I can't thank God enough for allowing me to live up here - out in the country but still close enough to make it into town to see Dad in 10-15 minutes.
I am nourished by the beauty.
The seasons are spectacular.
The skies, ever changing, creating the backdrop for the seasonal banquet of beauty.
SERIOUSLY...going up and down the hill I get to feast my eyes on all of this and a whole lot more.
Our book club is still meeting about once a month and we actually had Sue's son Sam join us to share some of his recent adventures in Africa with us.
He is a stellar videographer and is into making all sorts of cool movies.
However, the thing I really like about Sam is how he allows his adventures to break his heart a little bit. Enough to invest himself in the lives of those he meets.
For instance, he met a woman who is a boxer in Kenya, I believe.
She has taken in about 20 orphans into her home and is trying to earn enough money to send them all to school so that they can better their lives. Sam decided to invest in her vision for these kids and invited us along.
So that was our first "book club" that included a man and it was a valuable evening.
Daniel had a little break and was able to come to Kelowna to be part of his friend Marc's wedding preparations and bachelor party.
He took time to hang with his dear Opa, which was a beautiful thing.
Oh how Dad loves his one and only grandson! It's always so special to see how he lights up with Daniel.
Thankfully Daniel also took the time to get his and my winter tires put on. I'm so very grateful for this son of mine.
He's begun the last year of his Master's program and is still working hard.
Thankfully he's getting closer to the finish line!
I know this is a little random but I had to take a picture of a really fun service I attended.
They call it "cowboy church" and if you zoom in you can see the cowboy hats on the musicians.
It was a great evening with lots of old familiar worship songs and a very good message.
Anita and I joined our friend Ev Hromek when she invited us out.
It's refreshing to get a glimpse into other parts of the body of Christ here in town.
May Jesus continue to revive us and make us ONE!
And since I'm on the cowboy theme I'll add this picture that I took from my kitchen window recently.
Every once in awhile we get people riding their horses across our property and it always makes me happy.
I think I'm going to do quite a bit of horse riding in heaven!
Meanwhile, I'm still making my daily visits to Dad at hospice.
There is a large screen TV up in the corner of his room and I found a beautiful program that shows scripture verses while playing worship music.
Sometimes I'll read the verses out loud to Dad and Mom if she is there.
It's often a heavenly atmosphere in the room and I. know Jesus is very near.
I feel so privileged to be able to minister to Dad with simple little tasks like bringing him hot coffee and snacks that are available.
For instance!!!
I can't remember what the special occasion was but they gave me one of these treats to share with Dad.
Since I've taken so many pictures of everyone else with Dad I tried to get a couple of him and I together, but apparently he wasn't feeling too perky.
It's not always clear what is going on in his mind as he moves in and out of "the zone".
He's very thankful and very loving though.
Precious moments and hours...
At the farm Derek & Jenn are getting LOTS of eggs from the resident chickens! It's been a dream of mine to have hens and eggs so I'm enjoying see that part of the farm developing.
On a rather hot September day they had an anniversary celebration of the hospice so there was music and a bbq outside.
I was kept busy getting the hamburgers, watermelon and desserts for mom and Dad.
I LOVE this picture of the two of them looking so bright and happy.
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