March 19, 2011 Beloved, It’s been a while since I have written a Simple Grace Update, and it is certainly time to be in touch with you!  The Hitch family is home from our winter tour to the states of Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.  Our time on the road was enriched by a fulfilling prison crusade in Alabama’s prisons, with very heartfelt responses from inmates in every facility we visited.  Jim shared a message about the ministry of Jesus in healing broken hearts with inmates and volunteers during the We Care Prison Crusade, and God touched hearts on both sides of the fence (literally).  It was an enormous privilege to minister in every church that God gave us opportunity across the southeast, and we treasured the moments! Our ministry has carried for us a bittersweet flavor over the past months, as we prepare to give our daughter, Avery, away in marriage on May 7^th.   She is marrying Warren Jennings, from central Nebraska, and we are all thrilled to welcome Warren into our family.  Our son, Lucas, is preparing to move to Colorado in May also, to pursue music as a solo artist and to continue to develop his web design business, Oleander Web Design, on a full-time basis.  These changes are exciting ...