Holiday visitors, always welcome!

The week between Christmas and New Years was fun, our friend Rabbi Stuart Dauermann visited one afternoon (he lives a few blocks down Lake Ave).
Long time family friends from Tucson, AZ, Dale and Barbara Diamond, were in town visiting so they came for coffee on another afternoon.

Visit to Indiana and Michigan

We flew to Indianapolis and spent a few days with middle son Rob and his family, 18 mo. old Lauren was a real joy. Then we drove to Michigan to spend a few days with Georgia's family. Dan got to see Lake Michigan and a genuine snow storm, he said driving on snow is like learning to drive on gravel!
We attended Georgia's home church, Pierson Bible, on Sunday then went to Harry and Deb's for dinner and time with their kids.
At Sylvia and Chip's we learned to play the game 'sequence' with John, and to meet all the growing grandkids. Then we spent a night at a motel in Ann Arbor and Charlene and some of her grandkids came to swim in the pool and Dan got to play Santa with the boys! We at at Frank's restaurant where Char's husband Pete is owner and cook, great food near UofM.
We spent the last night with Rob and Susie again and learned the wonderful news that Susie has been assigned to Dallas in the new year so we are all pleased with that. We did open gifts with Lauren and she loved her Elmo. When she opened her DVD she immediately pointed to the apple and said "apple". She is growing and learning so quickly and it was hard to say goodbye to the little princess.

Dan's trip to Australia Nov 07

Yes, Dan did a short trip to Cairns, Australia to meet with the MAF board, and he got to spend the night with our long time friends, Paul and Dulcie Grant in Brisbane. I hope to go on the next trip, especially to see the wild laurakeets that Paul feeds everyday.

Grandparent's Day at Julia's School

Dec. 5 was grandparent's day at Pasadena Christian School where Julia is in the 6th grade. Dan had a great time visiting her classroom, seeing her art and being part of the PCS Christmas program. After we took Julia out for lunch and enjoyed her fresh spirit. Thanks Julia!

Dan's Students at School of Intercultural Studies

Friday was the last day of class for Dan and Casey Church did his presentation in the seminar on anthropological issues. During that session I was meeting with the ThM student I am mentor for, Tae Kim, and Casey and Dan took a break and invited us in for the end of class -- it was God's timing for Tae and Casey to meet, as Tae works with the mission in British Columbia that I served with from 1968-86 and is writing on First Nations leadership style AND Casey is a First Nations leader living in Albuquerque (see the blog on Nov 5 '07)
Then after lunch I was meeting with Dr. Roberta King for some editing I am doing for her, and Dan suggested to Casey that he have Roberta on his PhD committee, so he got to chat with her during this trip, too. Isn't the Lord gooooooood!
Do pray for these students as they study AND continue with ministry.