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Aug 3rd 2007

August already! Wow are time is winding down here in the old country.
We will be getting ready to head home in a month. We have just about
traveled every road and eye-balled every "dorf," I mean village, in the
the south of Austria. There must be a million villages and towns that
their name ends in burg,furt, stein or dorf. Ah! the culture. I will miss the bad
drivers, the narrow roads, the smoky restaurants, the me first!--- Oh I regress.
What I will miss:
The flowers, the pride of ownership, the wonderfull mountains, the
Austrian architecture, the turbo-diesel cars. This is our 11th trip to Europe
in 20 years. We have been blessed to have seen so much of Europe. We
have visited 19 country's, all are different. Actually we enjoyed the different
currancy's before the euro. As far as we can tell, the EU country's are proud
that their money is worth more than the US dollar. But the cost of living has risen
a lot and that has not helped the low or middle income worker.Well, enough
of my political insight. Maybe I've stayed over here too long. If and when we
travel again, it will be time for something new. Maybe a penguin safari in the Antarctic?
or how about a non-vaction. We haven't tried that . hmmmmm!
Well what ever we go-- there we'll be!!
Its time to----------------BUILD THAT HOUSE!!!!!!!
Chow
Lowell
Gloria's 22 cents:
I don't know how it became 22 cents.! Anyhow, I am getting used to the view,
the apartment and even the people. I remarked "I could live over here".
Well, you can see how far that got me! The people need the Lord here just like
everywhere. Right now I have put Austria and indeed all of Europe as high a
priority on my prayer list as the USA. I only wish I knew the language better and could
communicate more. So much has happened since we left, of course
I miss our family, especially those little ones who keep growing up without my
"Nana eyes" seeing their changes. I hope the folks that were on the bridge in Mpls.
were ready to enter eternity. Hugs from me. God willing, I think I'll be building
"that house" too...
Gloria