May your unfailing love surround us Lord, for our hope is in you alone.  Ps 33:22 November was a very quick month.  Here we are moving from spring into summer.  The days are warm and sunny quite often, to a point where we don’t need jackets. Flowers are in full bloom, grass is being cut and the fresh fruits and veggies of November are not what I am used to.  It takes some thinking to switch from November = winter = winter veggies, brussel sprouts, etc to November = spring/summer, fresh strawberries and raspberries, more lettuces (YAY!) and salad veggies.  It’s also very weird to see Christmas decorations in the stores and the city being decorated in red and green, Christmas trees too. Villa La Agostura – I refilled, recharged, renewed and rested for a weekend here.  It was a relaxing time in God’s presence with absolutely no distractions.  I didn’t take any work with me and even turned off WhatsApp notifications.  It was energizing to walk alone in the Bosque Arrayanas.  It’s in between seasons so there weren’t a lot of tourists there.  I didn’t even have to pay for the Park entrance as I am classified a local.  Very funny morning with the ticket agent when I asked about what documents were needed for a Residencia Nacional discount, […]

Death Will Not have the final say – The last enemy to be destroyed is Death… 1Cor 15:26 I can hardly believe it’s been a year already since you went home to be with the Lord.  365 days ago we had just finished talking about Argentina and being new Canadian Missionaries with so many new friends in various Churches across Western Canada.  Our last summer together was spent camping and being spontaneous and tourists in our own country.  Our last year together was just that – together – in so many ways – serving in ministry in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Argentina, METE, preparing for a whole new life together as missionaries in another country, culture and language. We started that last day with coffees overlooking the lake in Dundurn, SK.  What a peaceful morning.  What a fun drive back to the Kootenays.  The sillyness and zaniness along the way, stopping at the Big Green truck finally.  We talked about growing old together in Patagonia, we laughed about ‘the honeymoon NEVER ends, no matter how old we get’.  Oh how I miss you.  There isn’t a word that completely captures this.  There are so many memories everywhere, and while there are no more new memories to be made together; there are.  Because I see you in so many ways.  You have […]

Today we would be celebrating 23 years married and 30 years together. Max loved to share the number of years together more than the number of years married. The reality is that we had 20 years married and 27 years together. 27 amazing years filled with love, laughter, tears, disappointments and accomplishments. I want to always honour our life. I want everyone to know the love Max had, the husband he was, the marriage I was so blessed to have. Max chose me to live life to the fullest with. He was my best friend. He was never the old man, the ball and chain.. he was my everything. We had our own ideas about growing old together, so maybe 46 and 44 were old; we had our own jokes about being 80 and 78 and chasing each other around the house. Life didn’t work out that way, but I am so grateful for everyday we did have together. In sickness and health, for better and for worse; but it was all done together. We experienced it all and even more. Life is not for better OR for worse, it is for better AND for worse. Men, love your wives. Treat them like a queen everyday, it doesn’t have to be a special day to do something special, to say […]