Family News

Dear Friends,

Leslie and I want to inform you that I have been offered a post teaching English at my high school alma mater Pine Forge Academy (a boarding school near Pottstown, PA). Thus, we are relocating temporarily. The prayer is that grad school will bring us back to Atlanta fall of next year. In the meantime, this is the opportunity that has presented itself. So we go in faith.

It all happened in a matter of 2 weeks, which is why we haven't had the chance for proper goodbyes. We solicit your prayers and positive thoughts. It's not always easy to go home again. This is the table that nourished me through adolescence (but I am a very different person now). This also happens to be the place where both of Leslie's parents grew up, so there is family left in the area. It will be exciting for the children to spend time with their remaining great-grand.

We look forward to connecting with old friends and friends we have come to know and love at a distance. We will also sorely miss you we are leaving behind. Pray with us that it won't be long. God bless. Until next time...

In the adventure,
Melvin, Leslie, Jaya, Kari & Melvin 4.0

Enneagram Profile

I took my first Enneagram test. These were the results. I'm a social 8 with 7 in the wing, with an almost matching level of tendency toward 2, which is supposedly the direction of integration and growth for me. Leslie seems to think they are accurate (I had her critique my answers to the questions before I submitted them). It's good to see I have grown a little over the years (better able to express my 2 tendencies).

Enneagram Test Results Type 1 Perfectionism: The Reformer |||||||||| 38% Type 2 Helpfulness: The Helper |||||||||||||||||| 78% Type 3 Image Focus: The Achiever |||||||||||||| 58% Type 4 Hypersensitivity: The Individualist |||| 14% Type 5 Detachment: The Investigator |||||| 30% Type 6 Anxiety: The Loyalist |||||||||||| 42% Type 7 Adventurousness: The Enthusiast |||||||||||||||| 62% Type 8 Aggressiveness: The Challenger |||||||||||||||||| 78% Type 9 Calmness: The Peacemaker |||||||||||||| 58% Your main type is 8 Your variant is sexual

Main Type	Overall Self

***Update: I was wrong. My guess was that Leslie is a 5 with 6 in the wing, which She tested as a 1. The more I read about how 8s and 1s tend to interact, the more plausible it sounds. She said she'd let me look over her answers, as she did mine. We'll see.

This information is a composite of these site: The Enneagram Institute and SimilarMinds.com

Eavesdropping

Last night I overheard my mother-in-law say the most self-effacing, others-interested thing I had ever heard her say in affirmation of Leslie. I am thankful for the chance to have heard it. It was healing.