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Kevin took up a new hobby this year that he has wanted to do for years. He bought a bass guitar,
took a few lessons and is now a part of the new instrumental worship leadership team at
church. He
plays for the chorus time each Sunday morning at the second service and loves it. When he listens
to music he hears the bass part even more than before.
Naomi is also involved with the worship leadership teams. She is part of the vocal group
that leads on the first and third Sundays of each month. Even the Wednesday night practices are
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Naomi made her classical debut in September singing the soprano solo (listen to her part by clicking
here) in our church choir�s
Fourth Annual Concert with the Columbia Civic Orchestra.
The performance featured Poulenc�s
�Gloria� for Chorus and Orchestra,
Chabier�s �Espana� for Orchestra and Poulenc�s �Concerto in D minor� for 2 Pianos and Orchestra.
Naomi continues to enjoy her ministry with Internationals. It is a great opportunity to learn
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Kevin and Naomi enjoy many other common interests such as singing in the church choir and
playing hand bells. Also this year, as we have at times in the past, we played in our church
co-ed volleyball league. Naomi ended the season with a bang on October 25th by breaking her left
wrist trying to return a spike. It made for an interesting few months. The cast is finally off
and normal movement is coming back slowly.
During the summer months we traveled to St. Louis on six Saturday evenings to attend outdoor
theatrical musical performances at the MUNY. We saw �Beauty and
the Beast�, �Annie Get Your Gun�, �Singin� in the Rain�, �Mame�, �West Side Story� and the
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In May we vacationed in sunny California. We flew to San Jose and spent four days in the
San Francisco area before venturing down to
Yosemite,
Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
From there we headed to the coast to drive up Highway 1 with stops at San Simeon to tour
Randolph Hearst�s castle and Monterey to enjoy the
aquarium . While in San Francisco we stayed
at a bed & breakfast
and got to know a wonderful transplanted Hungarian Jewish couple.
One morning over breakfast Yolana told us about some of her experiences during WWII
regarding Auschwitz.
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Erika�s big event of the year was traveling to Florida with us in September.
She was so excited to spend time at
Universal Studios
and the beach. She enjoyed visiting
the Lego Store in Downtown Disney and got to eat at the
Hard Rock Caf� Orlando. We made
it a point to attend her cousin�s
wedding
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Jill is still living in Portland, Oregon. She continues to work as a massage therapist
but has also started classes at Portland State this year.
Her emphasis is International Studies. Surely it will lead her to many more interesting places
around the world. Her big trip this year was to
Thailand
only one month after the tsunami hit. She visited the east side of the island that was not damaged
by the disaster. She shared with us about an interesting encounter with a group of mean monkeys
near some temple ruins. Jill made it home in November for a Missouri Thanksgiving with family.
In September Kevin traveled with Michael to the Windy City
to get him settled in at college. While there they were able to do some sightseeing, taking in the
Navy Pier and the
Museum of Science and Industry. He has just completed his first semester at
Columbia College of Chicago and is majoring in film editing.
He continues to travel to Peoria once a month for his Air Guard duty.
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