Hackworthappenings: FIVE DAYS with FRIENDS

10.30.2019

FIVE DAYS with FRIENDS

I wish I had pictures. I don't take pictures often enough of significant events.

But, for the last five days, we have been with friends and it has been so fun and JOYFUL!

SUNDAY: the sister missionaries came for dinner. Brent and Jenni joined us. The sisters were delightful and interesting. One was a top-notch golfer in high school - BOISE. The other from Florida, had gone to BYU/I majoring in art history.

MONDAY; Gigi Kern invited us over to celebrate Jim's 82 birthday. Her daughter and son-in-law were also there...John and Peggy Hrabar. It was an absolutely delightful evening. Gigi fixed a marvelous dinner with the tenderest steak I have ever eaten, tased potatoes, rice, broccoli, and an interesting mushroom/eggplant dish. For dessert, we ate cheese cake. Then we played Apples to Apples. Fittingly, Jim won. It was a wonderful evening.

Jim and Gig Kern live around the corner from us. She is from Germany - they have led the most remarkable lives from taking in foster children to the Peace Corp in Ecuador to her going alone to teach in Japan. Oh, they are marvelous!

John and Pggy Hrabar. Peggy is the daughter of Jim and Gigi - really Gudrun because she was born in Germany.
Not Peggy, but Gigi.

TUESDAY: In the morning, we went to visit Garn and Dorothy to see how they are doing after the death of their grandson. We took them a frozen lasagne to share with family over the next few busy days as they prepare for the funeral.

Jason Barnham - age 32 - died of brain glioma tumors.

Later that day, we went to dinner with Don and Lisa Sjogren. We enjoy them a lot. Allen is their minister and we just get together...it's not a visiting kind of thing; just a real friendship. After dinner, Don wanted to see our photos of Israel. We shared them, then they showed us pictures of their recent trip to Hawaii. Hawaii looked gorgeous from their photos.