[Gathnet] Hello All after a very long quiet period.

[stuart gathman]

Dear Gathnetters,
We are indeed alive still.   I  don't know where this summer went but 
time is passing very quickly these days.   I thought I would try and 
bring you   up to date on where the San Diego Gathmans are and what we 
are doing.

As you may know this summer, Ortal,  our Israeli niece came for a 
visit.  It was a very pleasant time for all.  We had a Sunday school 
class where Ortal helped me explain something about Hebrew to our kids 
and they learned about the language that most of the Bible was written 
in.   We did some sight seeing but her  favorite pass time was riding in 
her cousin, Jim's new Mustang convertible!  

Yes, Jim and his family are now here in San Diego.  Jim is commissioned 
and is in charge of a squadron of surface effect landing craft.  He is 
stationed at  Camp Pendleton which is about  70 minutes away.   He and  
Sue  found a really nice rental house (belonging to an Admiral  who is 
spending two years in the DC area).  They are living in a little town 
close to the coast call Bonsall.  The kids are enrolled in a charter 
school, (Charter schools in California are schools run by the parents 
but paid for by taxes.)  They are a huge improvement over the standard 
public school in California where the kids can't even read their diploma 
when the are out of high school.

I am again teaching High School physics lab at the home school 
consortium and am enjoying it as usual.

The McClatchey family is extremely busy as you can imagine.  Anita is 
teaching Biology Lab in the next room from mine.  She has about three 
times as many students as I have.  Kiefer is hoping to go to Wheaton 
College next year.   He is taking some advanced math courses at our 
local junior college.  He is at least a semi finalist in the national 
merit scholarship competition and as such receives about 10 invitations 
from colleges a day in the mail.   He still wants to go to Wheaton like 
the rest of his family.

Beth is enjoying being with the little ones.   She and Bethany have an 
especially close relationship.  She is a major help to Anita in helping 
to keep the family going, fed etc.  

Our health remains the same.  My cancer is still in remission for which 
I am very great full to God.  Anne's heart is not like it use to be but 
still she is enjoying puttering around the yard.

Well,  I don't want to freak you out by writing too much for the first 
time in such a long time.   Fortunately today is election day and 
nothing more can be said.   I personally am so sick of telephone calls 
that we haven't even answered the phone for the last several weeks.   We 
couldn't even listen to the radio with out being bombarded by the 
politicians and their tasteless adds.

Love, to all

der Alt Grossvater