Dorothy Smith retiree

Tuesday was a full day of traveling. We stopped to meet Sandy. Sandy and Larry will be getting married in 2 weeks. They met in “Grief Share” and connected right away. Larry’s wife, Jenny passed away from Covid 2 years ago. And Sandy’s husband died of cancer just one year ago.

As we drove towards Moline, I saw a sign that said “Swing Bridge”. Nice stop to stretch our legs.

And another stop was in Dixon, Illinois - the hometown where Ronald. Regan grew up. Of course the homestead was closed.

And our final stop was to have dinner with Dorothy Smith, another Avant retiree who got married later in life and has a rich history with CEF. She worked in Costa Rica. She so loved the gift bag of “goodies” we gave her and told her that we appreciated her many years of service with Camino Global now Avant. She fed us well, and we continued on our way to Fisher, Illinois, arriving just as it was getting dark.

Now our next adventure, to keep the 3 youngest, Elizabeth, 5, Annie, 3 and Amanda 1 for the next 10 days while Ellen, Luke and the 3 oldest, David, 12, Emily, 10 and Lucy 8 fly to Nicaragua and serve on a mission trip.Lue lisää