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I’m finally taking a breath and sitting down to give you a bit of an update. But it will take more than one post to get through it all! So let’s go in order. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So after we talked to you last, we spent some time in Saskatchewan, in the Lashburn\/Maidstone\/Lloydminster area, with my Mom and other friends there. We enjoyed some time with the folks at Grace Community Church<\/strong> in Maidstone, and as planned I spoke there on the 13th of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in September I spoke at our church in Mexico! By recorded video, this time. \ud83d\ude42 Actually, this was much more of an “adventure” than we intended. We have had tremendous<\/em> technical difficulties with one laptop, and since then we’ve gone through hours of tech support, and the problem still isn’t solved. So that has certainly thrown a wrench into the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preaching on the last part of Romans 5 from Saskatchewan to Mexico!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

However, thank the Lord, the sermon somehow got edited and uploaded, though not quite with the excellence I would have liked. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, big news. For quite a few months (actually, even longer), my Mom has been batting around the idea of moving to Three Hills. Why Three Hills, you ask? Well, because of the lovely view of the three imposing hills, casting their massive shadows over the landscape of the vast Canadian prairies, of course!<\/s> Well, a lot of reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, she has family here now (Hannah, her granddaughter), as well as “in-law” family – Shari’s parents. Also, there’s a place for seniors here (the Golden Hills Lodge), which has the bonus of providing meals (my Mom’s a good cook, but she’s been busy with a lot of things, so this is one big time-saver).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Playing Kingdomino<\/a> at Grandma’s “old” place!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We came to Canada knowing this was a possibility, but she didn’t finally decide until we were in SK last month. Now, how this went down was interesting. Hannah was graduating on the 26th (more on that later). I believe my Mom decided to move on the 16th. And she also decided that she would like to move before<\/em> Hannah’s grad, so that she could be there for the celebration. Which, when we worked in all the logistics, meant that we basically had 7 days to move, start to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not sure I would have been that ambitious, but since that’s what my Mom wanted to do, we decided to give it a try (and when we had time to think, we realized that there were a number of reasons why this may be a good idea, but we won’t get into all that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So – the short story — we did it! By God’s grace and through a lot of insanity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All packed up and ready to leave Lashburn, SK! (or, “Three Hills or Bust”<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So, my Mom has moved to Three Hills!<\/em><\/strong> Her address, phone number and email will all be changing, but there are forwarding services in place now. So get a hold of her while you can, and you can get updated on all the new info. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s still a lot to do while she gets settled, but we’re trying to lend a hand where we can. Otherwise, she’s doing well and enjoying catching up with friends and family, and making a lot of new<\/em> friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I’ll try to update you on our next speaking engagements, and also other adventures (including Hannah’s grad!) when I have the change to take another breath.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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