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| At Glenn and Phoebe's in Kingsport. Our Grands, Owen and Esther are Catching a Ball from Their Great Aunt Phoebe. On Our Way Back to Huntsville/Athens, Alabama |
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| Phoebe Playing with Owen and Esther in Her Living Room. Their Mom Erin and Darrell are Sitting. |
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| Taking a Walk in Kingsport, Tennessee |
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| Sheri and Ollie, Friends We Met at Church in Kingsport, Tenn. |
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| Angie and My Good Friend Laura Met Us for Lunch in McMinnville, Tennessee on Our Drive Through to Huntsville, Alabama |
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| At Our Extended Stay Hotel in Greenbrier, Alabama. Darrell Making and Serving His Amazing Pancake Breakfast. |
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| Darrell's Been Taking This Vitamin for About a Month. |
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| Darrell Posing with His Birthday Card from Church Friend |
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| Our Son Eric with His Two Munchkins Owen and Esther |
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| Darrell and Owen Playing |
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| My Good Friend Melanie with Her Mug Collection in Madison, Alabama |
Saturday. 7. Check out of Maryland airbnb and drive south to Kingsport.
Sunday. 8. Kingsport, Tenn church of Christ. First day of gospel meeting with Chris Emerson from Texas. Subject 1st and 2nd Peter, and growing into the likeness of Christ.
Monday. 9. Drive to Huntsville, Alabama. Stay along hwy 565 near to Greenbrier.
Tuesday. 10. Darrell’s eye treatment in Huntsville, Alabama. Afternoon online Bible class with Tunbridge Wells group.
Wednesday. 11. Darrell is recovering from eye treatment. I visited our grandkids, Owen and Esther. At night we attend Bible class at Capshaw church of Christ meeting at Harvest.
Thursday. 12. Visit grands, Owen and Esther. Lunch with our son, Samuel. Darrell goes back to our apartment, while I go to visit friend Melanie in Madison. Evening: 6pm Kingsport church of Christ gospel meeting on You Tube. Cook dinner in.
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| Us Feasting With Pat and Ed at Their Home Near Russellville, Alabama |
Friday. 13. Check out and drive to Hot Springs, Arkansas. At 10am, we stop at friends Pat and Ed Brand. Pat fixed us a big meal that we all enjoyed. She always says she loves to cook. Today she served: ham, scrambled eggs, hash browns, homemade biscuits, butter, sausage gravy, fresh fruit, and orange rolls. There could be something that I left out! We were offered yogurt, but declined. We ate and visited. Ed travels so often, it was a surprise that he was at home. They are traveling to Rome next week. We are glad that we stopped.
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| Our Hot Springs Condo. Dining Room and Living Room. |
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| Our Sleeping Room. Notice the Desk Nook Designed Inside an Old Closet. |
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| Our Large and Well-Equipped Kitchen. Even Has an Espresso Machine that I'm Enjoying. |
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| View of Front Door. Another Creative Use of an Original Closet. |
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| TV Room Looking Onto Our Deck. |
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| Our Front Porch Overlooking Our Parked Truck. |
Nomad Notes.
Darrell’s Surprising Eye Change: Tuesday was Darrell’s eye treatment. A little more than a year ago Darrell had been diagnosed with a blood clot in one of his eyes. His vision had changed and when we got back from Brazil in early 2025, he went into his retina doctor for an eval. He had a blood clot that had damaged his eye and his vision. The doctor began the current and fairly new treatment of aggressive shots into the eye of an anti-inflammatory. The shots were to be spaced every 5 weeks. That continued with very little change in his eye. In August 2025, the doctor switched his injection to a steroid. The steroid had a longer lapse between shots. It seemed to make some better improvement in his condition, but nothing earth-shattering. At Darrell’s Feb 2026 appointment, the doctor told him that his blood clot was gone. He had the nurse take a picture to document it. He smiled a little, but said very little. From Darrell’s side, he had begun taking an eye vitamin a month before this appointment. His next appointment is in early May. Stay tuned for updates to this unusual change. The blood clot dissolving isn’t a common occurrence because we can’t seem to find anything about this sort of thing with the literature on his condition. He ordered more of this vitamin and I plan to take it too. I’d like improved vision and circulation in my eyes! To be continued.
About Ed and Pat Brand. Ed and Darrell traveled together on a preaching trip to Kenya two times. On their second trip, I went. While I was traveling with them in Kenya, my place was sitting between Ed and another man in the backseat of our car. Ed and Pat are in their 80’s! Ed has traveled the world for about 15-20 years, mainly meeting up with preachers who he has helped to teach one on one. Since going to Kenya with Darrell, he has traveled to many African countries now. He has gone multiple times to many of these countries and has added speaking to groups along with conducting private studies with preachers and teachers.
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