Here comes Christmas…soon

We had the privilege of having each of the grandchildren here over the past few days. The teachers were off and thus the children. Carlyle arrived with a sigh. Her brother and sister are driving her CRAZY! “They are SO loud and they keep fighting and yelling”. She settled into a quiet corner with her…

Reflecting on 40 years

In responding to the gracious words of Commissioners Floyd and Tracey Tidd in presenting our retirement certificates, here was our response: Wendy “Thank you, Commissioners Tidd, Floyd and Tracey, for your kind words. Thank you for the extraordinary effort to be with us as we mark 40 years of ministry and our retirement. We are…

Celebrating 40 years

Apart from birthdays and Christmas, we are not really good at celebrations. Even birthdays seem to pass by with only short reference to what it represents! So this week’s celebration of our retirement took on special meaning. It would have been easy to say that’s it, we are done, time to move on. But I…