It always feels too early to leave Melfort. We had such a good time there. I got to help my folks paint an appartment. We got to speak in the church on the 8th. And every day was packed with as much family time as our sleeplessness would allow. The cousins all did so well together. We gave them a floor map of Manila with some toy jeepneys, buses and cars so they can drive around our home town and visit our church and favorite places we like to go. It's a little way to share our lives there with loved ones here.

We got to help move some of Donna (my sister) and Alan's things into their new home, which is nearing completion. Alan's been working on it (when he's off from work) for a long, long year and they're ready to be moved in.

We had a bit of a fiasco when we went to leave: the car that we had borrowed in Montana started billowing smoke when I went to fill it up with gas for the trip. We lost that day trying to fix it, and ended up taking my brother, Kevin's car with us. That means that Charity gets to drive with us for a few days, and she'll be taking the car back. We love traveling with family; it's such a good way to spend time together.

We all stopped in at Kevin's house in Regina and spent the night. Now we're in Montana with Deborah's aunt and uncle, Dale and Lanea. We hope to help them do some moving today, as they are also in the course of a protracted move, off of the family farm and onto a smaller ranch, near where Lanea's mother lives.

This Sunday we'll be speaking in Milk River and Sunburst, and then Monday we'll be making our way down to Denver and on with the rest of our trip.

Love.

Darren, Deborah, Aubrey, and Auden