Hi,
It’s been so long since I’ve written a real note that I don’t even know where to begin. I last wrote on December 14, so that’s been exactly a month ago! A lot has transpired.
We’ve been having some fairly mild weather this past month, mostly the temperature hovers a little above or below the 0° line. Today, we are scarily above that line. I heard it is raining in Fairbanks which scares me just a wee bit since I’m on my way there right now.
Of course you all know and have kept up to date with the happenings concerning Rachel Trotter. So many people here on the farm have been so great – doing laundry, cleaning, providing food for the bereaved families, making the meals for the events, setting up the memorial things, making a slide show, and so much more. I was reminded of how much we can all do for each other and how when we share the load, it is so much easier to bear.
Seth Jepsen is home. :) Since Amaris’ grandmother became very sick, the Ramerizes needed to come out of Mexico to go see her. The grandmother has since passed away so now the Ramerizes have to do all the things we just did. But, because of all that, when they all flew from Dallas to Boston, Seth flew home!
Katie Crossin, niece of Andy and Sarah Jane, asked to move here last fall. She and her mom are due to fly in this week sometime. Katie will live with Wenda. She and Rachel (cousins) were so looking forward to being together...God's plans are certainly not ours sometimes...
Also coming this week will be Mike and Clara Buerge from Partridge Creek,Canada. They will come with their four children and will stay for a couple of weeks. They will stay with Garth and Kim Millirons.
Garth was supposed to leave earlier in the week, but he stayed home because of the recent events. He has now taken off to catch up to the ministry who are already in Alaska starting the convention tour.
Jim, Cody, and Tony flew with Chris Toby to Oklahoma to get him settled in a six week ferrier class. Those three guys stopped off in TX for a few days before returning home. Gri met them at the Seattle airport on their way to Dallas, she was about to board the same flight the opposite direction... Gri had been in Springfield MO for 10 days - with her 3 sisters for support and fellowship after her brother in law, Don Burgess passed away after a long illness. She returned to Dry Creek the day we took Rachel into the hospital...from sadness to sadness as it were...
Kerri was pretty sick this past week. When her throat started closing up, her parents took her to the doctor. She has a bad case of tonsillitis and was put on steroids (to open up her throat) and antibiotics (to fight infection). Hannah Mason was sick at the same time as her sister and continued to be sick on into the new week. She went to the doctor and found out that she had strep throat. Once they put her antibiotics, she started feeling much better.
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Yesterday the temperature ranged between 36° and 46° all day. In Fairbanks, the roads were sheer ice. It started raining at some point. On our way home we alternately went through rain and snow. Between Fairbanks and Eielson, the roads were very bad. The radio kept blaring out warnings to just stay home and off the roads if possible. School in the North Star Borough was cancelled. Once we drove past Eielson, the roads and weather were still very bad, but that was only ½ as bad as they had been before.
In the afternoon, I met Jon and Ally and Pat and Flo in Sams so we were kinda checking in with each other on the way home. Pat’s tires were scaring him so he and his family stayed in North Pole last night. Wenda went to Delta in the afternoon and went off the road a smidgen. Just enough to need help getting pulled out, but not enough to hurt her or the car.
Now, we have 19° and snow. It’s probably about six inches of snow. Maybe it’ll amply cover the slick snow. And, I heard that Tok received a lot of snow too.
More later......
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