Detour

We would ask for you prayers, friends. We found out earlier this week that Lynn's brother-in-law, Mark Allen, has passed away after a long battle with amyloidosis, a cancer-like disease that has been destroying his heart for the past year or so.

So today, we head back to Tokyo. Tomorrow, we have to find funeral attire, since our ratty travelling clothes won't really be appropriate. Then on Sunday, we fly Tokyo to Beijing to San Fransisco to Phoenix and drive to Tucson for the memorial service on Tuesday. We will stay in Tucson for a week or so, and the following week fly with Lynn's sister Gail to Stuttgart, Germany, where she and Mark lived (he was ex-Air Force and worked for European Command) to help her pack up so she can move back. Finally, we will fly from Germany to Seoul, Korea, some time in mid-October to pick back up with an abbreviated second half of our trip.

Thank goodness for travel insurance.

Sometimes the detours are as interesting as the main route...