FIVE MORE SLEEPS

CHRISTMAS IS COMING.  The goose isn't getting fat, but the turkey is out back keeping cold in Jim's Eccentricity.  We haven't put any pennies in any old man's hat, but we left out lots of canned food for the Vernon realtors to pick up during their food drive for the homeless.  The woman realtor who has organized that program for the last few years received the 'volunteer of the year' award this week.  She deserves the recognition.  Her system is really efficient, and they collect MANY boxes of food for those who don't have enough each Christmas.  Whether you have a ha'penny or not, may God, in whatever form you imagine, bless you, wherever you are.

Our family has a lot to be thankful for in 2015.  Min Hee and Jin Hee are adjusting well to school in Canada, especially Jin Hee who is younger and more enthusiastic.  But Min Hee is making a real effort; at 16, life is not as easy as it is at 13.  Now that May and the girls are officially immigrants, they can take advantage of all the help that Immigrant Services offers with training, job searches and just providing a staff that can answer most of their questions and give them a place to meet others.  As I'm a volunteer ESL teacher with IS, I am also invited to some functions.  May and I went to a great Christmas lunch there last week.  The food from all over the world was delicious and the ambiance was lively.  Jay is working every day with a framing crew.  They are roofing a huge home at Predator Ridge, a golf 'venue' just outside of Vernon.  They're working at quite a height, but he likes it and takes pictures of the views of Kal Lake, etc. from the peak. They have all gone through a lot of changes since Bert and I picked them up at the Kelowna airport in early July.  

Who knows what 2016 will bring.  

Peace and good health to all, I hope.

Ghost trees on the snow shoe trail at Sovereign Lake last Friday morning.

Our house in the setting sun, around 4:30 that same afternoon.