I thought I would share a few letters from Lutheran pastors encouraging Rachel and her family. These were gathered by Rachel’s aunt from members of the Society of the Holy Trinity. A few of the authors are very well-known, like Frank Senn. The comments about the authors are hers.

I’ve made this an extended entry because of the length so click below to see the comments.
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Life’s been good but stressful lately. Rachel’s mom finished all the bridesmaid dresses, and they look awesome. And they look good on the bridesmaids, so it’s not just theoretically nice looking. The sleeves on the royal purple overlay cape thingies are ginormous and fantabulous. We went clothes shopping for me today, and I got a pair of khaki shorts, a pair of mesh shorts, and swim trunks. I feel prepared for the honeymoon finally.

Yesterday we drank wine and played Scrabble to relieve wedding stress. We practiced today with our pianist, and that was fun. We found out our cantor will not be able to be our cantor after bronchitis and a TIA, so we think we have someone else to replace him, but it’s not the same because we don’t know him.

I am hoping the last few strings will come together with the wedding. A few friends are coming from afar. Elias McConnell will be here with his family, so if you’re French with hairy legs, please stay away from our wedding. Ben Bryson will be coming up with a friend. I’m not sure if it’s “a friend” or a friend. (Sorry Ben, but hey, if you don’t say anything, we just have to ass-u-me.) RIJEL’S COMING! And hopefully some more people from Moscow will come up.

After the wedding on the 15th, we’ll be staying at The Davenport Hotel. The Davenport is the best of Spokane. It’s the premiere building in town. We have the honeymoon suite with the two person heart-shaped jacuzzi. Yum. We’ll be going to church at Salem in the morning where I’ll be the assisting minister before catching a flight to Florida. We’ll be staying a week in St. Augustine, Florida, where we’ll catch some rays and visit the oldest town in the USA.

Then we’ll catch a flight to NYC. We don’t have a whole lot planned for NYC. We hope to catch a play, a Mets game, and visit Leah (formerly Schlissel) and Mike Sosa. I feel really bad because we haven’t kept in touch well, and when I mentioned that I was living in Spokane and that I would be in NYC with my wife Rachel, she didn’t know I lived here, and she said, “Rachel who? Not Rachel Eyre?” lol. Okay, it’s been way too long I guess. Actually, I haven’t seen them since they were engaged, I don’t think. Pastor Schlissel will be at Christ Church for a conference this weekend, and Mike will be here too, so I may drop by just to say hi to him and see if we can’t plan on something to do.

After we get back from NYC, we’ll be in Spokane two days before going to the Pacific Ocean with the Eyres, including Isaiah, and the Tuckers (Rachel’s sister’s family).

PS-My love for Hello Kitty clothing grew exponentially today.