Mid January already? Convention approaching? Wow! I won't apologize, have been busy...good busy I hope, how about you all?
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Earlier this week, we had +10° with three inches of fluffy snow. Friday night the temperature started steadily dropping until it reached -37°. And that’s where the temperature is happily sitting now.
School break is over and every one here has returned to school. College students in Fairbanks start their classes later this week. Liz Jepsen spent a month with us which was nice. Now she's gone back to UAF and to her studies. During the break, many folks were hit with a cold or flu bug – some people had it really bad. It seems that everyone is recovering now.
Kevin and Kelly arrived home this week. They had a wonderful time with family (new family for Kelly) in Montana. Garth and Kim go to Anchorage this weekend to pick up Jarred and Jennifer from the airport, they had bee visiting family in New York.
Garth and Kim will stay down there to chauffer the ministry till they reach the Delta area. Convention schedules are different this year – very different for us. Our dates are January 29, 30, and 31. We probably will lose all our visitors; we will miss seeing all of you all so much.
Miss Rose has moved into her little house – I don’t know whose house to mention that it was – I think it was built by Steve Doerter, but then Millers, Nerbonnes, Stoebers, Miss JoAn, and I’m sure others have lived in their since. When my family first moved here, all six of us stayed in that downstairs with the Doerters while the McClains lived upstairs. We stayed there for six weeks while we got our cabin ready.
The last two weekends Kim with Ann and some of the ladies spent time working on a Kevin and Kelly’s quilt. Gail Eastwood and Penny Clark spent time helping too. They were a great boost.
I failed to mention in an earlier email how much Michael Squires and Robin Buongiorne helped Seth this past summer with the pig program. Seth and some of the other young boys built a small but new pig barn. They also transferred all the chickens from the old barn into a new fixed up barn that had individual chicken cages with waterers and feeders. Rob was the barn helper which I'm sure Seth appreciated, it being a rather nasty job. Rob will sorely miss Sefers as he makes his move to Whitestone Farms to start his new life with his bride-to-be Amariz Ramirez. All Seth's and his crew's efforts paid off; we have plenty of pork for awhile and the chickens seem to be contentedly producing eggs without munching each other. Tommy killed a few more beef cows this week. Seems like we are amply supplied with meat for awhile.
Griselda and May are home from their jaunt in the states. I haven’t seen them yet, but Patrick said they were having a great time with Ani. The girls had a good time visiting with each other. Ani is doing well and happy, exploring various options and possibilities as the Lord opens up different choices.
You can see photos on Facebook at these links.
https://www.facebook.com/griselda.h.buongiorne/media_set?set=a.10202323052629443.1073741984.1585591801&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202323168512340.1073741985.1585591801&type=1&l=8cba546fe9
Bro Andy spent some time in the hospital this week while the drs worked on helping him clear up his long term infection. He is home now and still needs our prayers.
Wenda announced the other day she will be Great DeeDee once again. Paul and Rebekah had a little girl this fall; now Scott and Kristen are pregnant.
later……
ICY SHEET OF FROZEN WATER MAKE FOR HAZARDOU DRIVING... STAY HOME!!
For all you people in the Delta area, we just had a call to say that it’s 37 degrees and raining in Delta. He said the rain is turning to ice when it hits the roads and that those on the roads are driving slowly and that many people are fishtailing. Chris said that closer to Fbks the roads seem to improve, but he’s not sure since he’s not actually going all the way up to Fairbanks. (Chris is driving from Delta out to the Pogo mine.)
Here at home, it is 30° with no precipitation as yet.
The Land convention will be next week (Wed, Thurs, Fri) so everyone here is scurrying around to make preparations – food, cleaning, finishing the tab bathrooms, etc. It is a little on the crazy side. I guess Whitestone’s convention starts on Saturday. Some of our people will go for a few of Whitestone’s services, esp some of the loggers who will have to work during ours.
Some of the kids are still coming down with the flu bug. Every time we think it’s done making the rounds, someone comes down with something again. Poor Chloe Mason has gotten it the second time around.
John Basalyga is here for a few days visiting his folks since the Ministry is visiting in the Delta area in between conventions. His visit is a huge boost to Sis Millie, who, by the way, is doing excellently.
Garth and Kim are home from their travels until after our Haines convention. Then Garth will begin his chauffeuring job again.
Tommy butchered two more cows last week; yesterday, Tom and Kevin did most of the work before the rest of us helped finishing with packaging last night.
No more farm news for now. Hope you all have a good weekend.
No more for now. Stay warm and Stay inside...
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