This has been a very hard year. Clay's sister passed away in July, and his father’s leg was amputated in September. Dad has recovered well, and he is now permanently in a nursing home. Darlene returned to the States to help (after spending only 5 days in Ukraine!), but Clay had to stay in Ukraine to preside at seminary graduation. Thus, Clay was alone in Ukraine for a month to teach seminary, then met Darlene in the USA, where we attended the GMC conference in Chattanooga. We also cleaned out Clay's parents home, rented a truck and stored their things, and got their house on the market! That was hard: This is the house where Clay grew up; his parents had lived there for 55 years. So we're glad to be back in Ukraine for Thanksgiving, and we're looking forward to Lex being with us for Christmas.