Ruth told me Monday that she wanted a party to celebrate her 40th Anniversary of coming to Canada. I e-mailed Jennifer but by Wednesday she hadn't read the message so on Wed. evening and Thursday evening we invited a few church friends, family and neighbours over. There were 32 who came on short notice to our Friday night party.
February 29, 1968 was the day that she arrived. She spent a year working at the Weyburn General Hospital and then she applied for a job in two places: Nanimo, BC and the University Hospital in Saskatoon. She decided to accept the offer in Saskatoon because she wouldn't have to go through the bother of re-registering in another province. I met her at the Albert St. church building and where I managed to share a song book with her. She told me later that she thought that that was a bit weird because there were lots of other song books that I could have used! In a couple of months I proposed to her but she didn't give me an answer for about a year. I still remember the thrill of her saying, "YES!" Then she made me wait another year to actually get married. We married in 1971 and it was in 1980 that Ruth finally applied for her Canadian citizenship.
4 comments:
YAY! Thanks for coming over mom!
Lol, of course Andrew would be happy that Ruth came over. *lol* Thanks Ruth that you did. ;)
thanks for sharing the story dad. It's always fun to hear about your history and lives- before us too!
WOW!! Thanks for sharing that history with us! That's so neat! Your family has always modeled for me the love of Christ, from when I was a child to right now! I see the fruit in your kids, all 3 of them are passionate and seekers of Jesus, I looked up to all of you and still do!
So glad God brought Ruth here!
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