A Few Lasts

Having people in almost every corner of every room in our home on Saturday nights the last few years has been one of our highlights of living in North Cotes.  We have really enjoyed that time of intermingling with the students.

Ragnar getting some dried Faroese fish ready for a snack.

It was sad to think that this would probably be the last one, yet we were thankful to be able to do it once more, since we did miss several week ends this year due to travel and illness.

Earlier in the day we had popped over to the Air Field, which is about a 5 min. walk from our home, where they have an annual Field Day.  It was lots of fun watching small airplanes taking off and landing.  That sound still has a special spot in our hearts, as we connect it with our only link to the outside world when we lived in our tribal station.  

 They also have a very small museum on their grounds which I didn't know was there.  

We were also thankful that we were able to work in our annual Filipino night - bringing back memories of sitting on the floor, using our fingers as forks and enjoying Filipino delicacies. Pancit, adobo, lumpia and Leche flan are among our favorites. 

Dried mangoes in a hand carved boat. 

 We loved sharing stories, showing pictures, teaching a song and having a good discussion about life in the Philippines with the 30 plus young people who came. 

We have also missed many of our Monday even meetings with the Volunteers.  Having Steve and Cathy Tibberts step in to guide the group has been wonderful.  It almost seemed like a reunion to have them over for a BBQ before we had our last study. 

 It has been really encouraging going through the book 'The Stranger' with young people from several different cultures, learning lots from different angels.