This will be my last post from Sri Lanka for the summer.  In less than 36 hours Popa and I start the long journey towards Springfield, Oregon.  We are excited to see our family and friends.  I think we may even be looking forward to some rainy Oregon weather.  One of the things we have missed the most is driving our own vehicle.  The partially red 1988 Silverado Pick-up in the garage will be a real treat to drive; hopefully it will get a paint job this summer.  Popa is so looking forward to a motorcycle ride in the cooler climate.  I am looking forward to good cheese, good ice cream, and a nice juicy steak.  Our time here has been wonderful and profitable in so many ways.  It is a joy to be able to call these people our friends.  They have been so gracious and kind.  We will miss them.  Seems wherever we are ..... there are those we miss.  I am hoping that our grandchildren and children will find a way to visit in Sri Lanka in 2010.  Some of the greatest news about Heaven is that there will be no sorrow there, we will not know the pain of separation anymore.  We will forever be in the presence of the ONE who loved us and gave HIMSELF for us.  I trust each one of you know where you will spend Eternity, if you are not sure please ask me and I will gladly share with you how to know for certain.  That's all for now from a truly excited Nona......can't wait to see those six little darlings.