HI, Friends,

  I learned just this afternoon I will have surgery a week from today, Wednesday morning, the 25th.  I will not stay in the hospital overnight but come home that afternoon.  Also, I will be catherized for about 4-5 days and sore for about two weeks.  Holy Week will not be pleasant for me, so it seems.  Anyway, I am very glad it is going to get done.  I want it over with so that I can get on with a number of projects I have facing me in the remaining two and a half months left before my return to Kenya.

  A happy Easter to you all!

Bernie Owens