Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. We’ve had many blessings the past week.
One blessing that came as a shock to all of us was the
sudden and unexpected death of Sr. Ruth Nistler, age 81. Friday
afternoon she left Little Falls for Rice Lake for a mini-vacation/family
reunion. She was so excited about this
trip. Saturday afternoon she was sitting
and watching the families playing water golf.
She stood up and collapsed. EMT
and fire department people were present.
They did CPR, called 911 and took her by ambulance to the Grand Rapids,
MN hospital. The first report was that
her heart was very weak … and at about 4 p.m. she died. Eternal rest give to her, O Lord, and let
perpetual light shine upon her. May she
rest in peace. Sister Ruth’s funeral is
at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24.
Friday evening was the 20th Morrison County Relay
for Life at the High School track. The
evening was beautiful, except for a brief shower (with lots of lightening) that
sent everyone inside for about an hour.
The inspiring speaker at the Opening Ceremony was Bunny Tabatt—someone
who knows a lot about cancer. As a young
woman, she lost her eyesight because of cancer, her fiancée died of cancer, as
did 4 of her leader dogs. Yet Bunny is always optimistic and smiles easily. The Relay took in about $107,000! That’s a lot of money!!! There were 216 walkers on 19 teams. My hero is 93-year-young, Keith Manbeck, who
had knee surgery two months ago and walked the Survivor’s Lap! God bless all those who raise money for
cancer research and help those who have cancer.
Friday morning I attended the Chamber of Commerce Friday
Morning Coffee event at Paradox Chiropractic.
It was a most interesting program.
Doctor D is licensed to do chiropractic work on people and on animals.
The “on animals” part was totally new to
me. She goes to the patient. She told stories of how horses and dogs, etc.
have been helped and relieved of their
pain. It was a most interesting
program.
Yesterday noon was the potluck family picnic at St. Camillus
Place. Three of us Sisters are on the
Advisory Board. St. Camillus Place is a
14-bed home for physically and mentally challenged adults. It was a beautiful day for a picnic. LOTS of family members were in
attendance. All the residents had
visitors for the get-together.
Besides the funeral on Wednesday, the other big event of the
week is the Breckenridge Nurses Reunion.
About 60 nurses will be here for Mass, lunch and lots of visiting. It is always a fun time when they are around.
Next Sunday, July 28 we will celebrate the 50th
Jubilee of Sisters Grace, Shirley and Pat.
Thank you, Sisters, for all the service you have done for so many. All three of them served in the Foreign
Missions at some time.
Another big puzzle was finished last week. The over 1,000
piece puzzle of Mother Polar Bear and her two cubs has pictures of 32 arctic
animals in it.
A trivia note: Bugs
Bunny’s is 73 years young on Saturday, July 27.
May God bless and continue to care for you this week.
Peace and blessings,
Sister
Mary Lou
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