YOU ARE INVITED!!

Please plan to come to the Memorial and Ice Cream Social to honor the life of Betty Wyatt.

If you are still among those who are checking this blog hoping for news, Thank you for your patience and constancy. I am recovering a little more each day, and I will post some of that story soon, perhaps by this coming Friday.

This entry is to announce that the Memorial Service for Betty, which was to have closely followed my open heart surgery, but which was postponed. After considering my recovery rate, and the best possible travel dates for many who will be coming from out of town, and what days the church building would be available, a new time has been selected.

A Memorial Service to recall and honor the life of BETTY WYATT will be held on Saturday, April 28th, at 1:00 p.m. at the Vancouver Church of Christ, 9019 NE 86th St, Vancouver, WA-USA 98662. That location is just across the field northwest of the intersection at Padden Parkway and 94th Avenue; it is about half a mile east of I-205 beside Padden. The I-205 exit to use is number 32.

As was the plan before, at Betty’s request, everyone is invited to bring a favorite flavor of ice cream and whatever essential syrups and toppings you may need to share in a giant ice cream social, her all-time favorite activity. That time of sharing and of swapping stories will immediately follow the memorial.

In response to many inquiries about Memorial Gifts, the family has decided that because of our nearly 50 year interest in the growth and welfare of Japanese congregations of the Church in Japan, any monetary gifts that are received will be sent by the hands of known and trusted missionaries in Japan to be used in helping rebuild and restore the lives of Christians who were affected by the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in the Sendai area northeast of Tokyo. Your gift may be sent to the Vancouver Church of Christ or directly to me at home. Thank you for considering this possibility of helping where little help is currently being sent.

Please feel free to help us pass along this information to others who you think may be interested in attending the memorial on April 28, 2012. We look forward to seeing many of you there.