....We've been away from "home"

We haven't posted in a while...as you may have guessed.

We have been in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas attending the funeral of my Father, Dan Wooley. He died on May 23, after 60 (on May 10) years of marriage to my mom.

As with all people, we expected he would die someday. He was progressively sicker as this year went along and suffered from a number of ailments. His death brought him relief he had been seeking for a long time.

On a happy note, we were able to see a lot of cousins and siblings

at the funeral and events. We decided to stay for a while (about 9 days total travel time) to take advantage of being in the US, since it cost us so much to come here.



I spent a few days with my mom, post-funeral, trying to take care of the myriad issues that need to be taken care of when older people die. Credit card charges, pension disbursements, notifying federal (bureaucracy) agencies and trying to resolve basic issues, like internet access in the assisted living place for my mom. That only took two days of repeated meetings. More meetings are necessary to complete other issues, but I had to return and leave them undone.

We are grateful for and believe in the effects of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. As such, death, while a negative, is also not fearful. Indeed, we are comforted to know that good folks like my Dad, that die enter into "a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow."

The service was great and it has been fun to be staying with my sister in Kansas. Two of her children are the same ages as our two boys. They are fun-loving guys and are really good Wii players and are a hoot. So everyone has been having a good time. Plus they have a big house ad so we've been able to spread out a little bit, which has been good. While I was with my mother, everyone else went to Liberty Jail and have had that experience.

We'll be heading back in a few hours after watching Phineas and Ferb...one of the better cartoons on TV. Then, back "home" to Honduras, mangos, good bananas, Miriam, good pinto beans, platanos and teaching English class.

We'll get back with other posts later. We're excited to have some visitors coming this weekend and will other adventures next week to write about!