Now that we only have two weeks left, we realized we still need pictures of some of our dear friends. So we’ve been making everybody pose. These two sisters are in the Group here in Whitianga. Lia (with baby John) is in the process of getting divorced from an abusive husband and lives with her sister, Line (pronounced Lee-nay)whose husband was working. The sisters are from Tonga and we have learned so much about their country and customs from them. They are both legal residents of New Zealand but the next time they go to Tonga to visit, they want us to come over there so they can show us their home. We’d love to go!
Then there’s Jim. We met him because he was on our meal delivery route. He lives alone (though his ex-wife Catherine, does come by to check up on him) and up until lately has kept up a large garden of veggies, flowers, bushes and trees. When he mentioned to us one day how frustrating it was to not be so spry anymore, we offered to come help him. So we’ve gone to his home twice a month or so besides every Monday for the meals. He loves us coming and we love him! Catherine has even kept us in fresh made jam- Quince, plum and marmalade.
And then, today, all the sweet ladies from my sewing group invited me out to lunch to say good-bye and I made them have their picture taken too. Don’t they look like so much fun?
They are from L-R: Margaret ( who just found out she has terminal colon cancer), Denise, Tina, Trish (the school sewing teacher), and Maree. I don’t think I like good-byes.
Kia Ora, Elder and sister O’Neal
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