The last time I published on this blog I told you that we
had just returned from our trip overseas and were in Saskatchewan and then it
appears that I might have forgotten all about you. Well, that’s not absolutely
true, but nevertheless I must apologize for not keeping you informed and to
thank those of you who have faithfully come to this site looking for info on
what we are up to. When I look at the number of visits this site has recorded I
can see you are interested and from that I know that you are thinking about us
and that many of you are also praying for us.
Now let me try to catch you up on what has happened for the
three weeks in October. The first week we spent planning for a family
Thanksgiving Dinner, in North Battleford, for all the family in the area. It
turned out that the hall we had booked for the event before we left for Europe
was in fact not booked and was not available for the Sunday but could be
available for Saturday. So, after a number of frantic phone calls, everything
was changed to Saturday and of course
there were some that couldn’t make the change but there was also some that
could come that wouldn’t have been there on Sunday and all together we had 48
people out for Thanksgiving Dinner. What an awesome reason to be thankful.
Following that awesome experience we spent time visiting
with family and friends in Saskatchewan before hooking up to the camper and
heading South for the next part of our time away from time. A time God has
provided for us to, first of all seek His will in our lives, to search our hearts for a continued desire to
serve, to get our will to jive with His will and to seek some physical rest for
our somewhat less than young bodies. We headed South November 1st
and made our first stop in Swift Current SK. The next day we headed for the US
of A. I decided to cross at the Willow Creek Crossing and followed the #21
highway that led directly there. It was a perfect idea except for the fact
that, unknown to me, there was a 50 km stretch of muddy, wet, gravel road that
lead led us to believe we were lost. We were not lost and after taking on a ton
or two of good ole Saskatchewan mud and gravel we reached the border where a
nice young American man asked a couple of unimportant question then after
taking a look at our faces, that were of course beaming with absolute
integrity, he said “Welcome to USA, have a great holiday”. So, sucking on the
last few drops of fuel in the tank we reached Havre MT. where we took on fuel
for both truck and body and set out for warmer country, which we didn’t find
that day or for the next two days. Finally
on the 5th of November we reached a little place called Loomis CA.
where it was warm enough for us to camp and we spent the next two days there
before heading to Fresno CA and a place called Gleaning For the Hungry where we
found a number of Canadians already camping out in RVs of all shapes and sizes,
OH, there were some Americans there too.
After spending the weekend settling in, doing some shopping
and going to church we started our first day on the job. Gail immediately
started doing what she does best, cleaning rooms. doing laundry and other
housekeeping chores and when she finished that she joined the rest of us in the
soup plant where we packaged over a 1/4 million servings of soup base bound for
Kenya. Just a quick over view of what a
day looks like here at Gleaning for the Hungry. Breakfast is at 7:00 AM
followed by worship and devotions at 8:00 which is then followed by the second
breakfast of the day. We were settled into work before 10:00, had lunch at
12:00 noon, back to work at 1:00 till 3:00 coffee break after which we newbys
took a tour of the facilities till 5:00,supper was at 5:30,followed by mission
night (a night to hear from missionaries), we arrived back at the camper before
8:00. So I think we have made a good start on our time of rest.
God Bless. With love
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