Update on Sarah and Stephen

Hello,

Since several of you asked I am giving some more details about Sarah and Stephen. They now live in Washington D.C. Stephen is working for a nonprofit called RECAP. They advocate for rural poor in the USA. Sarah starts working today for another nonprofit called PACT. They deal with international affairs of world hunger and poverty. She says it is going to be much like the job she had in Geneva.

Some of you have said that you would like to pray for Stephen’s sister by name. Her name is Lora and she is 41. Her treatment or close evaluation of the situation will start today.

I am sorry that my Ukrainian neighbor has moved out to the country. I am not sure if she will continue to come in to have some language lessons. I will miss them if she does not come.

Leroy is looking for a place to assess the car for general maintenance. It seems to far too take it to Des Moines to the dealer and it is five years old so not under warranty. There is a company that thinks our warranty has just run out. A letter frequently comes declaring that we can still sign up for the extended warranty. One guy that he had used for car repair moved so he is a bit unsure who would be a good alternative. He just picked a place. The only way we will know if the mechanic is not good is if he makes some flagrant mistake.

When we get shade in the backyard we will wash the car in spite of the 90-degree heat. How to we go from cool to hot in the space of one day?

Today is Leroy’s day off so we checked out two movies from the library hoping one would be good. We could have gone to the theater in town, but I did not want to see the Harry Potter movie and Leroy did not want to see the other one. It seems silly to go on a date and part at the theater door. Maybe another time it will work out. Our date will be at home.

Paula