News Update

Another week has passed, and we have moved on to the shore of Lake Ray Hubbard in Rowlett TX. It's been a full and very enjoyable week. Aunt Helen and Marti arrived home Sunday afternoon, and we were pleased to greet them. On Monday, Marti treated us to a Jayhawk game at the Phogg—an experience not to be missed. The Jayhawks came through with another win for us!

with Marti, Helen

with Chikwela, Lweendo

On Wednesday, we drove down to Stillwater OK by way of Fayetteville AR. In Fayetteville we visited Chikwela and Lweendo, and another long time Zambian contact Marton. I had been privileged to marry Marton and Minigrade while we lived in Zambia, and now they have five children.

with Marton

Marton Skyped back to Zambia, so we got to talk to Minigrade as well. Lweendo cooked us a beautiful pork chop supper, and then we drove over to Stillwater where we visited with Jack and Joanne Bayles.

Joanne & Jack

Jack's Model A

We had a great time of reminiscing with them for the next two days. Jack took us for rides in his Model A, and his Cadillac Coupe. Fun times! We celebrated their 57th anniversary on Friday, and then drove down to Rowlett where we've moved in with Viggo and Nancy. We're being treated famously wherever we visit—thanks a lot, folks! Viggo and I got out golfing today—that was a great day! We should have been in California by now, getting ready to visit Mexico with True North Helping Hands, but news that the schools were on strike down there convinced us to look for a better opportunity in June 2019. Meanwhile, the markets have returned to troubled times, mostly over the US/China trade war. I managed to remain green, but remain short of quota for the month. Next week is bound to be very slow moving in the markets with the US Thanksgiving holiday. The Rider season ended with the loss in the division semi-final to Winnipeg. It was a good season despite it ended prematurely. The Maple Leafs have ascended to the top of the NHL standings, but the Oilers and Pens are not performing so well. 

Erica continues her sojourn in the hospital in Prince Albert. The doctor seems satisfied with the progress of healing, but continues to be flummoxed over the temperature spikes she's experiencing. Eric ran her down to Saskatoon on Wednesday for an Echocardiogram, and she mostly enjoyed that outing. Liam is home this weekend. 

Erin and Kristian had a good week, but Kristian got a bit run down, so he elected to do the bowl-off later instead of league bowling today. He had a church Youth Retreat last weekend; he enjoyed the experience. There were three boys, and a bunch of girls, hmm! Friday was Parent-Teacher Interviews which provided no surprises, and usually, that's a good thing!

Trav, Joanna and crew are holding down the fort in Thunder Bay. We hope they're not getting too much snow. Joanna is headed down to Toronto to spend time with her dad. The businesses continue to be busy, so that's good!

And that's about enough for this week!