Hi Everyone --

Well, the news has changed. Doug's boss said that we couldn't go back on Nov. 26 -- there was too much work to be done. But he said that we could go back on Nov. 28. So much to do in 2 days! We do have tickets in hand!

We talked with the moving survey people this week (Friday). They estimate it will take 3 days to pack and load our things. That will happen Nov. 24-26. I still need to sort into piles for "suitcases", "air shipment", and "boat shipment." Plus, I'm still trying to get rid of things that need to go to charity, things to sell, things to throw away, etc. It's coming along, but there's still more to do.

Things never fail to surprise us here:
Last week, the landlord decided he was going to redo the garden (British for yard). He had 3 guys come and dig up the backyard and take 10" of dirt off the top. They hauled it pan-full by pan-full from the backyard onto our driveway. They took a couple loads away by truck (loaded pan-full by pan-full). This week, they got 3 new guys to come and put all the dirt back on the yard -- pan-full by pan-full. I hope they bring the 3 truckloads back! They are planning to put grass back down. They chopped down one tree and pulled up a bunch of bushes. I think I am going to be sad that I'm not going to be able to see the end result of all this work. Maybe it will just be the same . . . .

We've been to a couple of Doug's co-workers for dinner in the last 2 weeks. They served us very nice Indian food (not too spicy) and were very kind and gracious.

We had 9 for church today. Everyone is sad that next week will be our last week. Ah well, it can't be helped.

Hannah finished her application for BYU this week. Her last interview was done over Skype with the Mission President in Bangalore. It worked out very easily.

We are all well and getting antsy to get home.
We love you and miss you!
Lucinda