Long post, lots of pictures, wonderful full day! September 17 Day 19 Abundant Life What a lovely day, we’ve had. Ross and Carol Leef are gracious hosts and good friends. We share our faith, our commitment to the church family and our own families, and our love of life. Although we got up at 7:30…
Sept. 16 Day 18 Today was a very different day. I awoke with the bites on my arm enflamed again and several new ones. I had waited for healing and it hadn’t happened. We went to the pharmacist who recommended an antihistamine but didn’t know what had bitten me. She suggested I go to the…
September 15 Day 17 Today, we met Bev and Neil for breakfast in our hotel. Last night, in the course of our conversation in the hot tub, I told Bev about Fireweed. “I’d like to buy one,” she said. “I’ll get it from you at breakfast.” We talked and talked this morning. When 10 a.m….
September 14 Day 16 Yesterday was another day of God putting people into our path. We always have the choice. We don’t have to talk with strangers but Tom and I enjoy meeting people. They bring wonderful gifts. We tried to rise early and ended up at the hotel for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. mostly…
September 13 Day 15 We were up early, all packed and ready to go in time for the 10:30 service at Spirit West United Church. The service started with singing. One of the songs, “Grab Another Hand”, I hadn’t sung in years. It’s heaps of fun, and encourages people to mingle and laugh as they…
Our news media are alive with the global refugee crisis. Words, pictures, video clips flash before us whether or not we want to see them. This flood of desperate people, caught between violent, oppressive government and ISIS, have little choice. If they stay, they will be raped physically and emotionally every day, if not murdered…
Sept 12 Day 14 I didn’t post last night because I had an attack of vertigo. Lots of sleep and rest today has helped considerably. My head has sort of settled down, at least enough to write this. Yesterday, we visited some churches and sold some books. About halfway through the day we quit…
September 9 Day 11 #travel Today started slowly. We were staying in Saskatoon for a second night, so why rush. The extra sleep was good. We spent most of the day visiting United Churches and promoting and selling Fireweed and Dipping Your Toes. Sales were very good. The best part of the day were…