Great time in Miami

Luncheon with the staff at Nutri-Medics

Eating with Dick and Mary Ellen in Orlando FL.

    The middle of November I had the opportunity to go to Miami for a few days to visit an SI donor and also a former staff family. I started my visit there with a luncheon at Nutri-Medics in Jupiter, Florida. They have a staff of about 30 or so and had invited me to come and talk about SI to their staff during lunch on Friday. A couple of the staff there had actually been to the Jarabacoa, DR location a few years ago and so it was good to hear their stories as well as to share a few of my own. Tim Eaton and his team there were great hosts and if there are two things I love to do it is "talk" and "talk about SI". Nutri-Medics has been involved in SI for a number of years now and are great partners with us here in Jarabacoa especially.
     Then on Saturday I had the opportunity to visit Dick and Mary Ellen Meyer that had been the Hospitality Hosts for a number of years here in Jarabacoa. Actually they had been the hosts ever since Lowell and Cheryl Troyer moved to Nicaragua back in the fall of 2011. I had a good visit with them (and Kip, their dog). They left the field about 3 months earlier than they had wanted due to health problems with Dick's heart. He is doing much better there after a couple of surgeries and they anticipate another one yet in April, I am sure they would appreciate your prayers.
   

The food table

Janae showing off some of the desserts

On Saturday on this weekend, we sent off our last team of 2015. While they were here, we had a great Thanksgiving meal with the team and our staff on Thursday evening. Of course that is not a traditional Dominican Holiday so most of the food items are hard to locate here also. We will now have until the first week in January to get ready for our next Work team in Santiago. As we look forward to Christmas and some time off, we will also be having our annual Christmas dinner at our home for the staff at Genesis where Karen works. That will be this Wednesday night. So as usual, we have a lot going on just like all of you this time of year. Thanks for the prayers and support you send our way. They are much appreciated.