Breakfast on Monday with Neale and Kathy and Amy and
Christopher was at Cora’s Restaurant in London. I have never seen a menu with as
many selections of fruit filled dishes together with crepes and meats.
Delicious and enjoyable. From there we
toured Neale’s and Kathy’s Cross Stitch store called
Thread & Eye which they
have operated for twelve years. As we
proceeded to Amy & Chris’ home we noticed I had a front passenger side tire
issue in the rental vehicle – a nail causing a slow air leak. Finding an Avis outlet we learned that the
company would give us a car exchange and we would be charged for the tire
repair or even a new tire which might range from $45-$250 depending on how it
was reported. We decided instead to take it to a local repair shop and they did
the fix in 5 minutes for $15.
Christine and I were pleased to drive along Queens Ave to
see the building that once was the main facility of the Bible College in which
we were enrolled in undergraduate years.
The Ladies dorm and the Men’s’ dorm were on adjacent corners. It was
quite nostalgic. This was where I met Christine when we were in our early twenties
and I loved her almost from first sight. We would become engaged and married
before she graduated and I graduated.
On Monday afternoon we drove to Kathy’s family farm, the
Smale farm where her brother Bob works. There Christine and I were introduced
to the values and potential of a plantation of a tree specie which could become
a cash crop in a relatively short time. The tree is called Royal Empress.
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| LCBM now named Queen's Village is a Seniors Retirement home now |
After another good night’s rest, on Tuesday morning we drove
into London to visit with
Dave and Sharon Gast, college students with us fifty
years ago. Our school was known as London College of Bible and Missions. We cannot fathom the passage of time. Since this was a Bible
College, singing was a significant ingredient of social and worship life. The
four of us sang in a mixed quartet and did so long after graduation. When I was
pastoring a church and Dave was directing music in another church we
occasionally provided nightly music concert s at summer Conferences. After a
lovely news catchup visit with them, they led us to a restaurant where several
other good friends from college days were present. What a joyous and revelatory
experience to meet people whose names have not changed but whose faces and
stature have. Each time I experience a reunion of this nature, I am reminded
that regardless of my youthful state of mind, my physical appearance to others
is a bit of a shock, and that is life as it happens to us all. On this occasion, Christine and I were
thrilled to enjoy the company of
Eleanor (Ellie) and George McCullough, Dave
and Sharon Gast, Barry and Helen Buder, Tempe and Mary Jean Templehoff
(visiting from South Africa), Ralph and Jan Thornton.
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