This was a busy but a very nice week too. We delivered our BC Thanksgiving Food Drive bags to our neighborhood and the Kennedy’s picked the food up for us on Saturday as we had our Temple shift and we were concerned about getting it done before we had to be at the Temple. We went over to the North Shore to have Karl cut my hair and I told him for that for the time being, until we were a little more settled in our lives, we felt we better not be driving over for my hair to be cut. I hate to leave him as his needs mothering and help and so I will stay in touch with him. Jean came to mow our lawn. We did our Temple session on Tuesday and Temple service on Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. Tom had a family history consultation with George Hara on Thursday afternoon and we had our first Temple Prep class here at our house that evening with Jack, who is preparing for his mission, and Dago, a new convert to the church, We got to the swimming pool once.
Our involvement with Tom’s health needs and concerns were ongoing, as we talk to different USA cancer clinics to determine if they are offering the Theranostic treatments we are seeking. It seems that the Mayo clinic has it already and we are working with them and others are expecting it to be available next year. Tom has worked hard to get thru to Doctor Baum’s clinic in Germany but language and messages that hang up have been a problem. He has to call in the middle of the night to hit their office hours and he finally got thru later today. Our dear Wendy Jack managed to get us in for an MRI for Tom’s back at the Abbotsford Hospital at 4:00 AM Saturday morning. We slept, got up, went, came home and slept again. We actually loved it as there was no traffic on the roads and the hospital was quiet and quick. We had been on Friday, the day before, to the Abbotsford and Langley hospitals to request copies of Tom’s imaging tests. Tom has the written reports but the Mayo and possibly other clinics want the real images. We requested the MRI on a CD too. It is full time job trying to insure your best interests health wise are being met. We are trying very hard and praying.
The highlight of our week came when Charmaine put on a recital Sunday evening at the church and dedicated it to us. She wanted to play for us while she was home from school in Austria. We felt using the church’s grand piano would be the best thing and then we felt perhaps we should open it up to others that would like to come. The Bishop agreed. We had a very nice turnout of friends, church members, her piano teachers and our neighbor Marie. It was lovely. She began the by playing “Come Thou Font of Every Blessing” specially for Tom which had us both in tears and then she went on to play many beautiful classical selections and others numbers. She is extremely talented. The whole evening was special personally and I think it was for everyone who attended. Jean and the girls are so good to us and so kind. We love them. They came over for Tom to give all three of them blessings before Charmaine flies back to Austria and Jean and Cheyenne go forward in their schooling here. I have included a picture of Tom just before they arrived for their blessings.
Another busy week trying to push forward with health needs and concerns but finding we are receiving many blessings along the way.
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