LOU IS A LITTLE BETTER PLUS MORE FROM KOREA

Lou is feeling a little better this morning although she is still very weak and can't stand the sight of food. She ate a few Cheerios for breakfast. She is taking vicodin pain pills with stool softeners, but not getting the results she wants. I have to help her get to her feet. Yesterday was a very busy day for her. The weather turned from hot to very cold in the wind. Mark and Mary Kathryn came in with food help. At noon the new interim pastor, Rev. John G. Woody and his wife Mryna returned to serve as witnesses on the many forms that I had filled out for both me and Lou. I needed a Medical Power of Attorney and we both needed the Do Not Resusitate out of Hospital and Directions to Physicians forms witnessed by two non-family members. They had come to visit us Friday afternoon and were so interesting and had to get back to meet the internet installer that I forgot about the forms completely. They returned Saturday and got to meet Mark and MK who are having problems with their Methodist church so got to share thoughts on those problems. Then Mark and I went to Abilene to pick up a prescription that had been automatically filled at HEB plus we bought a wall-hugger recliner for Lou. Mark and MK carried it into the house and Lou was pleased with it. Then Ashley and Ross brought his father, Ron Pagenkopf who had never seen Halsell Hill. MK made a meal for everyone and Ike and Sue came to join in. Lou was complaining about the new bench in the shower, but Ashley convinced her that it was necessary for safety reasons to keep her from falling. So this morning I helped her arrange the shower curtain so that the water stayed in the tub and she agreed to leave it in. Lou loved having everyone here but was tired out by the commotion.

I asked Jon-Marc about Busan or Pusan and he answered with the following email from Korea:
Hi Pa-Pa,
These are pictures of Pusan or Busan. They changed the name of the city recently, and as I am sure you know it is in the southern most tip of Korea. Unfortunately I could not figure out how to label the pictures through my e-mail. When I get back we are going to put all of the pictures together, label them, and then I will get them to you. In other news, we finished up our night shifts, and we are going back to days. Yesterday, we took a little nap after work and we went to the International Market. It was huge. We walked for hours taking in some of the local scene. There were a lot of interesting items for sale. The "salespeople" would literally grab you and pull you into their little area. A few times we were taken into a back room to be shown the "special items." Basically it was all of the fake designer bags and leather goods. We all politely said no thanks and left quickly. They also had quite a bit of local food there. It was not appetizing, so we went and ate McDonalds instead. Even that was different as they call their burger the Bulgagi Burger. We have no idea what that means but it tasted decent enough so we did not question it. After eating we were all pretty tired so we went ahead back to the hotel and went to sleep. We had the day off today, but we were all so worn out that we didn't do much of anything. Anyway, I hope things are going well for you and Grandmother is feeling okay. I am thinking about you a lot, and I hope to get back to the farm soon once I get back.
Love,
Jon-Marc

I continue to thank you for your prayers. Friday and Saturday morning Lou was saying that she may have to stay in bed and she is looking forward to the time when she goes to sleep and doesn't wake up the next morning. We told her that was the ideal way to go but not anything that we can control.