2005 is coming to a close and year end always seems like a good time to reconnect with family and friends to share God’s goodness to us during the ups and downs of life during 2005.
David has had another year filled with trips across Canada, meeting with pastors and denomination heads, and speaking at many events. Celebration 2005 was a great success, so much so that plans are underway for Celebration 2006! He also has many trips planed across Canada; he has also been asked to speak in Argentina (April) and Trinidad (June) with Samaritan’s Purse which he is very excited about. I get to go on some of the driving trips with him, such as to Montreal and Ottawa whenever I can get some time off, but have decided that it’s time for me to return to Argentina (which I have never returned to since I left in 1975), so am planning to accompany him in April and stay a few more days to go back and see all the places I used to hang around in my growing up years. I am working 4 days a week; 10 months of the year at the University of Waterloo in the Financial Aid Department for graduate studies (get middle of June to middle of August off). I thoroughly enjoy my work. I find it hard to believe that I have been there for 5 years already!!
December 13th was our 30th wedding anniversary!! Where has time gone to!! Our girls arranged a surprise celebration for us with some of our Ontario friends. It truly was a surprise. We had absolutely no clue at all!! We are so thankful for our friends and family. They sure enrich our lives.
The highlight for 2005 was Heather’s wedding to Matthew Bast on May 1. It was a beautiful wedding (I’m biased!!) David performed the wedding and gave her away! Always a special time for him. Friends from as far as BC came to share in this special day. It all went without a hitch. Matthew and
Heather did not go away for too far or too long as Matthew was studying for his Chartered Accountancy Exams (which he passed with flying colours!) Just heard the results in November. His photo appeared in the Globe and Mail in the ad that Price Waterhouse Coopers puts out each year to congratulate their employees. They hope to go away somewhere in Summer 2006. Heather is in her third year of nursing. Can’t wait to finish the last year! With the 2 years she had previously done in BC, she will have been studying for 6 years total! They are living in an apartment in Kitchener which is great for us as we get to see them fairly often. Matthew works for Price Waterhouse Coopers and has to travel for audits quite a bit. He has been 5 weeks in Hawaii!! Poor Matthew!! The good thing is that Heather got to fly there for free for 6 days as he was away for more than 2 weeks. Company perk!
Heather did not go away for too far or too long as Matthew was studying for his Chartered Accountancy Exams (which he passed with flying colours!) Just heard the results in November. His photo appeared in the Globe and Mail in the ad that Price Waterhouse Coopers puts out each year to congratulate their employees. They hope to go away somewhere in Summer 2006. Heather is in her third year of nursing. Can’t wait to finish the last year! With the 2 years she had previously done in BC, she will have been studying for 6 years total! They are living in an apartment in Kitchener which is great for us as we get to see them fairly often. Matthew works for Price Waterhouse Coopers and has to travel for audits quite a bit. He has been 5 weeks in Hawaii!! Poor Matthew!! The good thing is that Heather got to fly there for free for 6 days as he was away for more than 2 weeks. Company perk!
Another highlight was a visit from David’s brother Peter. He came to see us a week before Heather’s wedding, on his way to a film festival in Texas. He wasn’t able to stay for the wedding because of the festival. He was presenting a film that he has directed. It will be a part of the Sundance Film Festival in California this coming year. Always fun to see him! He has traveled the world (Thailand, Egypt, Cambodia, China, and Russia). David plans to meet up with him in Las Vegas in January of 2006 for a couple of days.David and I had our first holiday by ourselves in many years. We went down once again to sunny Cocoa Beach in Florida. No, there were no hurricanes when we were there in July! We spent our time lolling by the pool, walking the beach and reading. Two great weeks.
I also managed to get a trip in to see Susan and Tyler in Lethbridge, Alberta in early April. I am planning to go and see them once again in January 2006. They always keep projects for me to do! I find great joy in being able to help in any way, whether painting, organizing, gardening or cleaning. So many times I wish they were closer so I could just pop over for coffee!! But I am very thankful that I get to see them a couple of times a year (whether in Ontario or Lethbridge). They are coming out for Christmas so we are very excited. Susan has left working at Lethbridge College and is now helping run the family businesses. This keeps her busy but also gives her flexibility with her time. I should be able to see much more of her this January than in previous visits.
Another special highlight wa
s Tory’s graduation in June 2005. Hard to believe that all my girls are done high school! Instead of going straight into university, Tory has taken this time to be in an internship program with 9 other people at our church. She is thoroughly enjoying the course. One of the highlights will be their missions’ trip to The Philippines in May 2006. Next year she will be going to Wilfred Laurier University for Global Studies (focusing on Latin American culture). Her third year will be spent in a Latin American country (don’t know the details yet). She also is working part-time at a nursing home as a dietary aide. Thank goodness she has her own car as she is up and about most of the time!!
s Tory’s graduation in June 2005. Hard to believe that all my girls are done high school! Instead of going straight into university, Tory has taken this time to be in an internship program with 9 other people at our church. She is thoroughly enjoying the course. One of the highlights will be their missions’ trip to The Philippines in May 2006. Next year she will be going to Wilfred Laurier University for Global Studies (focusing on Latin American culture). Her third year will be spent in a Latin American country (don’t know the details yet). She also is working part-time at a nursing home as a dietary aide. Thank goodness she has her own car as she is up and about most of the time!! We never did get to vi
sit the UK last summer due to Heather’s wedding, but we are definitely going this July. We still hope to visit Paris and some of Scotland. Tory will be coming with us. She did go to England when she was 5 years old and doesn’t remember much!!
sit the UK last summer due to Heather’s wedding, but we are definitely going this July. We still hope to visit Paris and some of Scotland. Tory will be coming with us. She did go to England when she was 5 years old and doesn’t remember much!!We became members of Koinonia Christian Fellowship! We have been attending there now for nearly 2 years and love every moment of it. We are making some new friends and we are involved in various different departments. Although David is away much of the time, he is involved in the greeting department when he is around.
Well, that is 2005 in a nutshell!
My prayer for each of you in this coming New Year is from Romans 15:13:
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”
May you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!
With all our love,
David, Diana and Tory
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