Valentine's Day was a traveling day for David. Departure time from our Tirana apartment was 4 in the morning (9:00 p.m. Illinois time) to start the journey to Milan and then off for Chicago. But since Illinois was getting hit with a blizzard, the plane which was bound for Milan, was unable to leave Chicago. That made getting another plane ready to go from Milan, 3 hours late, thereby causing David to miss the bus connection in Chicago, for the 3 0'clock pick-up time to make it back to Bloomington at the right time. It wasn't until 11:00 p.m.(now 26 hours later) that arriving at home was made possible. And so it goes, in the life of being a traveling missionary. Upon arriving at home, there were other hurdles to cross over, such as 3 foot snow drifts. The 4-wheel drive truck had to be parked out by the road and suitcases were carried over the drifts to get to the house.
The next day was spent digging and blowing out all the snow in the drive and around the house so we could get out the doors and also to get out the car which was hostage in the garage.
There will be 2 short weeks in Illinois to get all the final plans for spring planting season done before returning for the last winter stint in Albania. There are a few more seed corn contracts to get signed, chemicals to get ordered, bills to pay, and many other little items far too numerous to mention.
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