| On Wednesday I basically worked at my cousin's house all day. A lot of work connected with the deaf program in Phnom Penh has followed me by e-mail. In the evening Colleen English and her husband Allen came over for dessert. Thursday was an especially busy day with many different things going on. |
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| On most trips to Louisville, I schedule a mass with the Carmelite Sisters at their monastery on Newburg Road. My cousin, Sr. Mary Terese, is one of the sisters there. This is a picture after mass with my Aunt Mary (right), Sister Mary's grandmother, and Mary's friend from Pewee Valley. |
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| After leaving the Carmelites, I went to Nazareth Home nearby to visit Tom Ryan, the deaf deacon. Fr. Bob Osborne, a good friend, was getting ready for mass there, along with two residents, Fr. Gene Zoeller and Fr. Bill Martin, and it was good to see them also. |
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| Then I stopped at my sister Ann's house which has just been remodeled. I had not yet seen Ann on this trip but found her at home this time. |
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| At lunch time, I met with Fr. John Burke, a Louisville priest and chaplain at Assumption High School. I met John in Cambodia several months ago when he accompanied a group of Assumption students there to visit a school they had raised money to build. |
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| My next stop was the house of Norma Lewis, the doyenne of the sign language interpreters of Kentucky. Norma and I have been friends and worked together for many years. |
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| To end a very interesting and rewarding day, a group of my cousins came over to the English house where I am staying. The Dittmeier relatives are an extraordinary family, and it is always wonderful to meet with some of them. |
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