Dear Parishioners and Friends at St. Anne's,
I was just 4 days short of packing my bags to return to HK, when my plans, my shoulder and my hip were shattered. I'm now in a wonderful nursing home, surrounded by my family and friends in Ohio. I am on schedule with therapy, but it will be a long time, so my return to HK has no date yet. I was really looking forward to seeing many of you for my 84th birthday this Sunday, but my wonderful family will be taking over and many will gather here at the nursing home to help me celebrate. We will be thinking of you, and I hope I can someday have a rain check. I still miss all of you very much. I thank God for the wonderful way you treated me for so many years. I am learning that our plans can also be changed, sometimes causing a lot of unhappiness, but I am in the hands of the Lord, of my family and of a wonderful Christian community here. Let's patiently wait the Lord's plan to be carried out.
With Love and Prayers, Fr. Elmer