EXIT POEM
by......someone we love a lot.
“Utah Ho!
Sandy bound! Can’t keep the
Christensen’s around
‘Amazing grace, how the sweet the sound’
A job well done! Proclaim it round!
18 Months in the Windy City, 18 months of time well
spent
200 pages of journal to represent The fun, the love
and good intent
Of a dynamic pair with toil and sweat
Working for fellow man’s benefit
With love of God they’ve served quite well
Angel witnesses can tell, a faithful record they
have kept
Of what the Lord with love accepts.
Like pioneers of yore, they yolk together with one
more in tow:
Andrew whom they’ve known before, the grandson come
to help them tour.
They pack up the baby blue Highlander and with
tender feelings depart.
Happy to be moving on but sad to leave in part.
A modern Liahona will guide them home, horsepower to
pull their car
They’ll have potato ‘stead of buffalo chips, feather
pillows with no tar.
Bathroom breaks and sights to see but oh don’t get
me wrong.
Despite the change in the terrain these folks are
still quite strong.
Futuristic pioneers in this world so sick with sin.
Humbly doing what they can to usher our dear Lord
in.
Missions past and present served with faith and love
and grit.
New beginnings in store from them now, these beloved
Christensen’s.
Hearts they’ve touched on Chicago grounds as well as
other places.
Several are fond of Carolyn and Von’s sweet, smiling
faces.
Their shoulders they’ve put to the wheel and pushed
along with grace.
If it weren’t for eternal life, I’d say “Rest in
Peace”.
