Away From Home
Dear
Friends at SUCC,
It's hard to believe but at the end of this month, it
will be one year since we moved to Colorado. I
miss all of you so much. I especially miss
preparing coffee and tea for Fellowship. It was a
wonderful experience. I am still searching for a church.
I just haven't found a place I am comfortable in.
Jessica and Kyleigh are doing well. Ky is playing
the French Horn and Jessica is in the school choir.
I am still caring for my granddaughter, Saraia, who is
now four. A new grandson is expected in early
April. I will be so busy then!!
I have joined a book club with my daughter, Sarah.
I spend my time selling and buying on Ebay. I am
selling lots of my books, and buying lots of baby boy
clothes.
I love the Colorado weather ... we get lots of sunshine.
Would love to hear from anyone.
I miss all of you more than words can express. You
all made an impact on my life and I am forever grateful!
Blessings and hugs
Carrie Gentile (Tilly21347@msn.com)
Hi...
Good to
hear from you. We are in Vancouver, usually in summer
and traveling in the winter in the south. We will be in
Mexico Feb. and March of this year and then probably
Yuma or places there abouts. We do get the newsletter
and enjoy hearing what’s going on. I think we have a bad
mail delivery system here. We do have a locked mail box
but get word from a lot of people that our mail does not
get to us.
We were interested in that last one where the ghost
writer [Mel White] for Robertson and the other so called
Christians was coming to speak. Would have been
interesting as I did a lot of research into Pat
Robertson and Jerry Falwell when they took over the
public education system and destroyed it. Not sure
people remember anymore but the era of the
superintendent Cliff Campbell who was one of the group
and drove off most of our good administrators at N.K. Of
course the movement was to make public education look
bad and help fund Christian schools. They did succeed…. And the battle goes on.
We did try the local Vancouver Congregational Church but
it was not like our good old Suquamish one. Sure miss
you guys. Best to Pastor Tom and all our friends…
Ann and Austin Shotwell
The
Beebes —
This
bridge is in the Terambina forest preserve in Sarapiqui
Costa Rica. It is lowland Caribbean jungle. great place
to visit. We stayed at La Qunita Inn in Sarapiqui--an
eco-resort filled with beautiful birds.
Bon
Tardi!
Last
week was the week of rain and the Tumba Festival.
Carnival is February 3-9, and everything shuts down for
the party. Of course there has to be a build-up,
and that is the Tumba festival (Toombah).
Evidently during slave times the African drum playing
was outlawed so the slaves developed a different style
of music called Tumba music. There is a weeklong
competition of Tumba bands from local schools, community
organizations, etc. At the end, the winner's Tumba
is the official Tumba of the Carnival week.
Which
leads to Jump-ups. Jump-ups are moving
parties/dances that occur during Carnival and Tumba
week. Basically a large truck with generators
pulls a wagon with a DJ and sound system. Behind
the cart comes a couple hundred people dressed in all
kinds of regalia and dancing their feet off. If
you run into them while driving, you just pull over and
wait for a long while as the party -- or parties -- pass
by. There are little children and folks with
walkers just hoppin' and boppin' along.
We've
had rain for about two weeks, but it is much less than
the downpours of November. It was a gray rainy
morning today, and as we walked out of the house, both
Anna and I were gritting our teeth for that cold blast
of air. It never came since it was 80 degrees.
Anna turned to me and said, "I still can't get used to
it not being cold when it is gray."
Otherwise we are in a Cats vs. Dogs reading week at
class -- Henry and Mudge vs. Mr. Putter and Tabby.
I think dogs rule, but it will be interesting to see
what happens by the end of the week.
Mom and
Dad arrive and Thursday, and we'll be sure to find a
jump-up for them in Carnival week.
Ajo, te
mayan.
Keith
