February 12-16 Paris school
The following week we traveled to Paris and taught in a University of the Nations course. We were joined by a school from Biarritz, France.
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February 5-9 St Jean, France
The end of January Judi and I traveled to France to teach in several seminars in University of the Nations programs. The first place was an hour outside of Valence, France in a small village. That seminar was run bilingually in Spanish and French. So, I taught in French and translated into Spanish.
January 4 – New Quarter beginning in Kona
On January 4th over 500 students arrived to begin the first quarter of 2018 at the University of the Nations in Kona. On Friday January 5th we had a student orientation in the morning and in the evening a celebration of the 37 nations the students came from.
Christmas in California
Judi and I returned to California for a week and a half to spend Christmas with some of our family. We were able to arrange a Christmas dinner with my mother in San Jose on December 23rd and the drive down to Fresno on the 25th to have Christmas with our son and his family…
Back to Kona
At the end of November Judi and I returned to Kona after being on the road for two months. It’s great to be home again. The sunsets are always beautiful. We had the privilege of having a Korean choir from our Kona campus sing the Hallelujah Chorus in Korean to us. It gave me goose…
Mom Portale’s 98th birthday
From Kansas we were able to stop in California on our way home to celebrate my mother’s 98th birthday. It was great for those of my siblings in the San Jose area to come celebrate with us.
November 11-24 Kansas City
On November 11th Judi and I went to Kansas City to participate in a conference at Cross Points Church there. After the conference we were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with Judi’s family living in the area.
November 4 – traveling back to the USA
On November 4th Judi and I traveled back from Paris to California. Fortunately we had the privilege of traveling back on the same flight as our son Daniel, his wife Kim and their baby Eliana. They were going for a two-week vacation and we were able to travel together. We so enjoyed having our granddaughter…
October 30 – November 3 Lyon, France
From Biarritz we traveled to the eastern side of France to teach a week seminar in Lyon.
October 22-28 Biarritz, France
The following week we taught a week seminar in Biarritz, in the south west corner of France, on the Atlantic sea coast. This town is a haven for surfers from around the world.