TEC and TECSC owns the
property.  The courts in SC are quite conservative; rumors are flying that
the fix favors the breakaway ACNA group.  But, truth be told, many
Episcopalians do not want the property back.  Good Shepherd has about 130
people on our roles, worshipping between 65-90 people weekly.  We need a
bigger space, but we do not need the 7 acre site with six buildings that
would be ours if the courts decide for TEC/TECSC.  Lord have mercy.  (Sorry
to belabor this tale.)

My health is good.  Victoza has caused a 45+ lb weight loss over the last
few years.  And, my blood sugar is nearly normal!  I am 3 months out of a
hip replacement and doing well.   John and I will go with our daughter's
church to Israel in Spring 2020.

Good to hear from y'all.
Ginga Wilder

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 9:16 AM Robert Counselman <bob.counselman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm still here in Texas supervising construction on the house once again
> and supplying in Del Rio and Brackettville twice a month.  I guess that
> still qualifies as retirement.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 6:55 AM James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I loved my work at CDC.  As a statistician, I got to be involved in all
> > the interesting parts of a research project but didn’t have to deal with
> > the boring reiteration process of research.
> >
> > I retired a bit earlier than I had planned - we knew something was
> > happening with Marcy, even though we didn’t have a diagnosis then.
> >
> > I don’t miss my job at all.
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
> >
> > Jim Handsfield
> > jhandsfield at att.net
> >
> > > On Jul 3, 2019, at 10:32 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > As long as we're all posting update notices I suppose I should mention
> > that
> > > this is my first week of retirement. Last Friday was my last day in the
> > > office although they only asked for about two hours of my time before
> > > sending me on my way. There was a dinner a couple of nights earlier and
> > > some festivities in the office and a gift, etc. On the whole it's been
> a
> > > nice farewell after almost thirty years there. I've been turning over
> > > responsibilities for the last couple of months and I hope I did a good
> > job
> > > of training others. Now to find new challenges.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Fr. Robert L Counselman,
> Retired
>