Friends from St. Andrew's UMC, Palo Alto, will remember Endale Safaye, one of the last of the Ethiopian refugees that the church sponsored. John and I spent part of the evening with Endale tonight in Souix Falls, S. Dakota, and met his wife and 3 darling daughters. (Another child is expected next month.) Endale is buying a house, and is forever grateful for all that the church did to help give him a new life. He is active in a Lutheran Church, and he seems like a great dad. We are so glad to have re-connected.
A couple of side trips on our travels: Wall Drug Store, Wall, SD -- started out as a drug store, but now covers a block or so of adjoining shops -- sort of like a forerunner of the modern mall. Anything you can think of to buy is there -- including a shop of saddles and western wear that was a serious shopping trip for some people there. We think there was a drug store somewhere, but it got lost in the memorabilia and things to buy. Of all the things we could have purchased, we focused on their 5 cent coffee that had been advertised! Wasn't bad for the price!
We also went to the Lakota Native American Historical Museum. It was a new center filled with wonderful displays, photos and videos. Much of it was centered around the Massacre of Wounded Knee -- a part of our country's history that was certainly a tragedy!
4 comments:
On a hunch, I checked your blog. Am happy to read of your travels and hear that you are well. Myra and I visited Salt Lake, Tetons, Yellowstone, Badlands, Wall Drug, Badlands and Black Hills in summer-fall 1972. Godspeed.
Good to hear from you! Hope all went well with the Rummage Sale.
Finally able to access your blog. Last time I tried, I was successful at receiving information about how to set up a blog, not how to visit one--the former of which I didn't want, the latter of which I did--and so I was blog boggled. Looking forward to your visit. Jer and I have been amazed by some the same places that have impressed you, so we probably have lots of mixes and matches to share. Be safe. And remember: garlic wards off electrical storms.
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J
I had tried to access your blog before and all I was able to do was receive instruction about how to set up a blog--which was not what I wanted to do, so I felt blog-boggled. Looking forward to your visit. So much to talk about. We've seen a few of the same places and will mix and match stories, no doubt. Stay safe. Garlic staves off lightning.
Okay, that's not true.
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