POST CONVENTION NEWS #2

I guess I forgot to post some belated convention news...
BTW we had a quiet and uneventful convention, food was good as always thanks to the awesome cook crews headed up by Ali Squires and others, weather was very harsh in the -50's which was a shame for those travelling and we did not get as many guests as we would have - had the weather cooperated...
If you want specifics on the words you can contact LWM to get them...I believe Whitestone Farms has them on mp3 format.
here is a short report from Sarah...

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This morning dawned beautiful, moonlit, ice fogged, and very cold.  Andy said our low was -54°.  Right now it is still a crisp -41°. 

Convention is over and most everyone has gone back to their respective homes, except the ministry who traveled on today to Haines.  Bro Ernest and Bro Joe stayed with us.  They were up and ready to go well before their ride arrived.  I’m trusting that one of them will check in to let us know that they made it there safely. 

Yesterday we had one meeting but we still managed to have four speakers.  Amazing!  Paul Basalyga led worship.  Before taking the children out to practice their play, Bro Dick Kunz quickly told us that it isn’t good enough to know the truth, we need to buy it with paying the price.  Bro Ernest in few words said be alert to the night and of what is going on in the darkness.  He exhorted us to love spending time with the Lord and to love His gospel. Andrew Giles preached on the immeasurable power that God brings through the blood of Jesus.  Bro Buddy closed by telling us that we are in daily jeopardy because now we are responsible for what we hear. He said we learn about God through our natural understanding; but the Spirit reveals God by the way, the truth, and the life. 

Last night we had a nice meal with the ministry and some of the Whitestone guests that had spent the day with us.  Bro Dick and the kids did a small play on David and Goliath before singing us a song and playing a song with their colored bells.  A good time was had by all.

Today has been day of rest for most of us here.  It is a good day for resting since it is too cold outside to do much.

Oh, by the way, the sun came up over the mountains today!  A beautiful thing when the sun appears!

Have a great week!  Sarah

POST CONVENTION

Hi!  Monday’s very cold wind did warm our temps to -19° for 36 hours; now we are a calm -9°.  I can handle that.  We’ve had to dig our way out of wind swept paths yet again. 

Steve A, then Bro Garth, and finally Bro Joe wrote to let us know that they had a long, uneventful trip to Haines on Monday.  They left here around 7 am and arrived in Haines around 7:30 pm.  There were rumors that the pass was closed, but it wasn’t.  After the border, they had good roads and milder temperatures.  I heard that today Steve A had to leave the meeting due to his coughing, etc.  Bro Buddy had this while at Whitestone, and Bro Ernest was sick with that, too, while at our convention.   I hope the sickness stops right there!

I forgot to say that Pat and Bethany and the twins came up for the convention and to hang out for a few extra days.  The twins are super cute and remind us all of the Buongiorne kids when they were that size. 

Erica, with her son, Caleb, came for a 10 day visit.  At nearly five months, he’s pretty cute as well.  While here, Erica is throwing a baby shower for Kelsey.  Last I heard, the shower is to be at one pm at the tab. 

The Buerges have gone to visit Whitestone for the week.  They will drop by Friday before driving home. 

Thomas had a rough day in the woods yesterday – Delta received a lot more snow than us so even though the Pogo road had been cleared, the guys’ road from Pogo to where they are logging was uncleared.  Thomas said there was 8 inches of snow on that road.  Anyway, Thomas got stuck twice while on that road and slid off.  He was very close to falling into a ravine.  He was able to inch his way back onto the road and out of his stuck spots only by dumping his load of logs down the ravine (he only had to dump his load once). 

This week, Micah is having therapy in the afternoon in Delta.  The therapist comes from maybe Fairbanks, and she must stay at Lonnie’s because that’s where Micah and Ann have their therapy session.

Jannis had an unknown problem with her stove causing water to spew all over her house (she must have a water jacket heating system of some sort).  Marilyn’s pellet stove fan went out today and Allyson had to run to Delta late this afternoon to purchase a new fan. 

Hmmm…. I should end with some cheery news.  Well, we had a short and sweet prayerful prayer meeting tonight.  Interesting enough it started out with Seth and Liz leading worship accompanied by Cody and Kathryn on the keyboard and piano. 

Have a great week.

my niece Erica with her little guy Caleb the smiliest kid on the block!

Pat and Erica are cousins