Good afternoon.

        This past friday we had a memorial service for my father.  It was beautiful to hear so many words about the span of his life.  My mother, my brothers and I were able to speak about him as well as a handful of close friends.  I was touched to hear the ways that he had touched people and inspired and moved them.  His legacy is an incredible one and I am blessed to be a part of it and every one of you reading this is also a part of this legacy.  To those of you who were able to come and to those of you who were not thank you again for your support through this whole process.  I can't say thank you enough.  My family and I are so blessed to have had the opportunity to walk through this with all of you.

       We have asked those who intend to send flowers that, in accordance with my father's wishes, you consider making a contribution to bethel express, a program benefitting inner city youth.  It was started by Michael Peace.  My father contributed greatly to the city of Rochester as a whole with his time and resources and he greatly respected the work of Mike Peace and Bethel Express.

The website is here: http://www.bethelexpress.org/

You can donate right on the first page.

     I would encourage you to read the C.S Lewis book "A Grief Observed" if you would like.  It was sent to me by a friend of mine and I will be reading and meditating on it this summer.  I have immense respect for C.S Lewis and the book is his self examination of his faith and life in the course of grieving the loss of his wife.

     I am still going to update the blog with the updates about my father and my family.  Thank you again and again and again.  You are beautiful people.

God Bless,

Didrik.