| 22-29 September | Pewee Valley, Kentucky One of the highlights of my visit with my family in Kentucky was the baptism of my newest nephew, Samuel Charles Reed, on 28 September. |  |
| 29-30 September | Maryknoll, New York | Meetings, meetings, meetings! It's been non-stop meetings ever since I arrived here Monday evening! And I haven't found a video camera yet so I can't add any pictures here! :( |
| 1-2 October | Keene, New Hampshire | A delightful visit with a classmate. The New Hampshire mountains were beautiful with all the changing leaves! |
| 3 October | South Berwick, Maine | A visit with the priest who works with deaf people in the state of Maine. My first time to Maine! |
| 4-5 October | Maryknoll, New York | Just an overnight at the MMAF headquarters to catch up on e-mail and update the home page. |
| 6-18 October | Galveston, Texas | I'm borrowing a friend's beach house on Galveston Island, and it's great!  This is the first real vacation I've been on for seven or eight years, and it's neat to have such a loose schedule for doing the things I want! Walking the beach daily is great. Check out the treasure list of things I've found.
10 October--I met the neighbor who keeps an eye on the beach house I'm borrowing when no one is here. Her dog Oliver bit me on the leg. He's named for Oliver North so I understand why he bit me.
12 October--The sun came out today for the first time since I arrived seven days ago. But the flash flood warnings are still in effect and more rain is predicted for tonight. During a walk on the beach I met old George who owns three beach front houses. He wanted to know if Hong Kong had heard about Princess Diana's death.  At work in the beach house in Galveston |
| 19-24 October | San Antonio, Texas | A delightful reunion with classmates from sabbatical studies in Rome, Italy in early 1996. |
| 25-27 October | Tacoma, Washington | Officiated at a wedding for a former Maryknoll lay missioner who worked in Hong Kong and Japan. |
| 27-31 October | Tokyo, Japan | Met with the MMAF lay missioners in Tokyo. Also met with the Japan Lay Mission Movement at their center. |
| 31 October | Return to Hong Kong | Home at last! |