JANUARY 31, 2018
TRIP TO MICHIGAN
Dear Friends,
I know it’s only been three months, but I will be heading out for a couple of weeks to visit my family in Michigan. I figure if I don’t do it now, I won’t be able to visit until the summer. This way, I got to be at the School Gala and I will be back in time for Ash Wednesday. Can I tell you a bit about Michigan? If you use your imagination, it looks like a mitten. Which is sort of appropriate, since theweather forecast says the temperature will be below freezing! The part of Michigan above the mitten is called the Upper Peninsula, or the U.P. for short. The people who live there are called Yoopers. While the people in the mitten part are called Trolls since we live under the bridge that connects the two peninsulas. My parents live on the Saint Clair River, which right now is full of ice. Canada is right across the river. The Saint Clair River is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway that flows from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Chicago. Maybe you can trace it on a map. Michigan is surrounded by 4 of the 5 Great Lakes. Do you know the names of all 5 of the Great Lakes? Study hard and be good while I’m away. I’ll see you soon!
—Fr. David
