Heading to Kelowna, BC

Traveling day. But first - we went blueberry picking. Fun! Easy to do. Laurie and Sheldon were great host and we had great conversations and lots of laughs.

After saying goodbye, we headed to Wal-mart to buy some groceries. The scenery was breathtaking as we wondered along the highway.

In Hope, we connected with Avant retiree frank Ebner, longtime missionary serving in Austria. It’s amazing that I even got in touch with him. I called him up 2 days ago and I don’t think he really understood who we were but he did say he was living with his daughter. I quickly asked him for her fone number. Incredibly I was able to connect with his daughter.

We had just a delightful time hearing his story of meeting his wife in Canada with him being Austrian. Frank related stories of Gods faithfulness in ministry.

Frank handed us a crisp 100.00 Canadian bill. My heart is blessed. He said “thank you for blessing me”.

We had a picnic lunch on the road side park. We stopped at Tim Hortons for some donuts to share with Paul and Beth.

Once we arrived at Paul and Beth, they cooked out. They invited 2 other couples to join in on the party. The Garcias are from Mexico and Spain and another couple from Cochabamba Bolivia. Food was delicious and it was fun to meet new friends.

Glenn and Paul left for a 1.5 hour drive to Midway (near the US border) to rescue one of Paul’s friend that was stranded with a broken down vehicle. Glenn didn’t get home until after midnight.

Beth and I played Rummycube with her granddaughter, Kennlyn. I lost all 3 games. But it brought back fun memories of our time together on the cruise where we first met last year. We would often time play games after dinner and before the show. Plus we introduced the game “Kings corner”.Read more