Summary of our first family holiday without Maria (see previous 9 entries)

Rather than trying to recall all the events of our week's holiday, as you will see from the previous nine (9) entries I've cut and pasted notes I had typed into my phone each late evening/early morning of our vacation. I will have a look at the photos and upload some soon. Unfortunately (as you'll read) our family camera broke so we had to resort to my phone for "snappies". I think what was most noticeable was the struggle we had up until I sent out a prayer request on Tuesday (as I was ready to head home). Things just improved phenomenally from then on. Praise God!