STILL COLD

Evenin'

Cold snap still with us I'm afraid. This morning Pat decided he just absolutely HAD TO GO TO VALDEZ TO TUNE PIANOS!! At -45...he called a while back saying that he had made the mountain pass in the big van OK...so we're thankful for that. Seems folks up in the University there are having some winding show or something and just had to have their Steinway tuned again...Pat usually is done with piano trips by this time. This was an "extra"...and then again at the end of the month.
This month is gonna be a busy one, what with medical trips into 'Fairbanks (150 miles away one way) and our annual church Convention, plus May's 19th. birthday celebration....she likes to invite all her past teachers and all the young folks so our cabin rocks with about 30 people which is alot for us!!!

The temperature has stayed between -26° and -55° for about ten days now. Tonight a cold wind is blowing warming the temps up to -40° so far.

Bro Russell Stendal was here for a couple of days. We had meetings with him on Sunday morning and Monday night. (We won’t have service on Wednesday night). He had many good things to say. Sunday he talked about community and being “friends” with God. Last night he talked about, among other things, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit having their own very special jobs. Pat and Ben each led a praise service.

Garth took off today, with Russell Stendal, for the Wasilla convention. Garth will be traveling on the Alaska convention tour. He is using one of our big vans to transport the ministry around. I’m not sure where Garth quits being chauffer, but I can tell you that at a later date.

The loggers have been running the chipper (the machine that chips slabs into smaller pieces for the pellet machine) and the pellet machine despite the cold temperatures. So far, everything is going well with that.

Not much is happening in these cold temperatures. We are all staying close to home right now.

Ok...good night to y'all

stay warm.....