Father and Son

Today Jordon begins a new journey. Frankie Powers and I took Allison,his daughter, her son Pearce and Jordon to the Jacksonville International Airport to catch the American Airlines flight to Dallas. Jordon, at 17 is going out to Dallas to live with Allison and Lee and enroll in school. Today Jordon and I spent most of the day going to the Social Security to get his S/S card ordered, to the Vital Statistics to get his birth certificate and to Dr Randolphs to get his immunization record. We had misplaced his S/S and B/C since getting his drivers license, so we had to scramble today. After going by Columbia County Bank to get his school papers notarized, we went by Burger King for his chicken strip #9 meal, then on over to my sisters.
With Melanie still in Germany, not expected home until November 3rd, now with Jordon gone, the house seems all the more lonely and empty tonight. Landon and Amber remain for the time being, until they get housing. When Lee and Allison offered to help Jordon while we were in Highlands for Jessica's wedding, we felt this was a good opportunity for him. Here, since his mother had contracted H1N1 this time last year, Jordon has not done well, dropping out of Virtual School, spending much of his time at home with incentive decreasing daily.
In Dallas, Jordon will be enrolled in what Allison says is an excellent school. He will be able to drive one of their vehicles. He will be able to help Lee with his work as an attorney. He will have the large Dallas market in which to explore opportunities. If he chooses, he can go to Costa Rica this summer on a mission trip with the Highlands Park Methodist Church Youth group.
We never expected to see Jordon leave on short notice, but likewise, we never expected to be in the situation we are in now since last year.
Our prayer is that Jordon will make the move without stress and that he will thrive in his new home. We pray that he will find a direction for his life that will find him in the will of God.