Catching Up On Our Trip
This is Tuesday morning, shortly after 6:00 a.m. on Vancouver Island, and I am finally on my own computer with time to catch up on our trip. (I borrowed Don’s when we were there, because we could not get my wireless to work at their house.) We are staying at a fabulous bed and breakfast in Victoria, BC. Breakfast is not served until nine, and Cerwin is still sleeping.
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Saturday
Our neat little bedroom in Don and Darlene’s apartment complex.
Our first stop was an 8:00 breakfast at Hank and Joanne Giesbrecht’s house.
A few of their pretty plants and flowers.
Our breakfast consisted of this fresh fruit dish…
and her homemade nut and fruit bread.
Delicious!
Most of us topped our bread with some of her homemade raspberry jam. (Raspberries abound in this area.)
Left to right: Darlene, Don, Hank, Cerwin, and Joanne.
It was so much fun to visit with Hank and Joanne and hear “Their Story.” They met in a logging camp where he worked in logging, and she was the school teacher for the children of the logging families.
Hank and Joanne have been involved with TFC for many years, so the men had lots to talk about.
Shortly after leaving their place near Abbotsford, we pulled into a small farm where Don and Darlene introduced us to their horse friend Jade.
Jade was curious about me and quite friendly.
Little Joe was farther away in the pasture, and totally ignored us – despite Don and Darlene’s urgings to come closer.
After a short stop at Don and Darlene’s place, Cerwin and I entered Mike and Florence Foisy’s address into our trusty GPS unit and drove right up to their new house in Chilliwack.
Mike is the lead chaplain at the chapel in Chilliwack, and I needed about an hour to proof an article I am doing on them for the May issue of the Highway News and Good News.
After updating the article, we met Dave and Annie Giesbrecht at The Mandarin for a Chinese lunch.
When we delivered the chapel to Chilliwack in 2008, we stayed at Dave and Annie’s house for six days. Dave is a volunteer chaplain. These two couples have been part of TFC in this area for many years.
Florence and Annie
Chinese tea.
My lunch.
On our way back to Abbotsford, we stopped to see the chapel we had delivered ten months ago.
The chaplain on duty was not there, so we just checked it out and took a few pictures.
The weather is warmer here than at our home in Pennsylvania, which means new growth is starting on the blueberries.
Concerning the weather, I noticed on my computer that it is currently 21 degrees at home this morning (Tuesday). It is forty-three here on the island.
Dinner with Wayne and Amy Dueckman
After getting back to Abbotsford, we spent the rest of the afternoon with Don and Darlene, then met Wayne and Amy for dinner at a local restaurant.
They live about a mile from Don and Darlene, and this restaurant is about halfway between their houses. It was wonderful to catch up on their lives. Wayne is a trucker, and Amy works for MCC (Mennonite Central Committee). We met them – and they met each other – when both came to Pennsylvania (about twenty years ago) to serve with MCC. Amy was from Kansas, and Wayne from here in BC.
My salad
Amy’s salad
The men got hamburgers and fries.
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What a wonderful day of fellowship!
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