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pjo ibunehyrsdvyjnuarys stux i this couple retired to third world missions when people retire their thoughts turn to the quieter simpler life they will lead pressures and worries take a back seat as life slows down and theres time to stop and smell the roses forty years ago if you had asked new- lyweds jim and joan doble what the future had in store for them they proba bly would have told you they expected to spend happy times with their family at home in rural ballantrae back in 1958 jim spotted farmer percy wright in his aurora sideroad fields jim climbed over the fence and tfijd percy that this was just the property on which to build the doble home being one of 13 children percy must have known the importance of raising a rural route ruth ruth leblanc family because the deal was struck sons mark and norman followed and many years later adopted son kiflom lewi joined the family sitting in the dobles livingroom i was introduced to a whole new world quite far removed from our rural routing lifestyle along with pastor ebenezer siki- cane of the churchill community church i sat spellbound as tale upon tale of mission life in a third world country was told the pastor has taught about mission work for 16 years at the ontario bible college and accepted the reality of the accounts sadly jim and joan have travelled to haiti uganda and to sudan the most hor rific experience of all sitting warm and cozy and eating squares with a full fridge of refresh ments nearby i must admit i felt guilty water and hydro are luxuries we take for granted just ask our winter stormrav aged neighbours in eastern ontario and my bet is they would now agree life for jim and joan will never be the same after being exposed to this sam- business off ce supplies warehouse prices pling of all thats wrong in this world out of bad sometimes comes good and in 1 988 the dobles went on a mission to sudan and were assigned jobs as interpreters fate intervened and they met a fellow named kiflom lewi by chance kiflom was a refugee who fled ethiopia and was on a death list to be shot for his actions now 10 years later his happy smile radiates from a photo that sits proudly in the doble home kiflom has been a member of the family since being taken under the dobles wings after their first meeting canada is his home now they love these missions despite the hardships be cause of all they can accom plish they have slept in huts and watched people suffering and dying because they lack a few dollars yet the people and their needs keep drawing them back what started before retirement has now become their retirement lifestyle as you read this jim and joan will be seated oh a plane heading off to yet another mission in uganda the dobles believe in help ing where they can and they intend to continue doing so jim says it seems like the right thing to do and joan seconds that motion m h fish market super specials many more instore specials atlantic salmon steaks 5 99 lb alaskan king crab legs 1499 lb 10lbs1350r fresh god or haddock fillets 599 lb mike or helen 9054793571 5051 highway 7 store 9 markham xs markville mall n o is sl 52 d love comes and goes again featuring the abstract paintings of harold klunder and his exploration of the modernist condition january 21 march 22 1998 t o pigeons blood 199495 oil on canvas collection of virginia and owen lawson the frederick horsman varley art gallery of markham 7 216 main street at carlton and main unionville ontario l3r 2h1 telephone 905 477 9511 organized by tom thomson memorial gallery owen sound artist talk and tour by harold klunder friday january 30 7pm call 905 477 9511 for tickets and information i