The Missouri Experience (one)

We spent 19 days in Missouri. It was not actually a vacation because our main purpose of going there is to work on my husband's properties which is to finish that one house so it would be rented soon. But sadly, due to some "unforeseen occurences" and the fact that 19 days is not enough, we were not able to finish it. Because Steve discovered that one of the duplex (also his) which is vacant, the floor would almost collapsed due to rotten logs or foundation whatever you may call it. And so that slows down the one project we are supposed to finish. But anyways, we enjoyed the almost 3 weeks of staying there. Although it's freakin' cold!!! It even dropped to 5 degrees! There's a thin snow when we arrived. I get to meet Steve's uncle Gary and aunt Gladys and we spent one afternoon on their farm in Carthage. It's beautiful there and they have 6 horses, several dogs and a couple of cats....my cup of tea kind of living. I appreciate the old town, old houses, old ways...that is, having simple life. People here are even more friendlier and kind i would say. It's not that i am saying Florida is bad. But i'd say Florida is like Manila. Where people came from everywhere. There's no really Floridian that i met that i can think of. If there are some, I wouldn't know. So I didn't really know what a typical Floridian is. But I admit, I missed my congregation, South Daytona. We attended in two different congregation here, East and West Joplin, where steve's old friend Dick and his wife Diane is. But it was in the East where Steve got lots of friends because that's where he used to go when he was studying the bible until he got baptized. It's nice to meet my husband's old friends and how warm they welcome us. It's amazing how Jehovah's organization works. Anywhere you go, you will find a family within the congregation. And you'd definitely feel at home. Jehovah is truly a loving Father who takes care of his children worldwide. Regardless of race,color or dialect, you'd feel the "oneness" in worship. The true brotherhood really exists! Then i got to meet Crystal, the eldest daughter of Steve and she gave birth to a boy last January 5. The day we left! Too bad we didn't get to see the baby. Her husband John helped Steve at work. And because it was so stinkin' cold, Steve got so sick when we arrived here in Daytona. As of writing this, he's still not feeling well. Hope he'd be better soon. Until here, gotta attend to my ill husband. Stay healthy!