Gail
and Denvy
More than 50 Years and Counting
More than 50 Years and Counting
Year
Fifty-one - 2020
We started the year with a trip to Southern California where we joined a group of Presbyterians to tour the
Mexican border and learn about the immigration issues. Days after we returned home the news carried stories about the many deaths of persons in New York from a COVID virus. About the same time agencies, organizations and businesses either closed down or implemented serious procedures to avoid the spread of the virus. Meetings and worship services were conducted by Zoom, an online meeting option. The pastor of Christ's Church presented a message online and the music was prepared ahead of the service and offered on line. Throughout the year new audio and video equipment were acquired and implemented. Personally we stayed home, washed our hands frequently and conducted clinic by phone.
To prevent the spread of the COVID virus several planned events were cancelled. We were visiting Marc and family in Washington when their schools said they would close for a month not knowing that it would be more like a year or more. Schools across the country at all levels relied on Zoom for teachers and students to commuicate. Thanksgiving Dinner consisted of only Marc's family as neither they or we had COVID symptoms and we had been very careful about social distancing and masking. The Cameron Clan reunion scheduled for June was postponed in hopes that it would be the next summer.
Because we live in an isolated acreage in the hills of Oregon, we were able to continue our lifestyle with the exceptions of very cautious grocery shopping, no face-to-face church and very careful and modified clinic.