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HEAVILIN HERALD
Well, we certainly are experiencing most
of the problems of RV life. Our house has been “broken” since the 11th
of May. It has been in the shop since the 25th of May. The bad news is
the gray water tank has not yet arrived. In fact it won’t be shipped
from California until some time next week! The good news is we have
wonderful friends who are willing to let us hang around while we are
waiting for our house to be healed. We have decided to make a vacation
out of this mandatory hiatus, so tomorrow we plan to leave for the
shores of Lake Huron with our friends Jack and Carol. We are beginning
to realize we may not arrive at Keswick by the middle of June as
planned, but I’m sure they will be glad to see us when we do finally
arrive.
There have been some great days and happenings in the month of May:
Glen’s brother George survived open heart surgery and we had the
privilege of sitting with his wife Cathy and getting to chat with other
family members while we waited for good news from the operating room; we
spent three days with about 70 other Heavilins at the 20th Heavilin
cousins’ reunion in Edwardsburg, Michigan. Eight of the nine living
siblings from the original 15 were there. Glen’s dad, the oldest of the
clan, celebrated his 90th birthday with all of us. About 20 of the
aunts, uncles, and cousins rode the Heavilin float in the Memorial Day
parade in Edwardsburg, Michigan.

A special bonus for us was that Matt,
Deb, Kate, Nate, and Caleb attended the reunion. They also sang for the
congregation of the First Baptist Church of Edwardsburg on Sunday
morning. There were about 50 Heavilins in attendance at that service.
While in North Carolina we got to visit my cousins Mary, Ralph, Bob, and
Faye as well as my Aunt Belle and Uncle Fred. What am I learning during
our travels? We shouldn’t have waited so long to visit our families and
friends. When you think of loved ones you haven’t seen in a while, take
time to write or call them NOW. Don’t wait. I have discovered these
people are really neat and unfortunately distance and busyness blocked
me from getting to know these people better.
We have had wonderful visits with John and Rose Stanley, my cousins
Sharon and Al, my Aunt Mickey, and our friends Jack and Carol.
We are still strong supporters of the
fulltimers' life. We are learning to trust God even when He surprises us
with changes we didn't expect.
Marilyn Heavilin
author of
Roses In December
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