You will be thinking I have forgotten all about my blog…

Not really though!!! It’s just that there isn’t always much news to write about. Anyway, I think I need to update and there is a considerable bit of new news.

Summer is about over in B.C. It’s turned cold rather early this year … and the weatherman doesn’t predict an Indian summer! Luke is anxious to see the snow and swears he will shovel our driveway for us … that will be two driveways, since he lives with Pat and Eric.

I am glad because I actually harvested a fair number of tomatoes off my ‘potted’ plants. First time I tried that, and it works really well.

We are still getting the last minute finishing touches done to our landscaping, so from now on, it will be free sailing … aside from the usual maintenance.

We’ve had a Federal election and both Earl & I worked at the polls and made ourselves a bit of extra cash. We were happy our Conservative candidate Colin Mayes won this riding hands down with 51 % of the votes. Now we can get on with life as usual till our municipal election for councilors and mayor, and after that, the provincial elections. Ho hum … we get really tired of all the hype!

Eric’ s mother Dolly had gone through two cancer operations and was doing really well, we thought. However in her last exam they found a cancerous spot on her liver, and the doctors have given her 3 to 6 months to live. She is a great lady and we are all very upset and sad. You can join us in prayer on her behalf. She lives in Edson, Ab.

We got some good news concerning the mission. When we lost our property we had a great lawyer and he tried to reverse the judges decision but was not able to do so. When it got all the way to the Supreme Court, they decided it wasn’t worth a hearing and annulled the case. The lawyer’s sister (also a lawyer) then took up our case to try and get reimbursement for the original price we paid for the property, plus the thousands of dollars we spent on improvements on the place over the 15 years we carried on our work from there. After 8 years, our first hearing is set for Nov. 14^th 2008. We are very excited and happy, however we know it may take another few years to hear our case and they will likely appeal so we aren’t exactly counting our chickens yet. But we are praying for justice to be done, and want to invite you to pray with us over this situation. Mount Horeb could sure use the money … OR the property back, if the owners can’t come up with the money. Either way, we expect to receive some recumbence for our troubles, traumas and tears over the whole affair.

Here is a picture of Mount Horeb's old building and below that you can see the new buildings:

.... Plans are to go to Brazil in Feb. of 2009 again. I now have a nephew living in Curitiba, real close to the mission and we will get to see him and his wife and spend sometime with them as well. That is very exciting … imagine another family member living in Brazil J. He is an executive for the Exxon oil company.

We have a trip to Edmonton coming up in Nov. We were invited to attend a mission’s conference in Morinville. Invitations like this are always greatly appreciate by missionaries.

Our friend Solange, who came to Canada from Brazil years ago, just had a visit from her niece, and on the video you will see a picture of us at the Kelowna airport… And if you haven’t already clicked on the video below, please do! There are a lot of other pictures of interest to those of you who know us better.

Till next time … Love to all those of you that read this blog.