Neepawa

 Near the sign, I saw these things:

One of my donors was Filipino.  I asked him if he was Catholic.  He answered in the affirmative.  And he knew Father Oliver…

The Drive to Neepawa

 

Highway 10 Notth.

I had a crop dusting plane fly right in front of me.  I had put my phone down..

If you closely, you can see the plane in this video:

Afterwards, the plane swooped in front of me..

Highway 16 East.

Sunday 9:00 AM Mass

 I’m on the left side of the pews this morning.

The Priest was not a native speaker.  Too much stress on his t’s, th’s and D’s   I wish I had time to help him.  No doubt the priest is a good man but …. Bring back the TLM!

Be that as it may, his English is better than my Chinese ever will be.

Sunday 5:30 AM

 It’s 5 degrees outside.

I will talk to Beijing.

Driving to Kenton and Driving in Kenton

 As I was saying I am having a bit of a free morning.  So I can have a nice leisurely to Kenton where I am doing a fund raising shift.

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The roads are not great.  They could use some resurfacing but the view is calming, pretty, peaceful.  Coming from Brandon, there is no direct route with paved roads.  The route I took was winding and went North of Kenton before I could get near to the town.

Finally, I got there.

I then drove around.  

A dirt road.

A street in the town.

I did talk to a man from Honduras.  We agreed there was no such thing as Canadian cuisine.  The only thing he could think of was Poutine.

Saturday 6:20 AM

 I have a free morning, this morning, until I go to work. I’ll talk to Beijing tomorrow morning.

Es dodos uz Kentonu.

Es esmu katolis.

Reading this:

and this…

A little poetry everyday…

École New Era School

 Kindergarten.  My first work of the 2026-27 school year.

Friday 7:05 AM: 9/11 anniversary

25th anniversary of 9/11.

The anniversary used to be a big deal but at a certain point I had concluded that whoever was responsible for the attacks had won.  America was weakened as a result of them.

I was in Aldergrove, Abbotsford and Hope, British Columbia on that day.

Here is David Warren’s recollection of the day.  There is one memory with me that he shared of that day.

Thursday 4:00 PM

 

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This morning, I signed my contract with the BSD.

This afternoon, I prayed the Rosary for the first time in a while.

Thursday 7:30 AM

 

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Again I go to my laptop...

Voila!!!

The sun shines through the trees.