Albertsons of Northern Kentucky: November 2023

Jeffrey, Lesa, and Preston came to see us in January, then they went over to Bedford, Indiana and painted at the new Evangelistic Faith Mission headquarters. Emily went with them and painted for several weeks. We saw Jeff and Lesa a couple times in January when they came for weekends.
We were given a Taste of Belgium gift card and used it near Rowen's birthday for a date night.
Elizabeth came for a visit for Rowen's 65th birthday.
Emily finished all of her college classes in December, so she wanted to do some interesting things in the Spring semester. She paid for us to have tickets to go to Sea Breeze camp at Hobe Sound, Florida. We enjoyed the balmy weather in February and all of the services. Our pastors, Darrell and Regina Stetler were there also, as Darrell was one of the evangelists.
We went out for ice cream one afternoon with Regina!
We got to visit our cousin Helen Reiff on campus and in her home. It was so good to be with her!
We walked to the beach several times and these pictures were on the way.

We ate at a Lighthouse restaurant on one of our exploring days,
after we went to the Blowing Holes beach.
Emily loves being at the beach. She was so sweet to make this vacation possible for us!
February visitors. We had Rebecca Bennett and Clarissa Burton over for Sunday dinner.
The girls did some crocheting afterwards.
Elizabeth came for a short visit in late February. She and Emily took some girls to the Speak Truth in Your Heart (Bright Lights) Girls Conference, hosted at the Ark Encounter.
In March, we had Kyle and Ariana, Chandler, Lori and Audrey Yoder as Sunday guests.
A random picture with Emily and Jason at the GBS Phone Desk in March.
Always good to grab a picture when we're together!
In March I started doing this with my hair. It has become so thin with the medicines I am on for Bone Metastasis. This is fast and uses very few pins.

Emily went on the SWSE Tour for the last time! (Even though she was not technically a student at the time, she knew all the gospel songs from Fall semester.) She is pictured with Jenny DeLeon, seat partner, and Rebecca Bennett, behind them.

In April, we took Mary Matias with us to the Easter drama.

An Easter picture of Rowen and Janet

Emily and Janet at Interchurch Holiness Convention in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

We got to spend some time with Rebekah Owens and others.

We loved being with Rebekah, Marlene, Sherry, and Joanna!

We even let Richard Owens eat with us.

This was a special day when I finally got to see my oncology nurse, Jamie's face when the mask mandate was lifted. She is on the left, and is a very caring nurse!

Rowen had rotator cuff surgery on April 26, 2023.

We bought this ice machine, which was very helpful for pain control. It was a painful recovery with "Painful PT" for 3 months.

Emily helped us with changing the church sign when Rowen was recuperating.

We went to Bedford in May to visit Elizabeth and hear Emily play for the last time with SWSE. I don't know why we didn't get a picture of Elizabeth, but this is in her apartment.

Our climatis bloomed almost all summer.

Emily graduated from God's Bible School and College with a BA in Integrative Studies (cognates in ASL and children's ministry) in May. This is the Graduate Breakfast with some of her friends: Julianna Rowe, Jennifer DeLeon, Melanie Hilling, Deborah McGill.

At her table set up for a party after graduation. Elizabeth and Joanna got to be with us for it.

Emily receiving her diploma from Dr. Loper. She also received Salutatorian honor and the Oscar Johnson Award for Christian character. We are very proud of her!