Kathy, 
I am praying that all is well with you guys now!  Huggs and blessings!  
Virgie and Hoshi 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:09 PM
Subject: News updat4e from Maine


> Hey Guys,
> No biggy here, except for our car.  We knew that the transmission 
> needed replacing.   Now, before you think that you are reading an old 
> post, let me just explain that this is our latest car, not the old 
> one that Matt totaled or the one that had its transmission replaced 
> three times and was finally working right before the engine died and 
> needed to be junked.  Anyway, we were planning on having the 
> transmission replaced next week while we are on vacation in New 
> Hampshire, but, while Greg was delivering mail this past Wednesday, 
> our car just died.  Sadly, no one seems to know why yet.  We're 
> hoping that it is something simple, like the electrical system, but, 
> as of yet, it appears to be a mystery.  How we will pay for this is a 
> mystery too.  We are still paying off the other transmission on the 
> dead car, kind of like paying for a dead horse, and we've had to rent 
> a car to go to New Hampshire.  Oh well, it's just money, right.  I 
> think that God may have to sell two cows for this one.  Oh well, it's 
> under His control, if not mine.  I really like the saying that Rhonda 
> sent a while back by Luther, "Pray, and let God do the worrying."  He 
> can have it.
> Hopefully, Liz will be flying home tomorrow.  We are supposed to 
> pick her up at the airport on our way to New Hampshire.  Oh, please 
> pray that things go much more smoothly than they did for getting her 
> to Florida in the first place.  She called on Tuesday and admitted to 
> being a little home sick, but we haven't heard from her since.  Her 
> recital was yesterday and today she is playing a duet with another 
> girl and singing in a chorus at a concert that the college is putting 
> on.  I do wish that we could have been there, but at least we can 
> hear her pieces when she get's back home.  I believe that the piece 
> that she played yesterday for the recital was a sonnetina and if so, 
> I've heard her play that before and she does it well.  She hadn't 
> memorized it though when she played it before so I'm wondering if 
> having to memorize it will increase the speed some.  It should.
> No news on the boys.  Last Sunday, Greg saw Chris riding a bike in 
> Bangor and when Chris saw Greg, he scowled.    I suppose that he's 
> still mad that we didn't bail him out.  Since his bike was stolen, 
> I'm wondering whose bike he was using, but, oh well.
> We've decided to let Matt call us, since I don't think that he 
> appreciated us calling him.  I think that he really wants space.  No 
> job yet, though, as far as we know.
> Well guys, I've bored you enough for now.    If you could please 
> keep the car situation and my daughter in your prayers, I'd 
> appreciate it.  Rhonda, I'm praying for clear skies down your way for 
> tomorrow.  Please!
> Kathy