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