Panama Farm (Continued from Page B 14) with bottled gas, the ice box and chest of drawers, the double-duty sofa bed. Jake built a low portable table with removable short legs. Curtains were hung at the win LUMBER WINDOWS AND DOORS HARDWARE ELECTRICAL PLUMBING CUSTOM MILL WORK PAINT Mr >: dows and interior locks installed. Two spare tires were padlocked to the outside rear end. Marlene’s mother had the insight to purchase a roll of screening for the win dows. The automotive mechanic ry\ MUSSELMAN LUMBER INC. Paint "CHECK OUR PRICES" ON TREATED LUMBER ANDERSEN WINDOWS Great Print Eveiy Day LUMBER • BUILDING MATERIALS • MILLWORK r\jr\ 200 BRIMMER AVENUE /.▼ A \ P.0.80X 105 J♦ 4 \ NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17557 . Phon« 717-354-4321 THE PAINT MAKER nad been thorough in overhauling the vehicle. In the yard, the kids raced iround as final goodbyes were exchanged. “When are we gping to Pana na?” they yelled. The exact hour wasn’t known. There were too nany final details to reckon with. lli 111 ll IfflQMß^pQßu Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 29,1990-817 lake waited for a crucial piece of iquipment to arrive from the ship per. It, too, would travel by bus. Sure enough, when it came, hours jefore departure, there was a »litch. If the trip were a jaunt into Pittsburgh to watch the Pirates )lay baseball, the problem would lot be a big deal. Finally, the mis .hipment was worked out. Jake said their new housing will be a step down. Marlene has all the vials of serum for their final innoculations to complete the immunizations begun here in the states against various dieseases. She will administer them to the family members at the appropriate intervals according to the instruc tions of her home physician. Education for the children will be another challenge. Marlene is optimistic and joyful about being a full-time mother once more. She says she will teach them English lessons and leant Spanish with them. Boquete, Panama, where they will live has an enviable, near perfect, climate year round. The 75-degree daytime temperature merely dips to 65 degrees at night. On the west shore of the curving Jake casts a disappointed look over the final shipment of equipment he wants to haul along to Panama as he notes a glitch, “it's not all here,” he says. ><toH K '^ ROHRER’S QUALITY SEEDS FOR FALL SEEDING • Arrow Alfalfa* • Certified Climax Timothy • Apollo II Alfalfa* • Toro Timothy • Apollo Supreme • Annual Rye Grass • Ladino Clover • Winter Rye • Redland II Clover • Pasture Mixture • Orchard Grass • Waterway Grass Mix • Baylor Brome Grass • Reeds Canary Grass Certified Wysor Barley Certified Pennco Barley Certified Magnum Wheat Certified Twain Wheat Certified Tyler Wheat Pennlate Orchard Grass Bio Power Silage Inoculant Bottle Treats 50 Ton New Reduced Price $15.00 Bottle Holland Extra Baler Twine Binder Twine Smoketown, PA PH: 717-299-2571 slice of the country is the Pacific Ocean, while to the east is the Car ibbean Sea. Settled into their new home, the Tices will be almost midway between the two bodies of water. Despite the extra weight and expense, Marlene refused to leave anything behind that could be given to the Panamanian children. So she took along clothes they didn’t need and toys they didn’t want, to be shared with the disad vantaged youngsters there. Their household belongings and milking equipment, leaving Baltimore Harbor by ship, were sent down the Panama Canal. Tice had to be at the dock on Septem ber 2 to claim the 150 cartons. Though self-supporting, the Tices intend to be active as mis sionaries by gelling involved with the Mennonite-Brethren Church team there. They will help to plant churches and work with the native Choco’ Indians. After calling home every other day or so while en route with the news advisory regarding their progress, the Tices arrived safely at their destination by the end of August. A ta/*'*"''** " W# 5
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