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It's been so long since I have enterd a new post that if any one has been looking I know you must think the latter. Really, The last month has been rather routine. This last weeks trip to Canada marks a little change.
We traveled up to Vancouver, B.C. last weekend and spent a couple of days with Merlin and Brenda. It is always fun to be with them. As the picture shows, we also went out to dinner one night with their two boys who live in Abbotsford and are still both busily working building custom log homes.

Carol and I spent the week (4 1/2 full days) helping facilitate a Interpersonal skills Workshop with about 26 missionaries. This biblically based interactive workshop is designed especially for missionaries.
We had 26 attend. About 16 were missionaries in training and included quite a few foreign missionaries, mostly from Asia. The rest were experienced missionaries from various parts of the world. It was a challenge of communications and culture, but as always very effective. Bob facilitated with two other ladies and Carol did all the backup work.

The trip home was a challenge as well. One hour wait at the border and a huge traffic jam of over 50 miles from North of Everett to almost Olympia.

We travel in a few days to Moscow Id. We will be going to a Jazz festival where our grandson Morgan goes to college (U of Idaho)and has many chances to play (guitar) and we will also have lots of jazz listening times. Professional jazz artists play in the evenings and Marianne and Marla have bought us some tickets for that. Marianne-Morgan's mother-is coming down and we will be staying with Adam and Jaime. Our grandaughter and husband.
I will post some pictures next week.

I read recently that jazz was developed after the abolition of slavery and is a musical expression of freedom and of joy. Something that Christian music should express as well.
Picture below is the workshop in action.