Heartland Heart Strings

The Milwaukee Domes

It’s been a year since they’ve seen each other.  Jesse, his brothers Rudy and Louis drove to a town half-way between Beloit and Milwaukee for Chinese buffet and talked for hours.  I enjoyed meeting their wives Martha and Carol.

“You are the three blondies that fell for the three Z’s,” Jesse says.  We loved hearing about Rudy and Martha’s mission work in South Africa, including building schools and HIV prevention, which has been the focus of their retirement.

Rudy, Louis and Jesse Zuniga

We stayed with Louie and Carol in a large and comfortable house Carol designed.  We didn’t have time for a ride in Louie’s bright red Corvette--next time.  We talked and ate and played cards and talked and ate some more. Louie and Carol took us out for steak and margaritas “to celebrate your engagement.”    What a terrific welcome into the family! 

Now we’re headed for a whirlwind visit to Iowa.