tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31520390347996331172024-02-07T02:46:55.419-08:00Alaska At LastMy journey to the great state of Alaska started June 13, 2009. This is an attempt to share the adventure with my family and friends who are so much a part of the story... "This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike 'What's next, Papa?" Romans 8:15-16Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-82485659746181582282011-05-22T19:30:00.000-07:002011-05-22T19:30:00.656-07:00An Epilogue<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-zw8xz1g_76rXapWTxRvgqE8ILJGj72TjlDdiQoNyJrITfi4U7QRDrYDMOhNWWrzBS9PfLFaLH-SCtfYcB3-GbNadPCuUL0fmdGMczi74HfZ1D11p4-KBVfdU9EoHEggnH5y_6i3XEDI/s1600/DSCF3275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I maybe in Anchorage but guess what? That just means so are you:)</span></span><br />
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<div style="color: #38761d;">I thank my God every time I remember you.</div><span style="color: #38761d;">Philippians 1:3 </span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-83898447606926713162011-05-20T06:00:00.000-07:002011-05-20T06:00:14.447-07:00It Takes a Village<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the (tundra) top of the forest, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">(a big girl) </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">a little boy </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">(her dogs) </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">his Bear will always be playing.</span><br />
<i>Winnie the Pooh</i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">From closing lines of The House at Pooh Corner</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="color: black;">Well folks all good things must come to an end as is so with our adventures in Quinhagak. </div><div style="color: black;">Thank you for sharing in these last two years of this amazing journey with me. </div><div style="color: black;">I couldn't have done it without you.</div><div style="color: black;">Quinhagak...I'll be back soon. You're never far from my thoughts.</div><div style="color: black;">For the last time living here, we will hop a 6 seater and fly away.</div><div style="color: black;">It has been an experience of a lifetime. I am forever changed, God is Good.<br />
I'm taking each of you with me in my heart.</div><div style="color: black;">I'll be looking forward to hearing from you and visiting when you make it to Anchorage!<br />
You know in the Ojibwe Language there is no word for 'good bye' only words for 'see you later'.<br />
That is what I'm going to use here...'see you later'<br />
Giigiwaabimin Miinowaa Everybody!</div><br />
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<div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">When our time was up, they escorted us out of the city<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> (village) </i></span>to the docks <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(runway)</i></span>. Everyone came along—men, women, children. They made a farewell party of the occasion! We all kneeled together on the beach and prayed. Then, after another round of saying good-bye, we climbed on board the ship <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(plane)</span></i> while they drifted back to their homes.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Acts 21:5</span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-27368787793224878372011-05-19T15:22:00.000-07:002011-05-19T15:43:53.434-07:00Change<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;">I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back...<br />
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</div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;">Alicia and Connie are abandoning me today</span>. We all walked to the beach last night after taking a steam with Karen and fam. It was our last walk to the Bering together. Alicia unbelievably did not get pulled over while driving the 4 wheel earlier in the evening. I'm forcing Karen and Jerilyn to come over to my house to sit and stare at the empty walls with me tonight. Leave it to Pastor Mark at my church in Wisconsin to post the perfect blog for me to be leaving to...Change. I don't like it, I don't want to do it, but it's life and I better just embrace it. So today we've been wrapping up the last of our rooms...literally, Principal Eric makes us cover everything in paper...looks like something out of one of those scary movies where the house is closed up and haunted. School is eerily quiet with no kids today. We're all rushing around trying to get our check out sheets signed and begin that forward march to the next place. I sent my last box at the post office (well, besides my TV which I refused to send until tomorrow because I'm paying for my dish until then and it will be my only semblance of normalcy in my household, which now has an echo because of the emptiness). Bequeathed my P.O. Box 7 keys to Connie with Fannie's (our postmaster) blessing. Gave Fannie a hug and slinked out the door. Went over to Elena's for her baby's 2 year old birthday feast for lunch. Yum, we had walrus kidney and it was sooooo good. I'm definitely a walrus kidney fan. Some salmonberry akutaq and birthday cake flown in from AC. Quyana Elena for the invite. So I leave tomorrow. I can see the change already. As we all know I don't do well with transitions, not too many of us do, but once I get the hang of things in the big city, I'm praying it will be okay. Haven't decided yet what I will do for the continuation of the blog. Might end it and join the facebook phenomenon, who knows:) </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Happy Last Day in Quinhagak Everybody! </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">(sniffle, sniffle) </span> <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><i>"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing! </i></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><i>Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?"</i> </div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Isaiah 43:18-19 </span></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://revitalizeyourchurch.blogspot.com/">(Thanks to Pastor Mark's Blog)</a></span></div><div style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-42203908210281166112011-05-18T17:06:00.000-07:002011-05-19T10:44:16.790-07:00Ready Or Not...<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0eZaLE74C548RrAOiRZPTxQgmeuCmeqEskmLZEISbM3qzjaB0Px_qL0BTXI-9HwaN-5DoHhIXP6SOpx7pQmHNWQZj9O9PR3vF1Iz9z1ClbczYGHqZDxJmyW0Rz1tK1XoWhpZjXrzIkky/s1600/DSCF3309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Winnie the Pooh-The House at Pooh Corner</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This is Alicia driving</span><span style="color: black;"> Karen's four wheeler back </span><span style="color: black;">for the 2nd time ever in her life </span><span style="color: black;">after steaming around midnight. This shot was actually captured only moments before she was pulled over by the Village Police Officer for carrying a rider on the front of 'her' machine (Karen)! Hilarious, this was a the first time any of us including Karen had ever been 'pulled over' in Quinhagak. It basically consisted of VPO Jerome slowly creeping up behind us then along side of us until we were forced to pull over to see who the crazy driver was trying to edge us off the road. Luckily she didn't receive a ticket, just a warning and reprimand for Karen to get off the front and climb on back. Oddly enough you can fit as many people as possible on the back of your 'honda' and not be in danger of getting pulled over. Even though every wheeler in town has a caution sticker posted visibly somewhere that reads: DO NOT RIDE ON REAR BARS OF ATV OR CARRY RIDERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT... etc I guess riding in the front is just pushing the envelop a little too much even for Quinhagak:)</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"> Anyway it made all of us crack up at Alicia's expense;)</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Then There's the Annual Beach Party</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">We kicked off our shoes, froze our feet in the Bering Sea high tide, ran around in the sand and pigged out on hamburgers and hot dogs cooked over an open fire. We do up the end of the year right around here. </span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;">What's left? </span>I have to finish cleaning my house and packing. Beyond that I am T minus 48 hours. At that point Quinhagak becomes part of my past and is no longer my present. Ouch, that is a hard pill to swallow. But what a time is has been. I mean just look at these pics. My cup overflowth.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #990000;">Shout Out To: </span> Felicia who is taking my position next year! Consider this your torch girl and run with it:) To everyone who has been part of my life here! I will miss you to the moon and back! To everyone who has traveled this road with me through this blog! Quyana, I've felt your good company. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">And to God...Quyanaqvaa! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You for it all.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_600460059"></span><span id="goog_600460060"></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">"...Paul left the ship briefly to go to the meeting place and preach to the Jews. They wanted him to stay longer, but he said he couldn't. But after saying good-bye, he promised, </span></div><div style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I'll be back, God willing." </span></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Acts 18:19</span></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-59372974755731693762011-05-17T09:12:00.000-07:002011-05-17T13:38:42.137-07:00But I'm Not Ready!<div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><div style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4frrM7N3k-JU1ISID-GydU5aC_5ZnGUEeON4GAmu_8LprC_Pgt1WtV2Lvg2ucO9eMh5MS6Jjr_C-2UubF2uaCu1I6WwYG-bw4RaWNrnT3i7r6egOprdGf4B9IcUe3zJPzpbmRns0mtOIP/s1600/DSCF3301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> <br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;">Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos. <span style="font-size: x-small;">~Charles M. Schulz</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Connie and I <span style="color: black;">attended the head start graduation on Saturday since we had several of the kiddos as our students this year too. It was adorable as you can imagine. One of our little guys only lasted about 2 minutes in his chair before leaping out throwing off his miniature cap and gown and racing around the gym. Others turned around to chat with their neighbors provided proud parents a great photo opportunity of their backs. Some rolled around on the floor and examined the underneath part of their chairs. Little kids are hilarious. They enjoyed the luxury of the night before's fancy prom decorations to boot. Above is one of my friend's boys, she has 3 and they are all absolutely adorable. Sam didn't graduate this year but his big brother did so he was all dressed up for the occasion:) Sam is in the younger head start however, every time I would go to the head start I couldn't resist visiting with him about his trucks and toys. It took a few times but eventually he'd chatter back to me about what he was doing. Then anytime I would see him around the village we'd smile, visit and wave to each other. Maybe it's because he reminds me so much of my own baby brother Sam but he just stole my heart. His mom Elena, tells me I'm not the only one of course! Anyway you can imagine my delight when Elena came up to me at head start grad and said he wants his picture with me! "Really!" I smiled feeling so special! Well that makes two of us:) Cheese! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333300; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">So a couple of months ago </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I felt that tug to learn a song in Yupik to sing before I left Quinhagak. Of course I have a hard enough time pronouncing the simplest words, my students will tell you that, as their most belly rolling laughs have been purely at my feeble attempts to pronounce numbers! So when God gave me 'the tug' I quickly brushed it off certain He must be joking..."I'll just sing something in English, I justified myself." Mercifully 'the tug' remained. Shamefully I continued for a month ignoring it. Then one Sunday during church (I mean after, surely she didn't say it during;) Connie turned to me and said matter of factly, "You should learn a song in Yupik to sing at church before you go." Ok, Rachel if you won't listen to the still small voice maybe you'll listen to an audible one God seemed to be saying. "I know," I managed then I continued on with the business of living and not addressing His obvious direction. It wasn't because I didn't want to but because I knew I couldn't. I can't even contort my mouth to make the sounds that this language requires, it comes out all garbled and backwards. My response to God?...It's a lovely thought Lord, but you simply must not understand how hard it is to speak this language much less sing in it! I'm much more comfortable with English...ahum, Quyana. The tug continued. The more I defied and argued about the impossibility and how stupid I would make both He and I look the harder the tug. One week left when Connie asked again, "Have you picked a song?" Truth was I knew the song all along I. It was the only song that was sung in English that very first Sunday in Quinhagak when I was mistaken for a fish plant worker because of my boots, when I cried through the service and had wanted to get back on a 6 seater and go home, when I followed the sound of the bell to get to the church, when I met Fannie and Jerilyn, when my journey here truly began. That was the song God was requesting I sing back to my friends in Quinhagak in their native language. It made mysterious beautiful sense but I couldn't even pretend to begin to even fake a song in Yugtan and if I did no one and I mean no one was going to understand me. "Remember how I told you in the beginning I knew you couldn't do it but I could?" God again reminded me, "Well that fits here too." Tail between my legs, humbled and forgiven, Saturday afternoon before my last time in church I sat down first with one of our 6th grade students to begin the overwhelming process of trying to pick apart the song in the Yupik hymnal into smaller chunks of syllables that made sense in my brain. When she had to go God sent Jerilyn to rescue me. Selflessly she spent 3 hours helping me weed through the rest of the song and be sure I could pronounce the words as best as possible. From there I called on one of my cross country runners and ( recently crowned Prom Queen) Renae to help me sing it. Again for 3 hours we sang it over and over, she agreed to sing it with me in church and it seemed fitting again since the last time I sang at church was with her mom earlier this year. Renae was a Godsend quite literally. Bless her heart she even spent the night at my house so we could be up practicing in the morning before church. I cried through the morning service but managed to make it through, thanks to Renae. Just like that first service in August of 2009 that I cried though. Cayastic Structure Beth Moore would say, like bookends to a season in my life. Wow, I'm going to miss this place and my friends here.</span><br />
<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway I had to share because it was a miracle seriously. We were requested to come back and sing at the evening service...so I got all nervous again but I'm thankful God gave me the opportunity and ability to give back. He is so good. </span></div></span></span></span><span style="color: #333300; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Akkutai Asirtut Kaneryaram</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Where He Leads Me, I Will Follow)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This is the Real Yugtan Version from the Brown Hymnal #230</i></span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Akkutai asirtut kaneryaram</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ninerkinrulutingtlu yum irtsakruane</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Umyugatlu asirtuk Jesusam</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Itlitlu natlunaitlkutaugrkaulune.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CHORUS</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natmun tsiulitranun</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natmun tsiulitlranum </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maligtsikaka </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natmun tsiulitranun</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natmun tsiulitlranum </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maligtsikaka, ang, maligtsikaka</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maligtuluku Jesusak</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nitnirkuktlu Jesusm nasvatlra, </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nitikinrulunetlu kinkame tamin.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yugunirketlu taminun ilavnun</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Itlitlu natlunaitlkutaugarkaulune</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Niske kaneryarai taits whangnun</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Umyuarniulrianetlu mernuirutsikatse</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maligtakuluku ukferlutin</span></div><div style="color: #990000;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ingluarlutintlu anirturtim tunginun. </span></div><br />
<span style="color: #333300; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Below is the Rachel version of Yugtan phonics that Jerilyn painstakingly pronounced over and over with me word by word on Saturday afternoon so I could sing this at church on Sunday as my good bye to the Quinhagak Congregation that I have been able to be part of over the last two years. Anyone who speak Yupik will get a kick out of my hooked on phonics rendition.</span></i> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Ahk –koo-die</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>ah-ser-dut</u> <u>gah-nugh-yagh-ghum</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Neat-nergh-ggun-gggoe-loot-den-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>you’m</u> <u>Icgh-jaw-kwa-nee</u>, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>oom-yoa-ghaw-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>ah-ser-duk</u> <u>Jesus-aam</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>ischle-schlu </u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>naw-schloon-nie-sch’gut-dow-ghah-gow-loony</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>neat-nergh-gok-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>Jesus-aam</u> <u>nuzz-vasch-ha,</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Neat-nergh-ggun-gggoe-loo-ne-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>kin-kam-ee</u> <u>dum-een</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Yough-nigh-geey-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>dum-ee-noon</u> <u>ee-love-noon</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>ischlee-schlu </u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>naw-schloon-niesch-gut-dow-ghah-gow-loony</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>nee-ski</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>gah-nugh-yagh-eye</u> <u>die-gee</u> <u>whung-noon</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>oom-yoagh-new’ll-ghaaa-nee-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>mugh-new-hut-gee-gaw-gee</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>mall-igch-dah-goo-loo-goo</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>ook-fugh-loo-den</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>ing-lawgh-looten-shlu</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <u>ah-nigh-dugh-dum</u> <u>doo’ng-ee-noon</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Nut-moon</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> jew-lisch-ha-noon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mall-ligch-gee-ka-ka<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Nut-moon</u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> jew-lisch-ha-noon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mall-ligch-loo-goo Jesus-aak</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The English Translation </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This was the version that I heard when I went to church my first full day in Quin. It was really the only English spoken during the service that day. </i></span></div></div><div style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> VERSE #1</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I can hear my Savior calling,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I can hear my Savior calling,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I can hear my Savior calling,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> "Take thy cross and follow, follow Me."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> VERSE #2</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him thro' the garden,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him thro' the garden,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him thro' the garden,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> VERSE #3</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him thro' the judgement</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him thro' the judgement</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him thro' the judgement</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> VERSE #4</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> He will give me grace and glory,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> He will give me grace and glory,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> He will give me grace and glory,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> And go with me, with me all the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Where He leads me I will follow,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I'll go with Him, with Him all the way. </span></div></div><div style="color: #990000;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #333300; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karen says she is uploading it to YouTube she recorded us on her phone during the service so that link may be coming soon... stay tuned. Oh wait, this just in, it's here. Click on the link below if you want to hear us sing it in Yugtan. Blessings:)</span></div></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
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</a></div>Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road.<br />
Time grabs you by the wrist; directs you where to go.<br />
So make the best of this test and don't ask why.<br />
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time.<br />
It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right.<br />
I hope you had the time of your life.<br />
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind.<br />
Hang it on a shelf In good health and good time.<br />
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.<br />
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while.<br />
It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right.<br />
I hope you had the time of your life.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Green Day, Time of Your Life</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Alaska State Troopers Came To Talk to the Students</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trooper Windire talks to an attentive crew about safety</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A boat on what's left of the ice on the Kanektok</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Then Graduation Festivities...</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quinhagak Graduating Senior Class of 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times PS; font-size: small;"><b>Somebody</b> said that it couldn’t be done,<br />
But, he with a chuckle replied<br />
That "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be one<br />
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.<br />
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin<br />
On his face. If he worried he hid it.<br />
He started to sing as he tackled the thing<br />
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.</span> <span style="font-family: Times PS; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Times PS; font-size: small;"><b>Somebody</b> scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that;<br />
At least no one has done it";<br />
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,<br />
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.<br />
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,<br />
Without any doubting or quiddit,<br />
He started to sing as he tackled the thing<br />
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.</span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times PS; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times PS;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><b>There </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,<br />
There are thousands to prophesy failure;<br />
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,<br />
The dangers that wait to assail you.<br />
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,<br />
Just take off your coat and go to it;<br />
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing<br />
That "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it.</span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-small;"><i>Read at graduation to our graduates by Pastor Frank</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Running From Grace' and Me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Ya Need is a Lil Hairspray</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Principal Eric and Einar</td></tr>
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</a></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">The Lord bless you and keep you;</div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">The Lord make His face shine upon you,</div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">And be gracious to you;</div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,</div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">And give you peace. </div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Numbers 6:24-26</span> </div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-17465293557005976362011-05-13T14:41:00.000-07:002011-05-16T15:47:42.012-07:00How to Begin to Say Good Bye???<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;">Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: x-small;">~Mary Jean Iron</span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;"></span><br />
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</div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-84746400552817331932011-05-09T16:42:00.000-07:002011-05-10T12:59:02.913-07:00Roundin' That Corner To Homestretch<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">If they could see how the sun's setting fast,</span><br />
<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts</span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,</span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">But hold onto your lover,</span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">'Cause your heart's bound to die,</span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Go on now, and say goodbye to my town, to my town.</span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I can see the sun's going down on my town</span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Good night... good night..."</span> </div><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;"> - Iris DeMent sings "Our Town" for last episode of Northern Exposure</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tak - Early February 2011</td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;">Sleepover Party IV </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">We met at my house at 7:00pm Friday night. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> 21 Slumber partiers get to try on Prom Dresses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21 sleep overers help the Zylstra's with a garbage run</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">There was a steady stream of knocks followed by little ones dragging plastics (bag) full of sleeping attire into the house ready for the party to begin. I lost count around 16 and thought it wise to just pray that when all was said and done the right amount would be sleeping. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dressin Up what little girls do best</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Having already given away all the kid stuff at my house last weekend I decided we would spend the early evening hours at the school. The surprise: the little ones got to try on the real prom dresses which are currently being housed in the special ed room. My room looked like a tornado hit within the first 5 minutes of our arrival. " I feel like a princess!" "Me too!" I overheard conversations. "Oh, you are sooo pretty!" "How beautiful!" </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">" Can we wear these to Prom????"</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"> "Well girls," I frowned feeling their pain, "I hate to say it, but you are too young to go to prom this year but soon enough you will be able to go. Then you sure can wear these dresses to prom. For now you can enjoy playing dress up." About 10 outfit changes later they were tiring of the fashions show and we settled in to watch The Neverending Story on the Smart Board. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"> Popcorn made, bean bags </span><span style="color: black;">hauled in, the girls finally </span><span style="color: black;">snuggled in. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"> Unfortunately the story did end, we cleaned up, wandered out into the 11:30 pm sunshine and loaded into the suburban (an unspecified number of us) and headed to my house where I was unsure if we would have enough sleeping quarters to accommodate 21, 5-9 year olds. As fate would have it much like the bread and fish that fed 5000...my little trailer housed 21 kids, 2 dogs and me! </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">We painted nails and drank enough kool aid to dump the honey bucket twice! Whew! </span></div><span style="color: black;">And when the last one finally fell asleep I thanked God then did the same. We woke in the morning to a knock on my door! </span><span style="color: black;">Traci To the Rescue!</span><span style="color: black;"> Traci had hopped a plane from Eek (not an easy feat in and of itself see my Thanksgiving post back in November for more details on intervillage travel) and blessed us with her presence. She was like an angel walking in. She a great laugh at the sight of me, which I do not blame her I would have too, my hair flying every which way, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, trying to orchestrate </span><span style="color: black;"> 21 groggy house guests stumbling over each other to </span><span style="color: black;">pack up blankets, eat a granola bar </span><span style="color: black;">breakfast and</span><span style="color: black;"> search for lost phones, all without my morning coffee. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">"Well Hello Slumber Party! Good Morning!" She cheerfully greeted hauling her back pack into the entry as she did so many times last year when she was our SIOP coach. She in Quin at least once a month last year (how we became such good friends in the first place) but this year she is back in Eek teaching so this trip was very special as it was her first one to Quinhagak all year and sadly the last one she'd be making for me:) "I'll put the coffee on," she giggled and spent the next 45 minutes helping get the girls out the door. A Godsend! Here's To Good Friends! Good Coffee! and Good Mornings...Quinhagak:) Quyana Trac!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;">Collecting our Tundra Tan</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">After the girls had sleepily meandered out the door, several cups of coffee had been drunk, pancakes eaten and highlights of conversation been started we decided to go for a hike! </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traci comes to visit from Eek!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">As I said Traci hadn't been to Quin this year and was itching to get out to the beach...that we did. Left at 2:30 pm in our extra tuffs (not quite what you would deem hiking boot material) but in the mucky water of the melting beach and tundra we really had no other choice. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody> </table><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">For 8 miles we hiked in our rubber boots all the way down the beach to the Arolik River (something I have never done by foot on the beach the entire way). It was a treat because not only was the day warm enough but for the first time this spring the tide was rolling in the form of WATER!!!! It was like witnessing the Bering Sea have it's heartbeat return after being jumped back to life with paddles! CLEAR!!!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody> </table><span style="color: black;"> Ani and Tak played the entire trip and when we all stumbled back into the house around 6:30 pm both of my little furballs plopped down on their bed and slept for 4 hours! </span><br />
<div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Meanwhile Traci and I lounged around munching on purchased we'd gotten at the store earlier in the day. It was a wonderful unexpected retreat with great company. Of course I was all sad again on Sunday night when I had to say another good bye to a dear friend knowing it would never be exactly like this ever again.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;">The Interview</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">During an interview with a prospective employee...we (the staff) always try to ease the trepidation that an applicant rightly feels when considering coming to our neck of the tundra to teach as we've all been in those exact same shoes. Fears about...honey buckets, bush planes, isolation, food, friends, cultural and community nuances etc. This is what we were attempting to do on Friday afternoon with a great candidate who would be a sure fit out here taking my position (keep in mind on Friday afternoons we aren't always on the top of our game after giving 150% all week long) so when Principal Eric made a futile attempt to share that we all understood what this candidate was feeling by throwing out, "...yeah, you know, we all have those ultimate fears that we dread ever happening, like that phone call from home saying that your dad died.." It was slow motion as the rest of us sitting in the meeting waved madly signing stop, cut, do not continue!!!! NOOOOOooooooo we mouthed hoping he hadn't just sealed the deal for our potential new hire! Allison swooped into the talking seat bumping a very obviously worn out Principal Eric and tried to salvage the conversation. We had to laugh after wondering what the applicant's thoughts were after and hoped that we had won her over with the overwhelming positives to embracing an adventure of this caliber. </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;">Cup of Coffee a Teacherly Weapon </div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Unbeknownst to me, one of my students chose to lay on the floor one day last week instead of sitting in his chair. As I rounded the blue matt (partition) I bumped into the unexpected empty chair next to him, accidentally dropping my coffee cup on his face. "Ahhhhhh!" I shrieked! "Owwwwww!" He howled. "You got bad luck!" my other students chimed in. "Are you okay???" I asked him still rolling around on the floor. I knew my coffee was luke warm at best, I never drink it hot and it had been sitting out all morning. But the cup had bounced off his face. He got up holding his lip which was bleeding. "Oh, man" we both whined in unison. He headed to the bathroom and washed himself off, we checked him out and he was thankfully fine. We called mom and dad to inform them of our fiasco, dad said wasn't surprised, thanked me for the call and assured me he'd be fine and reminded me of his recent recovery from a black eye his little brother had accidentally given him too. My student's only request? "Can I get a new shirt, I hate the smell of coffee." Scary moments in teaching.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;">Kids say the darnedest things...</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">I had just put on my running gear and was headed out for a jaunt when a couple of my younger students strode up to the house hoping to visit. "Not tonight," I apologized as I shut the door and trotted down the steps, "I'm going running." They followed me out onto the road watching to see what I'd do... "Hum," Tyrone observed obviously looking at my backside, "Well if you're so skinny then why is your butt so fat??" Evidently my running pants aren't flattering and Tyrone defines running and skinny as synonyms. Trying not to be shocked at this very unassuming non-sugar-coated comment, I responded, "Well, Tyrone it's really not nice to tell someone their butt is fat or to even talk about their butt at all." "Well it is though", he argued this time pointing in case I had misunderstood, "Look at it." "Hum," well I don't have to look at it because it's behind me and anyway then it's a good thing I'm going running. "Okay, well can we go with you?" they were on to the next topic, drawing the impromptu failed social skills lesson to a close. Off we all jogged toward the dump.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;">Graduation & Prom 2011</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">It's here. The week they've all been waiting for since the beginning of high school. Graduation! We have six senior boys graduating this year. Each of whom, will be sorely missed by students and staff alike. Congratulations Boys! Go out in to that world and do great things!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">We've also had lots of girls in trying on all the donated dresses from Steph's Church in Nebraska, my church in Wisconsin, Megan Baldino and friends from downstates and Allison Kirchoff. We have managed to collect quite a selection. Stay tuned for the updates of how prom pans out. </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"> Sherry's Birthday Last Week at Bible Study</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #38761d;"><b>A song of ascents.</b></div><div style="color: #38761d;"> I lift up my eyes to the mountains—</div><div style="color: #38761d;">where does my help come from?</div><div style="color: #38761d;"> My help comes from the LORD,</div><div style="color: #38761d;">the Maker of heaven and earth. </div><div style="color: #38761d;">He will not let your foot slip—</div><div style="color: #38761d;">he who watches over you will not slumber;</div><div style="color: #38761d;"> indeed, he who watches over Israel</div><div style="color: #38761d;">will neither slumber nor sleep. </div><div style="color: #38761d;"> The LORD watches over you—</div><div style="color: #38761d;">the LORD is your shade at your right hand;</div><div style="color: #38761d;"> the sun will not harm you by day,</div><div style="color: #38761d;">nor the moon by night. </div><div style="color: #38761d;"> The LORD will keep you from all harm—</div><div style="color: #38761d;">he will watch over your life;</div><div style="color: #38761d;">the LORD will watch over your coming and going</div><div style="color: #38761d;">both now and forevermore.</div><div style="color: #38761d;"> Psalm 121</div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-15943847418186943782011-05-05T18:39:00.000-07:002011-05-05T18:52:19.903-07:00I Can See It From Here<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span class="smallMediumText"><div class="medium_text_indent"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x2hJGpUHVQLuYox60tnT-qrFxf2OKyRq0jWLwPO_31MkIB280QBxGGZCMce1LZcaL2RT2rbuzyWqPQWfBrtF1wyXfQP7X_sj1uq9HNYinSD5CSq72HaFtvIj8v_Hu-zUoRwNvupoVwPo/s1600/DSCF2984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="smallMediumText"></span></a><span class="smallMediumText"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy8-wGU3UCvxQ8edROs1thyzWuXct_BQUdDmggO3hxODDnf2siG37WfcqiDkEIQEd43NNHxA97OY6mXtVY6YdkVAaiCY6eYPnDJODJSfVrAMyL5L9nvzj3oVxuEUmcbagFLhOuaIkknxi/s1600/DSCF2989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></span></div>"Who is Chris Stevens? Who AM I? Who are any of us? Are we one person fixed at birth? Do we grow like a snowball coming down the mountainside of life, or can we change, shed our skin? A caterpillar becomes the butterfly, leaving the remains of his former self behind. I look at my yearbook photo--Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Class of 81--and I wonder who that stranger is. Dang if I know. Maybe that's the point, maybe we're not supposed to know, maybe that's what this earthly joy ride's all about. Like Robert Frost said, 'We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.'" </div><div class="medium_text_indent"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Chris In the Morning, Northern Exposure</span></i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Feliz Cinco De Mayo!</span> <span style="color: black;">I can't say we are having any fiestas up here but the thought did occur after Mike called this morning and reminded me. All that unraveled today was what I coined "Blood and Tears" De Mayo! Maybe something was in the water, or it could be the circle around the sun right now but I had several cryers and two bleeders. What a peculiar day! I suppose that's just fitting considering last night's fiasco down on the beach. It was such a glorious evening I just wanted to run toward the mountains with the sun on my face, dogs at my feet, wind in my hair... you can picture the scenario. I failed to take into account however the multitude of mini-rivers springing up from the melting tundra snow, flowing down across the beach toward the sea. It was these trickling cascades of water that were washing away not only the solid beach ice but also the frozen gritty sand that had been deceivingly</span><span style="color: black;"> keeping me surefooted. Of course about 1/4 mile down the beach the previously sloppy but sandy surface morfed into a slick, slip n slide and yup, you already know, out went my feet from under me and slam to my knee. "OOOOOWWWWeeee", I whimper scrambling to my feet and looking around to see if anyone witnessed my gracefulness. Nope, just the dogs and they seemed unphased, galloping about slapping the silty, wet mud all over each other. But it was such a beautiful night that I couldn't let one little fall stop me from inhaling my surroundings...I got up and kept on trucking until....splat! Wham! Down again on the same knee! 'Kneedless' to say I didn't jump up again as quickly that time. Ouuuuch! I stumbled forward and for some unintelligent reason decided to keep on going...until Swoosh! Smack! AHHHHH! Yep, that was my other knee. I laid there in the mud for a moment trying to identify why I had thought it was a good idea to continue on. Through the pain I was relieved that nobody saw me. Attempting to climb to my feet, mud from head to toe futilely wiping at it only succeeding in smearing it everywhere, </span><span class="smallMediumText"><span style="color: black;"> I winced to myself and</span></span><span style="color: black;"> looked up. To see </span><span class="smallMediumText"><span style="color: black;">the chuckling, smile filled face of a local hunter who had enjoyed a front row seat to my stupidity </span></span><span style="color: black;">here in the middle of nowhere. Of course, I wallowed around a bit longer hoping the pain would lessen. I offered a feeble wave and motioned that I would be limping back momentarily, yep just as soon as I could hobble to my feet again...it was a long, long trip home. Why do I share this story??? Because if it makes you laugh even a little then my black and blue knees weren't for naught.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I'm still at school.</span> <span style="color: black;">It's 6 pm. The girls are trying on prom dresses to get ready for the big day next Friday!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br style="color: black;" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tomorrow </span><span style="color: black;">is our final sleep over party at my house. It's gonna be bittersweet! And Traci is coming to visit from Eek so that will be fun! Last time I'm gonna see her until who knows when too... man, I just don't like all these endings.</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I'm an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking. You know when I </span><span style="color: #38761d;">leave</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> and when I get back; I'm never out of your sight. You know everything I'm going to say before I start the first sentence. I look behind me and you're there, then up ahead and you're there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going. This is too much, too wonderful— I can't take it all in! </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Psalm 139:1</span><br />
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<div style="color: #38761d;">I've told you this ahead of time, before it happens, so that when it does happen, the confirmation will deepen your belief in me. I'll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don't worry—he has nothing on me, no claim on me. But so the world might know how thoroughly I love the Father, I am carrying out my Father's instructions right down to the last detail. "Get up. Let's go. It's time to leave here."</div><div style="color: #38761d;">John 14:29</div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-18266490324867625682011-04-28T17:02:00.000-07:002011-04-28T17:16:01.651-07:00Road's Gone Now We Have A River<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tw Cen MT; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.<br />
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."<br />
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,<br />
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.</span></span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tw Cen MT; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">And you may not find any<br />
you'll want to go down.<br />
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you'll head straight out of town.</span></span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tw Cen MT; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's opener there<br />
in the wide open air. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Tw Cen MT; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">~Oh, The Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #990000;"> "Quinhagak"</span> in Yupik it's name means "A new river channel". Our foundation around this tundra village is all gravel. And this week our new river channel decided to flow right smack dab through the village separating uptown from downtown! The village maintenance crew had to bust out all the big equipment to dig out the path the water was headed through before it eroded more of the road than necessary. From there a make shift bridge was placed over the river. We are no longer driving the magic school bus to work as the bridge is just not quite structurally sound enough to be sure it would withstand our weight.<br />
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</tbody> </table>Seems like everyone has been on edge lately, I'm chalking it up to spring fever. We all get a little crazy this time of year, everything changing. Seems everyone is waking up kinda grumpy and groggy from the long winter hibernation. It'll pass. All is well otherwise, the weekend is nipping at our heels and I for one am eager. I have a bit more packing to do;) From the fast melting tundra...this is Rachel saying Pirrua.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Shout Out To:</span> Joshua Mac Skime...turning 31 on the 29th! I love you little brother of mine:) Now off you go into your thirties;) Happy Birthday! And to everyone joining us in Quinhagak this weekend for the Annual Moravian Youth Singspiration! The village will be busting at the seams with visitors from all over this region in no time. Welcome To Quin Everybody!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">"By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise." Romans 5:1</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="color: #38761d;" /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-75656718352329773212011-04-27T23:34:00.000-07:002011-04-29T10:01:20.549-07:00Dream a Little Dream With Me...<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_fQvh-USgT6QHyjNiVDTdRa9wCpTqIxz9W93cd2to6J7etbE2i_Tddqw85Pg5XA1m5w6ZX-Yom8RYV7BsjMnIu7V59lCcNFI2axoeYc9KK9vY22y8JUJ52V7H5HmCIrF8J0JVbPeleJ6/s1600/DSCF2936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Story Knives</td></tr>
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Ali's room 2 of our community member elders are sewing kuspaqs while the girls are weaving with looms, making pillows and tearing ptarmigan. <br />
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That was a sight to behold, downy white feathers flying around the room, each of the girls' heads covered with a light dusting of them, Ali standing a mist the whole shebang orchestrating and futilely trying to blow the floating fragments of wings away from her face before they settled. In Mr. B's room they are carving story knives, I had to laugh as several 6 year olds greeted me at his door sporting safety goggles that looked more like helmets and saws as big as their bodies in hand. All around the room kids are sanding away while Jim has wooden blocks vice gripped to his desk power sawing what would eventually be a story knife. In the high school wing they are hunting, fishing, beading and carving.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Dogs and Sleds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NYO Arm Hit</td></tr>
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A Job in Anchor Town!</div><div style="color: black;">Happy to report that I got word yesterday that I did in fact get a job in Anchorage for next school year. Here goes the next step in our Alaskan Adventure. Thank you to all of you who were keeping me in your prayers! </div><br />
</div></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;">"No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do,<br />
or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God."<br />
Ecclesiastes 5:7</div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-39649649000822966302011-04-24T06:00:00.000-07:002011-04-25T17:59:09.182-07:00Happyaq Easteraq<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;">Easter is not a time for groping through dusty, musty tomes or tombs to disprove spontaneous generation or even to prove life eternal. It is a day to fan the ashes of dead hope, a day to banish doubts and seek the slopes where the sun is rising, to revel in the faith which transports us out of ourselves and the dead past into the vast and inviting unknown. </span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>~Author unknown, as quoted in the Lewiston Tribune</i></span></span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1eJ55knVSwCJbBlXtP8XE5U2AnwTqBv_huvy-V7oBW0MeSRyXxsSU13wLMXEGv5cD0nuMcWUGAfUuYhc2eO2xMVtPUvolNcFKSbM1bBrw5rijhKQllI9S0vV-r14FWovTYQJpe72z-Ne/s1600/DSCF2790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1eJ55knVSwCJbBlXtP8XE5U2AnwTqBv_huvy-V7oBW0MeSRyXxsSU13wLMXEGv5cD0nuMcWUGAfUuYhc2eO2xMVtPUvolNcFKSbM1bBrw5rijhKQllI9S0vV-r14FWovTYQJpe72z-Ne/s320/DSCF2790.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">"Good Morning Quinhagak!" He begins the morning salutations over the VHF.</span> <span style="color: black;">He was answered by 2 or 3 greetings. Yep I was up early today for the Easter Sunrise Service, pulled on the Xtra Tuffs (snow's been steadily melting these last few days with the rain and everything is soaked) slipped into the army issued parka (my favorite piece of all weather attire;) I plodded out the door. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring Thaw 2011 The Flooding Begins</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It's still dark at 6:15 am today. I hook up Mutt and Jeff to their respective sets of steps then set out in the direction from which the bell tolls. As one foot steps in front of the other, I'm there again, transported to my first morning in Quinhagak. It was a </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Sunday, it was raining then too. I had been begging God the whole day and night before to just let me get back on one of those tin cans with wings they call planes and go home to my family. My eyes were red from tears, my stomach sick with the unknown, I stood surrounded by unfamiliar faces. I had followed the bell that day too. The bell which hangs just outside the church in a little building that could look like a really tall outhouse. The bell that is rang before every church gathering. An invitation to us all here in Quin, Come to Church Quinhagak! Jesus loves you:) </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> Crunch, splosh, splish, crunch I splash through the snowy slush toward the road and smile at the thought then offer up a quyana to the Lord for somehow keeping me put, back then in spite of myself. I can see the dark sky starting to glow a lighter shade of blue toward Eek mountain. This place, this road, this walk to the church...it has all become home to me. </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I follow Carrie and Elena in, John is holding the door. There are a handful of people scattered among the last 5 pews (nobody really cares to voluntarily sit front and center). I slide in next to Pauline smile and whisper "Happy Easter!" She nods and grins. Jerilyn and Karen walk past and sit in the pew ahead of us. We smile at each other and mouth "Hi!" They are up early too, we all took maqii last night at Liz's... a super hot one, so by all rights we should still be sawing logs. I'm there again almost standing outside myself looking at the deja vue scenario. But<i> this time</i> my eyes are red from last night's hot steam. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqOVnQ6q8IE7mGlrLn0hZ4fj-jXRoAsCSaQC39pNcmWYP2dkp3FCi_QgtDSdTgqJruODul3bNVFvo6m4VVbk_BV0e7WThFTbcdxvuYzaVd_0sQPQwJZef5qxUZzAKaZbIauVczM_Krcsd/s1600/DSCF2788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqOVnQ6q8IE7mGlrLn0hZ4fj-jXRoAsCSaQC39pNcmWYP2dkp3FCi_QgtDSdTgqJruODul3bNVFvo6m4VVbk_BV0e7WThFTbcdxvuYzaVd_0sQPQwJZef5qxUZzAKaZbIauVczM_Krcsd/s200/DSCF2788.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><i>This time</i> I stand surrounded by familiar faces of my friends. <i>This time</i> my stomach is sick at the realization that</span><i style="color: black;"> This Time</i><span style="color: black;"> of my life is very quickly drawing to an end. In less than one month, I will say good bye to my home in Quinhagak, Alaska and I'm not ready. I'm more scared and nervous to leave this place than I ever was to come here. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlgVK_UTkx0T78bY_5awPMfs0DlxnixfpQoiw4AOgnS29iwjRaLhUZkjCwT5wkbjQW8IdKCjHON4OyvT4Ub_g_OJqCfnbUoDCg1p4W4oVaI1p3uRdyrEPZHhGHVGR6THY6QnBziALSEdb/s1600/DSCF2786.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlgVK_UTkx0T78bY_5awPMfs0DlxnixfpQoiw4AOgnS29iwjRaLhUZkjCwT5wkbjQW8IdKCjHON4OyvT4Ub_g_OJqCfnbUoDCg1p4W4oVaI1p3uRdyrEPZHhGHVGR6THY6QnBziALSEdb/s200/DSCF2786.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> But these are the journeys that we travel. Unknown, new, different, change everything that is awaiting me on the other side of May 20th, 2011. That's my take off date. Booked the tickets for all of us...Ani, Tak, and myself. I wish life had a set of brakes. I spent last week trying to squeeze in as many interviews in Anchorage as I could. I'm praying for the right job well actually any job at this point. Again I find myself at the 'flying through the air having to let go of one trapeze bar in order to grab the other' phase right now. Unsure if (a) there will even be another bar to grab and (b) if I can get a good enough grip to hang on! Ahhh, but all too well we know these circus events are the same ones that God uses to stretch us, strengthen our faith, increase our obedience. And so at this moment I'm sailing through the air in a free fly...having to let go of one to reach the other. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> The blessing in all this? I'm taking everyone with me. Quinhagak has taken up permanent residence my heart, property has been staked and it is coming with. Isn't it amazing how much love we can have in our hearts? I don't think there's a maximum capacity and that is a beautiful thing. Anyway we sang a few Yupik hymns, Pastor Chingliak shared the liturgy, we bundled up and made the annual symbolic Easter walk to the grave yard. Then as the sun began to crawl over the mountains masked by the rain clouds, and facing the dozens of painted white wooden crosses jutting out of the mounded graves every which way, we huddled up, sang a few more hymns, and Pastor Chingliak completed the liturgy. Turning to leave we greet each other with a handshake or a hug "Happy Easter". As we walk back along the road to the church I feel sad that <i>this time </i>will be over. Then God reminds me "What is dead will be made alive." I get it. <i>This Time</i> may never be again this side of heaven but what do I know of the next place... Maybe on our way to heaven God will let me walk with my friends in Quinhagak like we did this morning...who knows;) God knows:) Happy Easter Everyone. Hallelujah Christ is Risen!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Shout Out To:<span style="color: black;"> Meg and Cheri! Thank you for generous donation of beautiful dresses sent up to add to our collection for this year's Prom 2011! The girls will love them Quyana:)</span></span> </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p> </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">At noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock. Then about that time Jesus shouted, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?" Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, "He's calling for Elijah." One of them at once ran and grabbed a sponge. He soaked it in wine, then put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. Others said, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come and save him." Once again Jesus shouted, and then he died. At once the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, and rocks split apart. Graves opened, and many of God's people were raised to life. Then after Jesus had risen to life, they came out of their graves and went into the holy city, where they were seen by many people. The officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus felt the earthquake and saw everything else that happened. They were frightened and said, "This man really was God's Son!" </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">Matthew 45-54</span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-58770355928610843282011-04-21T22:02:00.000-07:002011-04-22T15:04:23.772-07:00Something Bigger Than Yourself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: blue; text-align: center;">"What I've experienced today is people connecting through their deeds, gestures, hopes. I think that is the story of the Special Olympics."</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">—<i>Sean Dorman</i><i>, volunteer in charge of the Global Youth Summit</i></span></div><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">To start us</span> out we had an incredible send off by our own school! A pep rally complete with us running in to gymnasium with "Welcome to the Jungle" blaring! We played the Youtube video from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avFzVhA-4Oc">Special Olympics Alaska</a> of the partners club for the entire school to introduce them to what we were doing. It was perfect! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Flew the friendly skies</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw96FXDW5LqS2p9iULW6d9UROCulo7DUUZxcoajLOlN4lnLG5oZJpJ6rmo_JV_vA1ciM0k596G4RGnvrxwGWrRjlx3HrxU4x9GMwdYaukZzyfBsqaf9Li28_AK6m9NRTAvcD-AMW6N7c2g/s1600/DSCF2581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw96FXDW5LqS2p9iULW6d9UROCulo7DUUZxcoajLOlN4lnLG5oZJpJ6rmo_JV_vA1ciM0k596G4RGnvrxwGWrRjlx3HrxU4x9GMwdYaukZzyfBsqaf9Li28_AK6m9NRTAvcD-AMW6N7c2g/s200/DSCF2581.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are Basketball</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJTMghS9ELXTZsICM33Ntni5qoPUt_nbd5yN1xk6NnIx2a3op9FjwxjHDDwAnPMFrzsPvTK-Hv5hrFYddIatYomkt8EpgBd4j0T87emd9WLRbOQi7R0FrHViLUarycDV7wGHuR4uc1jC7/s1600/DSCF2777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJTMghS9ELXTZsICM33Ntni5qoPUt_nbd5yN1xk6NnIx2a3op9FjwxjHDDwAnPMFrzsPvTK-Hv5hrFYddIatYomkt8EpgBd4j0T87emd9WLRbOQi7R0FrHViLUarycDV7wGHuR4uc1jC7/s200/DSCF2777.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saw lots of Flying Wild Alaska!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Met New Friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgrLy9bnpaXWO-Oq-zXBERzDdNaFW2y-GF1xfvKzMSpuzFq7fZ0GYIPCAVM_9oj_cHEkt_H_sa9PQXStzJIqcCTxTb_USJEQHYkz_WmGTgMB6orwH1mS-EV16zDFY6vk0pmI5CxiLvXus/s1600/DSCF2423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgrLy9bnpaXWO-Oq-zXBERzDdNaFW2y-GF1xfvKzMSpuzFq7fZ0GYIPCAVM_9oj_cHEkt_H_sa9PQXStzJIqcCTxTb_USJEQHYkz_WmGTgMB6orwH1mS-EV16zDFY6vk0pmI5CxiLvXus/s200/DSCF2423.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Ate more pizza</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnnSE0buSeRcLJG0nlrSVU7TuSHYJSCbTHMWnXMCn-Lk44oY7mf6eOZ1lqfJPQvarkMS1JG0jaRy7ML9pukQBh4-gr4s5hFXeMvZCUzwupi7Qt3C-q1ZSfuXECMm2gVb7KWF-6ZdEVGda/s1600/DSCF2571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnnSE0buSeRcLJG0nlrSVU7TuSHYJSCbTHMWnXMCn-Lk44oY7mf6eOZ1lqfJPQvarkMS1JG0jaRy7ML9pukQBh4-gr4s5hFXeMvZCUzwupi7Qt3C-q1ZSfuXECMm2gVb7KWF-6ZdEVGda/s200/DSCF2571.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Played More Basketball</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Ran Races</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Long Jumped</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Jumped</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVmKt_FPWcGEMWw2WW5hLVqd32HbF2S1gTh393VH-6Y2BKb-B9d-WYLdzqpIo7Oqvh-_i_PdTJrUZM7WhIWqsTB9G_lJGsRtT036FOhX-NnsX7n_F3Ts3oiZNiWMCx6P_Mx-YkexPCFtX/s1600/DSCF2503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVmKt_FPWcGEMWw2WW5hLVqd32HbF2S1gTh393VH-6Y2BKb-B9d-WYLdzqpIo7Oqvh-_i_PdTJrUZM7WhIWqsTB9G_lJGsRtT036FOhX-NnsX7n_F3Ts3oiZNiWMCx6P_Mx-YkexPCFtX/s200/DSCF2503.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Jumped</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeZ_wx9mnxQX2rv_Lr550r2DyExdgiMCVVBBDiv2U9OcltNAZFQ2J_eS1zYV3Acj9L3bo5Vc3gHrWl-7Ba9DPXdyg1d1MO-0w9xYtb6DD4G_3R8dg7QqTcRPy9pdfqaW1tQ3M_RlhDG5J/s1600/DSCF2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeZ_wx9mnxQX2rv_Lr550r2DyExdgiMCVVBBDiv2U9OcltNAZFQ2J_eS1zYV3Acj9L3bo5Vc3gHrWl-7Ba9DPXdyg1d1MO-0w9xYtb6DD4G_3R8dg7QqTcRPy9pdfqaW1tQ3M_RlhDG5J/s200/DSCF2482.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Tossed Bean Bags</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BXQu0mDehhv7KEqlS1qKny_jRw-NmF58HCjEFQZ_BQSh7H59hI72pSD41XF7og2uxlw_ihkvd3d1uQ0xDNIvM5TlXFwa2zgPjv2ETdaqUsgggGMVmPSUl6qzGGciVO0cSmR4ktRaPS9t/s1600/DSCF2444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BXQu0mDehhv7KEqlS1qKny_jRw-NmF58HCjEFQZ_BQSh7H59hI72pSD41XF7og2uxlw_ihkvd3d1uQ0xDNIvM5TlXFwa2zgPjv2ETdaqUsgggGMVmPSUl6qzGGciVO0cSmR4ktRaPS9t/s200/DSCF2444.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Visited with Connie's Dad</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4uydYU3vMRaaoRsWaE5eMWQMZFC9SHc0bBmqaVAlNXbLcJpdCaY-D4z5c4tCLjjajX_NpHwZ7Z-hWbYujsTs2L2WwDIL8zZIU-f2NYCFJM9eE9YUtZCuLmLAWbR69PiZGjEmErCBAvP1/s1600/DSCF2450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4uydYU3vMRaaoRsWaE5eMWQMZFC9SHc0bBmqaVAlNXbLcJpdCaY-D4z5c4tCLjjajX_NpHwZ7Z-hWbYujsTs2L2WwDIL8zZIU-f2NYCFJM9eE9YUtZCuLmLAWbR69PiZGjEmErCBAvP1/s200/DSCF2450.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Made Our Team Sign</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We scootered through the obstacle course</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SXzn09xbny2Nyo9OpysAVDgkGOOfCILjcL4s8xnWrLqOsV14FkT2Um9PWOQ7hoo73fMUZMVRP5a-oICKimzSKPHG2iyot4DI1NxOiHkGsa5ZnAuS23oGpCzayAY-XzdxUtZ5aXzFkNHB/s1600/DSCF2479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SXzn09xbny2Nyo9OpysAVDgkGOOfCILjcL4s8xnWrLqOsV14FkT2Um9PWOQ7hoo73fMUZMVRP5a-oICKimzSKPHG2iyot4DI1NxOiHkGsa5ZnAuS23oGpCzayAY-XzdxUtZ5aXzFkNHB/s200/DSCF2479.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team Quinhagak</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #990000;">Then we flew to Bethel </span>and participated in the 1st ever Bethel Unified Special Olympics Tournament! It truly was hands down the best experience this year. The kids participated in everything from a basketball tournament, long jump, 50 meter dash, bena bag toss, obstacle course and relay race to a shopping trip at the AC, lunch at Front Street Cafe, doing hair, painting nails and wearing formals to the dance. Our kids and chaperons alike had an absolute blast! From Friday to Sunday we were running around Bethel Regional High School living it up meeting new people and cheering each other on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Team Sign</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We met more new friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Got Dressed Up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Danced the night away</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Laughed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Danced some more</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Smiled..A lot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Boogied</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did the Twist and Shout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> We Learned a new line dance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We put our hands in the air</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this seriously on the menu?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate Lunch at Front Street</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> Shout Out To: </span> Everyone who volunteered to make such an incredible event possible! Quyanaqvaa! We appreciate you!</div></td></tr>
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: lime; text-align: center;">"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;"> 2 Timothy 4:7 </span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-90834117916712917012011-04-15T12:15:00.000-07:002011-04-15T12:16:54.063-07:00Here We Go!<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;">"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">~Special Olympics Motto </span></i></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13</span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-82045892337702052612011-04-13T15:53:00.000-07:002011-04-14T13:44:18.195-07:00The Business of Living<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">They say it's an ill wind that bloweth no man to good. I think our own Dr. Joel Fleischman will attest to that. For those of you who missed it, Maggie scored a one round decision over Dr. Fleischman last night. Right jab to the old honker. Pow! T.K.O.<br />
What better sign that the coho winds are once again upon us…<br />
My advice this year, don't fight them, embrace them.<br />
Know your enemy. <span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;"><br />
~Chris in the Morning, Northern Exposure</span></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #990000;">The Wild Wild West</span><br />
The Alaska State Troopers dropped in to visit us last weekend. Well not so much to visit as to confiscate several community members for a little remediation else where. Reminded me of the day Gram and Grampa called very concerned during my first year when another Quin local had found his 15 minutes of fame as the star of the reality show Alaska State Troopers, which of course, Gram and Gramp had been tuned into. I assured them I was not in danger as I feel quite safe here. Everyone knows everyone and watches out for each other. As a matter of fact it was the other community members who called the troopers to come pick up those few in need of appropriate behavioral reminders. All is well out here in the wild, wild, west.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">You and Me Going Fishing on the Ice</span><br />
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John Teddy took Connie and I on an ice fishing extravaganza up river this weekend. We loaded up on JT's four wheel and hit the snow go trail. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvOMVl2Cq7ICxA7_XaJyOdxowCEifSf4Cf97QDWo5waTOMTOAybzAitd1-A0pU34oRS2LhaKzIhoLF7-xd8iOL78Hj8en0hjV-4V2cpYht719bggq9RYy8JNgI3MlYM_fsj1eDjHNeJ6K/s1600/DSCF2383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvOMVl2Cq7ICxA7_XaJyOdxowCEifSf4Cf97QDWo5waTOMTOAybzAitd1-A0pU34oRS2LhaKzIhoLF7-xd8iOL78Hj8en0hjV-4V2cpYht719bggq9RYy8JNgI3MlYM_fsj1eDjHNeJ6K/s200/DSCF2383.JPG" width="200" /></a> All was going great until we appeared to be off-trailing all over the frozen river. I admit I got a little nervous, wasn't this the river that was flowing with water only days before due to the high tides. Haven't we had some relatively warm days. Shouldn't we be a little cautious I wondered to myself as John free wheeled all over the drifts and potentially unsafe cracked ice...so when we suddenly sploshed and dropped into a small pocket of thawed ice I leaped off and scrambled to the bank. John proceeded on while Connie tapped his shoulder to draw his attention to the missing cargo. <br />
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</tbody></table>"What are you doing? I didn't think I was driving that crazy!" John confusedly questioned me. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDck9sosBuNQgQ1DY-KViuCGmio87CnOuJ__2eMcSIPyWvjEOERs-9v-zK_aF8u46In8DaXmfAckkCH7R54kjY4uMJdjaB2nmdiG0ApDcTIW0keHSKV9U_-MyHuln4ehjl9PnBpnkfwZUJ/s1600/DSCF2381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDck9sosBuNQgQ1DY-KViuCGmio87CnOuJ__2eMcSIPyWvjEOERs-9v-zK_aF8u46In8DaXmfAckkCH7R54kjY4uMJdjaB2nmdiG0ApDcTIW0keHSKV9U_-MyHuln4ehjl9PnBpnkfwZUJ/s200/DSCF2381.JPG" width="200" /></a> "Oh, I didn't fall." I assured him of his sufficient driving skills, "I jumped." "You jumped? Why? This ice is good. It's very deep," now he was puzzled, "Jump off a perfectly good four wheel?" he shook his head. "John," I tried to justify, " I was going to save you in case we went through." "Humph," he shook his head again, "you will help me chip our ice hole and then you'll know." Okay and to the left you can see me trying to reach down into the 4 foot deep hole (still no water) to dig out the chips of ice John had hacked away. I would later have to dive into that same hole after the stick fishing pole as a fishy fishy took off with it when I wasn't paying close enough attention. Shocker right? Yeah, yeah. Soaking wet up to my elbow but I saved the stick. Anyway I wasn't so nervous about the ice on our way out, but we also took the road by land just to humor me.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">"Let's Go For Coffee!"</span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;">This is Connie and my new mantra. We love the idea of being able to go to the store and have coffee. Even though we haven't done it yet. We will, oh, yes we will.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">Beach Wanderings</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DpkBPmrin4oXO6BiRtbfyrSc_a_Cm8qlWv6ubTCRpcNvEXI5I_SXWwvRQVNtSC2qc1rOE4y99E4Vjai30b6w3heSgx321LONpkmiryKtn8mRtuLpC0VvtyKKI2x35R8OQRplL2EelfOx/s1600/DSCF2394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DpkBPmrin4oXO6BiRtbfyrSc_a_Cm8qlWv6ubTCRpcNvEXI5I_SXWwvRQVNtSC2qc1rOE4y99E4Vjai30b6w3heSgx321LONpkmiryKtn8mRtuLpC0VvtyKKI2x35R8OQRplL2EelfOx/s200/DSCF2394.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The latest trek to the Bering yielded these fine specimens of kodak momentry. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTlJoSbwyF7RR_ji7SJJE7OyOr8NN3XRrjjK6jA4gFvM15WwwPZR4Hgv0vdcxw_u2SSgEjRqCR-klVAMW4qx2j9IGoUeO5FVjby6PWEKylcANs6cM-ouUOQXEItz2aWv_kZX79QNskA3A/s1600/DSCF2397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTlJoSbwyF7RR_ji7SJJE7OyOr8NN3XRrjjK6jA4gFvM15WwwPZR4Hgv0vdcxw_u2SSgEjRqCR-klVAMW4qx2j9IGoUeO5FVjby6PWEKylcANs6cM-ouUOQXEItz2aWv_kZX79QNskA3A/s200/DSCF2397.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"> The sea ice is melting into all kinds strange shelving unitish pieces. We saw our very first sea gull of the summer/spring. It must have been lost. There were no other sea gulls but it was like seeing the dove with an olive branch. We identified with Noah and the Arc. Chris just informed me that sea gulls mean only four more snows. Hum, I think we've already had 4 more since we saw the sea gull. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #990000;">The Hat Unveiled</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">It's all in the 'temple'</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">This just in...the ushers can tell if you are chewing gum from across the church by watching your <b><i>temple</i></b>. Sneaky, sneaky.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Brrrr. </span> The weather has been cold here. Cold, cold, cold. It's light out til 10:30 and freezing all day. </div> <br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Shout Out To:</span> Coastal Villages Regional Fund, the Native Village of Kwinhagak, Bethel Native Corporation, Alaska West Outfitters, and Bethel Regional High School for the very generous donations each of these entities gave us which has enabled several of our intensive students to attend the1st Annual Bethel Regional High School Special Olympics Invitational!!! This is the first time Special Olympics Unified School Program has been hosted in rural Alaska!! What an incredible experience for our kiddos up here! Thanks to Zach Kramer at BHRS heading up this whole show. This is going to be amazing and we get to be part of it! Our kids are so excited. Again, Quyana to those who have helped us make this possible for our kids. This is going to be wonderful for our student athletes attending all of whom have never had the opportunity to travel with a team, stay overnight, participate in sports, or go to a restaurant . We had money to buy matching team warm ups (they all look so professional!) and are borrowing the school basketball uniforms. There is a formal dance Saturday night so we pulled all the prom dresses out of storage. The girls picked out dresses and the boys got suits. I can not wait to see the fun that happens this weekend! I'll be filling you in! Have a great weekend yourselves!<br />
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<div style="color: #009900; text-align: center;">"The wind blows to the south and turns to the north;<br />
round and round it goes, ever returning on its course."<br />
Ecclesiastes 1:6</div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-91857867214974330832011-04-08T05:30:00.000-07:002011-04-08T21:12:56.640-07:00Going Coastal<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" >Winnie the Pooh</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavC1S-5V4jQI_fSJAlQfUiPpTvJZpUQs1sScizg4GYECbJSBrRGTywmipeNrJT0DqSlWq0CHLfPI8juQ3dbI_qPhNVynxSLFPtd0VtEfZ8pmLcnYBA1ZukSjqPeNIx9GB10hwFYmsF9-r/s1600/DSCF2372.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavC1S-5V4jQI_fSJAlQfUiPpTvJZpUQs1sScizg4GYECbJSBrRGTywmipeNrJT0DqSlWq0CHLfPI8juQ3dbI_qPhNVynxSLFPtd0VtEfZ8pmLcnYBA1ZukSjqPeNIx9GB10hwFYmsF9-r/s200/DSCF2372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592997123680355106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">The Banks of the Kanektok swell dangerously close to houses<br />when the strong winds and high tide team up to cause overflowing atop the winter ice cover.</span><br /></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw2-9KlmPRFdTWhwp8xiN0yomYqKSdGYjxoyQbqpLB9snBP0PE-FWnQ7xsKUFWr7zJZ-P4R3cqaGmwJjSHO_vwi7xcvT1qMlFfn4UWY_mzxQfPUG-WFpuAC-PNQ6zKFD0BdgrEVKRAQhI/s1600/DSCF2367.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw2-9KlmPRFdTWhwp8xiN0yomYqKSdGYjxoyQbqpLB9snBP0PE-FWnQ7xsKUFWr7zJZ-P4R3cqaGmwJjSHO_vwi7xcvT1qMlFfn4UWY_mzxQfPUG-WFpuAC-PNQ6zKFD0BdgrEVKRAQhI/s200/DSCF2367.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592996200026404050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8Vf2-9b5ouwRGk2ebWKBrhbl20XUwWZcUgEqne4BrRlErmA4rDezWcDchVu4uIetFNSYMVsuDhcBvBD9a0VUfM6BkrXMgkfS0Vh_XA1C9hTGmPFjTqqqGgXANVRMi3teYE7azb2SVTFk/s1600/DSCF2368.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8Vf2-9b5ouwRGk2ebWKBrhbl20XUwWZcUgEqne4BrRlErmA4rDezWcDchVu4uIetFNSYMVsuDhcBvBD9a0VUfM6BkrXMgkfS0Vh_XA1C9hTGmPFjTqqqGgXANVRMi3teYE7azb2SVTFk/s200/DSCF2368.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592996655618960402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our beloved Kanektok River </span>washes through residents' salmon drying racks/houses and over wintering boats once thought by their owners to be anchored 'on shore'. Adam shared an interesting fact...Did you know that the word 'Kanektok' is actually the 'Gussack's (white man) slaughtered rendition of the Yupik word 'Quinhagak' and of course, it stuck. Anyway this lovely hurricane like weather and flooding has gotten us on the evening news on Channel 2 again last night. We're kinda famous up this way, ehhhhh;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Presenting Le Vill'age Walmart</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUrboWvR4uQu0CEv751erg6ZSGTHpRUGS4ktfkPERND8c4ni0j85Rc1VKAyEneDwzCkt1X0GuNKezldui0d5e2kh7XxJrGmNLOEdXsB3aRqqUV4Jmo2sMtjx36aRyGFzuHkZBbys2rk3J/s1600/DSCF2354.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUrboWvR4uQu0CEv751erg6ZSGTHpRUGS4ktfkPERND8c4ni0j85Rc1VKAyEneDwzCkt1X0GuNKezldui0d5e2kh7XxJrGmNLOEdXsB3aRqqUV4Jmo2sMtjx36aRyGFzuHkZBbys2rk3J/s200/DSCF2354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592994328288544066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFWs69hY0HlJ5IEqR_HUDb1MKz2jlxCSVtgqMGtS3SQK41Eqyc4zG0vNpUN_BhAZyf8KP0hIxtnb_hgXl5hadQsVzUyxk9qK4sxolKCfT54BTQRx_Bj4jYnJzogOhjRVJC0qbK3CWFXT5/s1600/DSCF2358.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFWs69hY0HlJ5IEqR_HUDb1MKz2jlxCSVtgqMGtS3SQK41Eqyc4zG0vNpUN_BhAZyf8KP0hIxtnb_hgXl5hadQsVzUyxk9qK4sxolKCfT54BTQRx_Bj4jYnJzogOhjRVJC0qbK3CWFXT5/s200/DSCF2358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592995737572968930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here it is everybody! The new, improved and enlarged Native Village of Kwinhagak Store! The Qanirtuug! During the grand opening day as I mentioned previously we were in the throes of a full on blizzard, which we still are..yeah, it's going on three days of howling breezes and sleeting, snow. As you can barely see through that snow, it certainly didn't stop us from coming out by the droves to grab a hold of one of those fancy carts, take a few spins around the aisles and listen to that foreign 'beep beep' of the new high tech scanners at the registers. Connie is Vanna Whiting the coffee counter to the left and to the right you can see the lines at the check out and tables where I'm anxious to sit for hours and enjoy watching some people watching over a cup a joe. What an exciting addition to our little community!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8_2n4i3dXf5d-Fwgczb2WLHrlS2dw6mWI6VrYSW-f5jxK_96b5Ma4XZVj7BtTlyoxExL7QjYHyupp5fQyaVYd5LOItwpAcQ08AJlPuuOVNRgk8XlWwK2vuPwnErBY9fefkpPo-NFsi9R/s1600/DSCF2357.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8_2n4i3dXf5d-Fwgczb2WLHrlS2dw6mWI6VrYSW-f5jxK_96b5Ma4XZVj7BtTlyoxExL7QjYHyupp5fQyaVYd5LOItwpAcQ08AJlPuuOVNRgk8XlWwK2vuPwnErBY9fefkpPo-NFsi9R/s200/DSCF2357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592995278727181602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOt06szUzOjfl0noTyJGLggyt2-zYMojsnPRnZoFku-1Cb7MRgCokasl4ZML35nEVCkFKOLb2USDNbO51mn_eGTn3UI5H06HzlCO0ZnP1Q7VJ06rIjQm_TOGG6nkE30HeA8i_JpSCVyc7/s1600/DSCF2355.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOt06szUzOjfl0noTyJGLggyt2-zYMojsnPRnZoFku-1Cb7MRgCokasl4ZML35nEVCkFKOLb2USDNbO51mn_eGTn3UI5H06HzlCO0ZnP1Q7VJ06rIjQm_TOGG6nkE30HeA8i_JpSCVyc7/s200/DSCF2355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593272002804657666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29eWQQ-iNj1ldemOfWPhjqjj5Q9KQZ5Xx3-JkB5SvTf-KsZcjjbL8W30HM1KB8n5tDueCT1_XGup7tx6MA2fAZX4nw_v0YHgLVH8EY02m3OFA0_9hbDMz1pN6aknFSV1qNm6HehBRveC1/s1600/DSCF2359.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29eWQQ-iNj1ldemOfWPhjqjj5Q9KQZ5Xx3-JkB5SvTf-KsZcjjbL8W30HM1KB8n5tDueCT1_XGup7tx6MA2fAZX4nw_v0YHgLVH8EY02m3OFA0_9hbDMz1pN6aknFSV1qNm6HehBRveC1/s200/DSCF2359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592993778472216226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Me, Ali & Big Jon, and Allison posing with our free gifts of food in the blizzard</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">at the Grand Opening of what the kids are calling "THE BIG STORE".</span> </span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">When Teachers Hand You Lemons</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDU7ay5tJtuqLqyZAuFWiSNNjXEQB8vgSSgNoFtDziI-L-yISZohiRbReExBgZZXu5m2yOTMg6Tg8cXCdVMVB0-S9PnILwm7p7DE5D0Bco0yWH-W3_y8mR1ViWDbq0ZjOGvOi9YtcIBE4/s1600/DSCF2325.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDU7ay5tJtuqLqyZAuFWiSNNjXEQB8vgSSgNoFtDziI-L-yISZohiRbReExBgZZXu5m2yOTMg6Tg8cXCdVMVB0-S9PnILwm7p7DE5D0Bco0yWH-W3_y8mR1ViWDbq0ZjOGvOi9YtcIBE4/s200/DSCF2325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593267912349040210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwAWxQl9k88pGmaTXqBjVaIjOYNjCDSTv_aMqFDjcqY5jd_RXdXOaa6Z-vDc0mzaA8KPs5DlP-OH4ssumzb32ox8YVKgeUXbwdQoJmQMlEpS99ZYrkVp_-zjls_1CBJgMEs94n2q7Q-JW/s1600/DSCF2326.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwAWxQl9k88pGmaTXqBjVaIjOYNjCDSTv_aMqFDjcqY5jd_RXdXOaa6Z-vDc0mzaA8KPs5DlP-OH4ssumzb32ox8YVKgeUXbwdQoJmQMlEpS99ZYrkVp_-zjls_1CBJgMEs94n2q7Q-JW/s200/DSCF2326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593268407301110082" border="0" /></a>Eat 'em!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The boys were enthralled with the lemons I had bought while in Bethel for the detox week (which Connie and I completed and celebrated last night with a pizza!). "Wow, I seen those in movies." Bobby observed as I took one out of the fridge to cut up and add to my delicious nalgene of water. "You've never seen a lemon eh?" I commented, "Well, you really need to taste it then." I handed them each a slice and grabbed the camera. Enjoy the results for yourself;) It was unanimous by the way they all like lemons and even had to recruit a friend to come over and try one. Did I mention I'm gonna miss these kids?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Principal Eric on the VHF</span><br />Where else in the world does the principal get on the VHF from the school office in the morning and roll call the students who need to get there behinds outta bed and up to the school for the last day of STATE TESTING... yep. To which a variety of community members respond "Repeat, Please." "Was so and so on that list?" "Okay, Good Morning." I love it!!! It's the village version of 'Twitter'. Immediate intercom to everyone in the greater Quinhagak area! I bet all principals would like that instant access now and then. Principal Eric is a pretty lucky boss.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs."<br />Isaiah 41:18<br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-77506182368825706752011-04-05T20:41:00.000-07:002011-04-06T22:23:22.409-07:00Hey?! Where Did Spring Go?<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Tomorrow doesn't scare me for I have seen yesterday<br />and I love today. ~D.H.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSWOVpO0S7e2SaRiasc6OA0Toj_OBv4qSrMJAI3pX_wLWoGh8a-sHiqPBYORykI4K05pByg1r2g2yK79CAr0cLPdYGuGH6TP7ILceUUOBdDxr2ZbsrPDX_dw1bU0CNGpQ7rMQq3MjQFgc/s1600/DSCF2337.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSWOVpO0S7e2SaRiasc6OA0Toj_OBv4qSrMJAI3pX_wLWoGh8a-sHiqPBYORykI4K05pByg1r2g2yK79CAr0cLPdYGuGH6TP7ILceUUOBdDxr2ZbsrPDX_dw1bU0CNGpQ7rMQq3MjQFgc/s200/DSCF2337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592629624001338178" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Yesterday in Quinhagak</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCjtrD4094sv2ZOg-Tw0Pw8uU2Gwsi-9qCg2NMFRjkGEJMwlUxQCGM-rZ8gbqIW9Mw62FrclyclHsUFZd504qTirRLutFL7r0O7PN8plFaY3_zJ5i600Hc76qWaof06xEzfUy3SUW-PIJ/s1600/DSCF2349.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCjtrD4094sv2ZOg-Tw0Pw8uU2Gwsi-9qCg2NMFRjkGEJMwlUxQCGM-rZ8gbqIW9Mw62FrclyclHsUFZd504qTirRLutFL7r0O7PN8plFaY3_zJ5i600Hc76qWaof06xEzfUy3SUW-PIJ/s1600/DSCF2349.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCjtrD4094sv2ZOg-Tw0Pw8uU2Gwsi-9qCg2NMFRjkGEJMwlUxQCGM-rZ8gbqIW9Mw62FrclyclHsUFZd504qTirRLutFL7r0O7PN8plFaY3_zJ5i600Hc76qWaof06xEzfUy3SUW-PIJ/s200/DSCF2349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592625802343492786" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">And Today...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Statement as of </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="b">3:52 PM AKDT on April 06, 2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">... Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 7 am akdt Thursday...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Blizzard conditions with visibilities reduced to near zero have</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">overspread the coastal regions this afternoon as the powerful Bering Sea</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">low moves towards the western coast. An additional 2 to 6 inches</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">of snow accumulations are possible overnight. This snow will</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">combine with east to southeast winds of 25 to 50 mph to produce</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">blowing snow that will keep visibilities reduced to near</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">zero... especially along the coast.</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Warmer air will overspread the region during the morning</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">hours and snow will change to rain most areas... especially from</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Bethel south and east. However... cold air will arrive from the</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">west and winds will again increase by Thursday afternoon. Blizzard</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">conditions could redevelop during the afternoon hours... especially</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">along the northern coast. </span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Precautionary/preparedness actions... </span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to white-out</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">conditions... making travel extremely dangerous. All travel and</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">outdoor activity is strongly discouraged.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSKdcOusRFhBoLOubvtOENZBGGY-rGYdylQizm8djGjxNNXc3YyQPotA9ILuC2CiXm2Jiz10pnR2TXkwKQbKg7zhfPHIBCTlwCbIqpRUAE6VOwris9huJ48mbsipB4bcRnSv5ShwwvXvN/s1600/DSCF2350.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSKdcOusRFhBoLOubvtOENZBGGY-rGYdylQizm8djGjxNNXc3YyQPotA9ILuC2CiXm2Jiz10pnR2TXkwKQbKg7zhfPHIBCTlwCbIqpRUAE6VOwris9huJ48mbsipB4bcRnSv5ShwwvXvN/s200/DSCF2350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592609861500441458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Just ventured outside to relieve the dogs. We were nearly blown off the steps. <br />Yup, it's perdy gusty out there. Everybody's been talking about the warning of high tides combined with these high winds pushing the shore ice up onto land.<br />This might be nearing the worst storm for wind<br />and snow that I've experienced so far.<br />Even sent out the phone tree in case of school cancellation.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The blizzard, however has not proven to be strong enough to keep locals from enjoying the grand opening of our long awaited new village store. Which was hopping despite the danger of getting stuck in the parking lot. It was surreal. You walk across the small gravel parking lot weaving between four wheelers and snow gos then you enter what seriously looks like Walmart! Which is exactly what one of our coworkers commented as she was sitting at a table near the little coffee counter.."Welcome to the Village Walmart." And it was, even down to the lines at the check out. We were all stunned, jaws on the floor gawking at the shelves full of anything we could imagine. Kids were gleefully running up and down the aisles pushing mini shopping carts. Then the store gave away free gifts of food. I got a snack box with a cheese block shaped like a bowling pin and some pretzels and honey mustard. So kind. Anyway we're all hunkered down using rugs to try to block the obviously drafts flowing every which way through the house, tundra air conditioning.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />Could These Two Be Any Cuter?<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGQq8yC-PognyoteHbF5b_AQ_kxL1lNo0cOcMevKFKnlV6wAbI_tMh0tNmq802-xtdeYtJrolnyAkHHQFNPXyl_HnzfiIsZOAXN77KJu7YTU4-PIRXtTVb6pHDcPEiuxCgJoLVvxpymKe/s1600/DSCF2332.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGQq8yC-PognyoteHbF5b_AQ_kxL1lNo0cOcMevKFKnlV6wAbI_tMh0tNmq802-xtdeYtJrolnyAkHHQFNPXyl_HnzfiIsZOAXN77KJu7YTU4-PIRXtTVb6pHDcPEiuxCgJoLVvxpymKe/s200/DSCF2332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592626837780306066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1q8vRT00Rw15sx-qowSbmEMe40WaEhrDZdT25W6MdbUNUZbhY1kUtumR8Jc_yrIllZhiZB3GK793HOT3Tq6HHcXNbYiXw4FakNEzZ4SiM9Q-aSy0PMOXVgMUPX_fdEejZmihswzNzYa-/s1600/DSCF2331.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1q8vRT00Rw15sx-qowSbmEMe40WaEhrDZdT25W6MdbUNUZbhY1kUtumR8Jc_yrIllZhiZB3GK793HOT3Tq6HHcXNbYiXw4FakNEzZ4SiM9Q-aSy0PMOXVgMUPX_fdEejZmihswzNzYa-/s200/DSCF2331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592627872354806962" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We went for a walk to the Kanektok River with Connie and Sally yesterday.<br />The boys were eagerly and intently awaiting Sally to come out and play.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIWENe1keK4QuW4152rAf9ITPGuegXNYtIZQHSMmekRKcsILTf2WGbhSJFjZ96vTOZvQv4cmajmvMQNUlEJg6dNJ4LI8IitnzNMqTBostxbPmCL03Am7wFxtH-fjj1bEhWsksTDPdPfYX/s1600/DSCF2342.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIWENe1keK4QuW4152rAf9ITPGuegXNYtIZQHSMmekRKcsILTf2WGbhSJFjZ96vTOZvQv4cmajmvMQNUlEJg6dNJ4LI8IitnzNMqTBostxbPmCL03Am7wFxtH-fjj1bEhWsksTDPdPfYX/s200/DSCF2342.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592627320373568210" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The Three Amigos</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRwpwiJmt_n3JEqtPlo444Ehzg-EBFqC7V2QPRqf6kBxnKF2OXguTqFck7zBSB0cvl0YnCUZlXUC2hOUSjFkYgbhvhVF_v47oCtV8M8W0R_MSnI6h64P_NzNMR7OzmHPxv2Y9PJXNXlXo/s1600/DSCF2329.JPG"><br /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Shout Out To: </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My dear friends Celeste and George welcoming their<br />brand new baby girl into the world yesterday! Welcome aboard Lily! Congratulations Mommy and Daddy:)<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Hebrews 13:8</span><br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-34251176254728856662011-04-03T21:09:00.000-07:002011-04-08T11:17:20.533-07:00Skinning Rabbits<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"Do you know what the motto of the state of Alaska is, Joel?"<br />"If it ain't broke, don't fix it?"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Maurice Minnifield to Joel Fleischman, Northern Exposure.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa1xVNomNOwqopUsEJ2VvzMTayX_sXv8IOCSbPxPwuCfnJxRIzd_UgQFr4moR8logdQn3DJMyIQ9-XpDZQRUwKgOG5r670sX2D10gmMUy9s0Wu9oai61WODHPwnSTfAVF_q0u2TzSrLul/s1600/DSCF2318.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa1xVNomNOwqopUsEJ2VvzMTayX_sXv8IOCSbPxPwuCfnJxRIzd_UgQFr4moR8logdQn3DJMyIQ9-XpDZQRUwKgOG5r670sX2D10gmMUy9s0Wu9oai61WODHPwnSTfAVF_q0u2TzSrLul/s200/DSCF2318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591764157097950978" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Skinning Rabbits...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I9tRyn6_AxQeVC0aLNirdtdqJVODDgFt8vh3fYVxlRAbir6FwgqQaZDTv_ghllN7UxMKl2qZvxq-4k9mamvssWH9z7FnwG7fI6nWsK-RUztLrrjXJ8WtBEwSa3vDV5dX_4tRiOMH0yJ7/s1600/DSCF2319.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I9tRyn6_AxQeVC0aLNirdtdqJVODDgFt8vh3fYVxlRAbir6FwgqQaZDTv_ghllN7UxMKl2qZvxq-4k9mamvssWH9z7FnwG7fI6nWsK-RUztLrrjXJ8WtBEwSa3vDV5dX_4tRiOMH0yJ7/s200/DSCF2319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591771125873200514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k4jA0AMRi5zsZEs4-lOj3fF1dqEZTLkqG-SrEZBoUzcBIGvbVHIn6xJI7l5guLqpkCgjD741QdqkRKBpgmu8ZffkmjOmj1UahGFCez-xBs_W3z1-IwSeS0vix4s54OphsbQo4RyjGUwm/s1600/DSCF2322.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k4jA0AMRi5zsZEs4-lOj3fF1dqEZTLkqG-SrEZBoUzcBIGvbVHIn6xJI7l5guLqpkCgjD741QdqkRKBpgmu8ZffkmjOmj1UahGFCez-xBs_W3z1-IwSeS0vix4s54OphsbQo4RyjGUwm/s200/DSCF2322.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591772974792885906" border="0" /></a>The boys showed up as promised Saturday afternoon for rabbit skinning 101. We busted out the trusty hunting knife (a quick crowd pleaser) and away they went. Connie and I sat back supervising and warning..."Watch your thumb! Watch your thumb! Watch you thumb!" All digits remained intact. Once the rabbit was freed of its skin the boys began washing it in my sink. All was going well until bloody water began to pour out of the cupboard below the sink! "WHAT is going on now with this ridiculous sink NOW!" I threw open the cupboard doors to see my garbage bags and cleaning products drifting around in the water spilling out of the metal pipe from the sink which had separated from the plastic pvc pipe which takes it the rest of the way to the ground. "Man!" I whined, "Well guess you'll have to finish it in the bathtub." It worked out okay but my bathroom looked like something out of a low budget horror film when all was said and done. In the end my freezer was up two rabbits ready for eating. Never a dull moment.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />Another One For The Blog</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OK 4:00 am Saturday morning Tak is howling from his kennel, I stumble out of bed and head toward his cries, "Okay, okay I'm coming. I hear you. Need to go potty?" He bolts out the kennel toward the door I try to stay on his heels, but I'm asleep</span>. Whining at the door he sits waiting, I unlock the deadbolt and shove him onto the steps. He never wants to cross the threshold alone but once he's on the steps, he b lines for the ground to relieve himself. I lean against the wall still sleeping and wait until he scratches to come in moments later. I'm on my merry way back to my cozy, warm bed when Ani starts in (making sure not to be left out). "Ok," I mumble, "but you get the leash." He doesn't always return on his own accord. So I'm hanging out the door giving him just enough line to get to the ground and do his business when the interior entry door behind us slams shut. Tak immediately starts whining and scratching from the inside. Now I am awake, the interior door of my house is shot, the knobs spins, it doesn't work. Once that bugger is closed you can't open it unless you have a key or something flat you can wedge between the latch and the door frame to pop it (this is the same door that is being held together at the bottom with duct tape from Ani's previous tunneling shenanigan last year). Anyway, do you suppose I had my keys on me at 4am?? Nooooooo. Nope, I had successfully locked Ani and myself in the entry. What you I use to pop the latch??? Ski poles? Ski boot? Slippers? A rug? The boiler? Aha! Eureka! Ani's dog tags on his collar. Luckily they worked and we were held captive only long enough for me to wake up.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Birthday Parties</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSQOZ0Ecx-nSwcG8RYF8RlKSOeEz9veME7n5s3aG4EQRnFKUezkQbGYA7kIIw8fVWcIiPmoG0KRziV8TnuoNNwXVIahbHri_menJXDOVGxq-cUiBlT1QmX1sR7Gh2EjQiyrXyigBW_1LE/s1600/DSCF2289.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSQOZ0Ecx-nSwcG8RYF8RlKSOeEz9veME7n5s3aG4EQRnFKUezkQbGYA7kIIw8fVWcIiPmoG0KRziV8TnuoNNwXVIahbHri_menJXDOVGxq-cUiBlT1QmX1sR7Gh2EjQiyrXyigBW_1LE/s200/DSCF2289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591793747600383682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolwexyC4_XnZqgHHuapEWUUgDKo0xtt9w595Pk1d2m3XN7mFUm4JAZ4qiFz_kSAA3APnhivn-pJiv17eBmXBhvSQ_aZZQbj46voCPjoNxqtjw1_j8JjLAo7OZx_OeYjyKLpqStCIcEoSL/s1600/DSCF2300.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolwexyC4_XnZqgHHuapEWUUgDKo0xtt9w595Pk1d2m3XN7mFUm4JAZ4qiFz_kSAA3APnhivn-pJiv17eBmXBhvSQ_aZZQbj46voCPjoNxqtjw1_j8JjLAo7OZx_OeYjyKLpqStCIcEoSL/s200/DSCF2300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591832029044381330" border="0" /></a>Allison's birthday party was hosted by Jim and Steph last week complete with ice cream cake, Chinese cuisine, helicopter party favors care of Ed, and live music provided by the "Pederson Kids".<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wRwIqkv7kxm7l4E8NpHAdulitD3nBuN57wgHYJm6-79JZuq2ojRx04SUHr9CJyi-VR4qXAdN9XyLD1fd63f-MQoFPpnUwKWQJpD8jR_gnxTV6AzL1Gp7I54LPU8HDpyEKSX_3bgcIcGe/s1600/DSCF2284.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wRwIqkv7kxm7l4E8NpHAdulitD3nBuN57wgHYJm6-79JZuq2ojRx04SUHr9CJyi-VR4qXAdN9XyLD1fd63f-MQoFPpnUwKWQJpD8jR_gnxTV6AzL1Gp7I54LPU8HDpyEKSX_3bgcIcGe/s200/DSCF2284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592223852745369266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />Yet Another Reason for Duct Tape</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZa6ErZVXK8QyH3be4h1JDh32H4Czrte4ve1RaH2t0fMeYEKr6JwehPBvQRZrbN-HLVMtmEOwGIkz82v6Rz9-HvC05abKQsm1etquk40wvCNvQ9FDhOiHsvu6OhCmzjpdgTQTjALjaX-Q/s1600/DSCF2330.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZa6ErZVXK8QyH3be4h1JDh32H4Czrte4ve1RaH2t0fMeYEKr6JwehPBvQRZrbN-HLVMtmEOwGIkz82v6Rz9-HvC05abKQsm1etquk40wvCNvQ9FDhOiHsvu6OhCmzjpdgTQTjALjaX-Q/s200/DSCF2330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591776949530291522" border="0" /></a>Connie laughed and laughed as she stared at the fine specimen of candelry you see pictureed, "You know you've been in Alaska too long when you duct tape a broken candle." Hum, I giggled appropriately I hadn't even thought it odd until she pointed it out. But I can't give Alaska the credit, in my life the credit for the wonderful world of 'Duct Tape can fix anything' is totally due to my mother. Besides, I had to save this candle that didn't make the trip home from Minnesota over Christmas because it smells just like pine trees!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioC2_yk3nEdKJ9tVSwDjmRVvkIXtMsj53lJ4jaTolYVgbRjt9z3szPOyCefvWO0K6LEWLulNAof2gD_HPRekyEqBb8uoOibgYm4sZUM51ZCNOLvGEcSNhzNPb-vafQIdh3rqqr6zlzPnD/s1600/DSCF2248.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioC2_yk3nEdKJ9tVSwDjmRVvkIXtMsj53lJ4jaTolYVgbRjt9z3szPOyCefvWO0K6LEWLulNAof2gD_HPRekyEqBb8uoOibgYm4sZUM51ZCNOLvGEcSNhzNPb-vafQIdh3rqqr6zlzPnD/s200/DSCF2248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591889324364660162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWImbSotPKwFnHXh05j4psr9Vco38MM62pqlDkrYRT7FDdR2QQk9WIOpLBDZ5jrH7qQQ73NfQdah25cFfzWDqWaa66Axvo8zDUZGxK88_aynITD6hN2iJA-t1nnMv8AQtgelJslPAGSyN/s1600/DSCN8177.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWImbSotPKwFnHXh05j4psr9Vco38MM62pqlDkrYRT7FDdR2QQk9WIOpLBDZ5jrH7qQQ73NfQdah25cFfzWDqWaa66Axvo8zDUZGxK88_aynITD6hN2iJA-t1nnMv8AQtgelJslPAGSyN/s200/DSCN8177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591890066876407538" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A Wolf Or Not A Wolf...</span> that was the question yesterday on our walk to the beach. It was bounding across the tundra. We all tried to get a better look, Connie, me, Sally, Tak and Ani well sort of..... Turned out to be a feral village dog. But it definitely got our hearts pumping.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Lights, Camera, Action</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdvil3eCpnPg5Ttwu9OSL514Mvj4KBqSPmamPI5qdKOaLwvFJnlLw0xSt0CdYg2Xgb7Hpx4-Xtejre92BXLTHV2YtssN0wVzAmV9AhR-HuAJhAG-qfNEnGHnQQybxBqFDm4nKLsY9U4D_/s1600/DSCF2311.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdvil3eCpnPg5Ttwu9OSL514Mvj4KBqSPmamPI5qdKOaLwvFJnlLw0xSt0CdYg2Xgb7Hpx4-Xtejre92BXLTHV2YtssN0wVzAmV9AhR-HuAJhAG-qfNEnGHnQQybxBqFDm4nKLsY9U4D_/s200/DSCF2311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591885337025337314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBYBHlKyJsAQRyFBjLnYQgGrmw4wwc1HYJ5Nq0Wv6UiuWjI-2T7cU2thZO02L5zqfOZeVPwR6gHVLXt8dB_dEKzgLqgOcwbjrMyEiDCjnnzxJXebw79UKazJ5zYYi84o_8BXIADo78tos/s1600/DSCF2310.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBYBHlKyJsAQRyFBjLnYQgGrmw4wwc1HYJ5Nq0Wv6UiuWjI-2T7cU2thZO02L5zqfOZeVPwR6gHVLXt8dB_dEKzgLqgOcwbjrMyEiDCjnnzxJXebw79UKazJ5zYYi84o_8BXIADo78tos/s200/DSCF2310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591884818237671522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Some of our kiddos are headed the Bethel to put together a cultural movie. They have been working on their version of the traditional Yupik story about The Man Who Became a Wolverine. They transformed Alicia's class into a studio with a green screen and all. Good work Miss Weaver and company!</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Detoxed</span><br />We are on our 5th day of a 7 day body detox and I feel great. Quyana Ali for sharing the plan!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">And... THOU SHALT NOT CHEW GUM!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN84ULFoC990laXodBk1GQ7q4zPQvmNJ1AUr83HonQlYiYhQvUFnWkI9a6ucdnDe43dJu-OevZ9zJ3RG1iDXX6cG4lJTAwKSJRwwCpdk8AmC8SVp3QdPgv0dqvJyoY-81TdNJf3VUYJYQ/s1600/IMG_0086.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN84ULFoC990laXodBk1GQ7q4zPQvmNJ1AUr83HonQlYiYhQvUFnWkI9a6ucdnDe43dJu-OevZ9zJ3RG1iDXX6cG4lJTAwKSJRwwCpdk8AmC8SVp3QdPgv0dqvJyoY-81TdNJf3VUYJYQ/s200/IMG_0086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591887362814788914" border="0" /></a>Midway through the 2nd song during praise and worship at church yesterday I was tapped on the shoulder and handed a tissue by one of the ushers. I could only assume he must have thought I was crying as I had been rubbing my eyes, so not to embarrass him I thanked him and took the tissue. He continued to stand there reaching across the two people between us, shook his head no and corrected me "Your gum." I think I must have turned three shades of red. "My Gum?" I stood there stunned as the Yupik Hymns continued all around me. Connie at my side nearly choked on her words. So almost zombie like I took my gum from my mouth, placed it in the tissue extended to me then obediently albeit completely confoundedly handed it back to him. Everyone around me just kept on singing as though the interaction never happened. Okay seriously, where's the hidden camera? I did not just get de-gummed at church?? I'm not sure I was ever even de-gummed in elementary school (because I never would have chewed gum for fear of breaking a rule). "What just happened?" I hissed to Connie looking for a reason not to be so embarrassed that I wanted to crawl under the pew (the pew evidently being why the de-gumming is occurring at all but we'll get to that later). "I have no idea," she whispered back worried her whisper might draw attention. "Was I blowing bubbles? Was I smacking or chomping or pulling it out of my mouth and twirling it around my face???" again I muffled. "No," Connie assured from the corner of her mouth staring straight ahead trying to look inconspicuous, "I honestly don't even know how he knew you had gum. I didn't and I'm sitting next to you." I was at a loss? What just happened? I humiliatingly questioned myself over and over during the rest of the service, needless to say focusing on what Pastor was preaching was down the drain with my people pleasing personality significantly publicly shamed and now overly concerned (obviously something I need to work on, I know and I own it). I wanted immediately to run to the back of the church (that's where the ushers sit whom I will now lovingly refer to as the Village GPSOs) and explain my grievous error. "See, I'm on this detox healthy body thing and I'm trying to stick with it and this gum you made me give you is what is helping me do this, seriously I think this is the first time I've ever chewed gum at church. I promise I'm a responsible adult." Of course I couldn't do that it would only draw more attention to my already blatant wrong. So I did what any good, Christian girl would do...I stewed. For more than an hour in church I tried to figure out why I had been de-gummed. From maybe he thought he was doing a good deed thinking I couldn't sing with gum in my my mouth to...evidently the 11th commandment that was only given to our church in Quinhagak. Anyway...I did ask him after if we had some unknown rule of no gum that I'd never heard anything about. "Janitor doesn't want to clean it up," he responded. "Oh," was all I could manage confused as ever. I shook Pastor's hand and proceeded out the door still feeling like a scolded 5 year old. So I've been asking around today and I've discovered thankfully that I'm not the only victim of being publicly de-gummed. Several empathizing souls confided, "I heard you got your gum taken at church yesterday. That happened to me too, last week and I saw it happen to...<span style="font-style: italic;"> so and so and so and so</span>." Seems we might have enough to start a de-gummed support group "Hello, My name is Rachel. And I chewed gum in church and got it taken away." Okay, okay really... the actual explanation: the church janitor was disgusted at the amount of gum stuck underneath the pews which he had to continually clean (and I guess I don't blame him. This <span style="font-style: italic;">is </span>church after all have some respect, right?) And so it goes...the outcome we now have: ABSOLUTELY ZERO TOLERANCE ON GUM and they've put the man (usher) power behind it. Expert gum chewer sharp spotters they are people, they can peg you 10 pews away. Be afraid. Be very afraid.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"Don't ruin God's work because of what you eat <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(even gum: Rachel Aside)</span>. All food is acceptable, but it's wrong for a person to eat something if it causes someone else to have doubts."<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Romans 14:20</span><br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-36901769759558093282011-04-01T00:02:00.000-07:002011-04-05T00:03:54.668-07:00April Already??!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzjDIaLyou1cTKFHCcpM4IZ4WhqRgXLHlp9fgcZPc-YucG9-w7uJMlaCWlSNxMEO9s6s59JYsdf4jZJn5CMGrg_jUM3Ctwd8cBUxc1z27nm1yEkeTo5iyxTJBsPXy3AEZXVSFOaK9H1kD/s1600/DSCF2272.JPG"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"If the sign of a cluttered mind is a cluttered desk, of what, then,<br />is an empty desk a sign?"<br />~Albert Einstein<br /><br /></span>My Desk<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzjDIaLyou1cTKFHCcpM4IZ4WhqRgXLHlp9fgcZPc-YucG9-w7uJMlaCWlSNxMEO9s6s59JYsdf4jZJn5CMGrg_jUM3Ctwd8cBUxc1z27nm1yEkeTo5iyxTJBsPXy3AEZXVSFOaK9H1kD/s1600/DSCF2272.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzjDIaLyou1cTKFHCcpM4IZ4WhqRgXLHlp9fgcZPc-YucG9-w7uJMlaCWlSNxMEO9s6s59JYsdf4jZJn5CMGrg_jUM3Ctwd8cBUxc1z27nm1yEkeTo5iyxTJBsPXy3AEZXVSFOaK9H1kD/s200/DSCF2272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590661466150119954" border="0" /></a><br />My Partner in Crime's Desk<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzp_1NcvgI57ZBVN2srQUdX0hbVz8dcy41FvKFaPt92o82G1rbID-LPW2OCjZFDuCfAiy8xhKXC6PlliSMzCR0S6jbNzJfE8RTJXq9hBQzZ_B8yPpxwFTSlx941EEf-WhgUry9qyrnmDpi/s1600/DSCF2273.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzp_1NcvgI57ZBVN2srQUdX0hbVz8dcy41FvKFaPt92o82G1rbID-LPW2OCjZFDuCfAiy8xhKXC6PlliSMzCR0S6jbNzJfE8RTJXq9hBQzZ_B8yPpxwFTSlx941EEf-WhgUry9qyrnmDpi/s200/DSCF2273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590714584127500882" border="0" /></a>Nuff said:)<br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Get Off The Road</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCY9vnG7zS_Hyo6d4ISHp_9ju2rKW1ZQzVOUprwjltyTvxOSew88j92RYQ7j6AlQSsvS4rRIiHC-JXOT_ctGqQb1pqL23f3esB_dXo9z7QtjHmUvWLEkgZMN0WWNaNCGH_9sgK61W6woi5/s1600/DSCN1324.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCY9vnG7zS_Hyo6d4ISHp_9ju2rKW1ZQzVOUprwjltyTvxOSew88j92RYQ7j6AlQSsvS4rRIiHC-JXOT_ctGqQb1pqL23f3esB_dXo9z7QtjHmUvWLEkgZMN0WWNaNCGH_9sgK61W6woi5/s200/DSCN1324.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590672582286115522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaHQcX3916hnWjW6AkoFw5dPwwU7XRb1pRBvSs6OE7iI2qqPVivBr-ZjR2Ls4eE5av0bD4ZoXtr5zfzwFD8CKOCUDJv2hU_ktXZ-1oEpQtksPlXEuVnSZDRQ-bDbH7RzJA5UNQT4m-coI/s1600/DSCN6932.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaHQcX3916hnWjW6AkoFw5dPwwU7XRb1pRBvSs6OE7iI2qqPVivBr-ZjR2Ls4eE5av0bD4ZoXtr5zfzwFD8CKOCUDJv2hU_ktXZ-1oEpQtksPlXEuVnSZDRQ-bDbH7RzJA5UNQT4m-coI/s200/DSCN6932.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590701042484876146" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIlXJHkZg7_Wrk-nGm0b6_L8bgXn0Qg2tmWPLEZUPa9WDR6YtfgJd0VFX8uQjWmYrt7UfGFFcEF26Lkt8ph97q3psUTPZD5ZjATwVDfKie1htcJR_a4UV6zA5Ro4pSXSRmIZlQI0w8iLt/s1600/DSCN9414.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIlXJHkZg7_Wrk-nGm0b6_L8bgXn0Qg2tmWPLEZUPa9WDR6YtfgJd0VFX8uQjWmYrt7UfGFFcEF26Lkt8ph97q3psUTPZD5ZjATwVDfKie1htcJR_a4UV6zA5Ro4pSXSRmIZlQI0w8iLt/s200/DSCN9414.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590703914095903650" border="0" /></a>The Alaska I<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> drove </span>to is on the left. The Alaska I could only <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">fly</span> to is on the right. My advice to all you adventure seekers, Alaska bound explorers, you in pursuit of something different, something real: This is what I'll tell you <span style="font-style: italic;">"Get Off The Road"</span> find the path less traveled by and fly it! Anya and I were discussing this topic exactly while she was here working in Quin and staying at my house last week. (Aside: Thank you for the steak Anya) So those of us who consider a bush plane our 'honda civic' also refer to Anchorage with it's surrounding cities perched all along Alaska's few highways and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjBWteHalYrNVO8G2xh8VzMLYqKDEhMeCCXm17mkhVuWV6y2td4qXAFRQeNtTxWCIcq4LJaZDfhp_sUXUFTnQHBtWLNO4SNxmj_vWM5kmbGE_MTT7zS_H2KhkQz1OapM5rGX1dQb13Q9z/s1600/DSCN2605.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjBWteHalYrNVO8G2xh8VzMLYqKDEhMeCCXm17mkhVuWV6y2td4qXAFRQeNtTxWCIcq4LJaZDfhp_sUXUFTnQHBtWLNO4SNxmj_vWM5kmbGE_MTT7zS_H2KhkQz1OapM5rGX1dQb13Q9z/s200/DSCN2605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590708034623302802" border="0" /></a>byways, "the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">road</span> system. Around this time of year when everyone is shuffling jobs trying to figure out if they are staying in 'the bush' or headed 'to the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">road</span> system' one finds oneself attempting to imagine life differently than this simple hearty way we've been enjoying. "You going 'to the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">road</span> system'?" you might be asked. "Yes, I'm looking for something on the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">road</span> system," someone might inform you. Point being if you want to experience an Alaska like no Princess Cruise could ever dream of sharing with you, meet a people who will welcome you like coming home, be <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYhPEVhbiKZe1fT85Gy-sm21HpEuJAJ4zQ1UiUHh_1riqpjpW7py4Hf79GjiTX7sirIm-Wkyz-nTbRN35gyLVLkTkw1rsRVmIMuOn_CwukxFI2yIsR9MMOBN2FZzC4RcNuPfhtWjYPDKd/s1600/DSCN4419.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYhPEVhbiKZe1fT85Gy-sm21HpEuJAJ4zQ1UiUHh_1riqpjpW7py4Hf79GjiTX7sirIm-Wkyz-nTbRN35gyLVLkTkw1rsRVmIMuOn_CwukxFI2yIsR9MMOBN2FZzC4RcNuPfhtWjYPDKd/s200/DSCN4419.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590708716191753426" border="0" /></a>somewhere that can never be replicated and Lord willing will never disappear then you have to "Get Off The Road:)"<br /><br /><br />Instead get in the plane,<br />get on the four wheel,<br />get in the boat,<br />get on the dog sled,<br />get in the skijoring harness,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4H-ssQUDIDcdVApJ-oYFmRTeiSaplHbZNKDc9wlsOc9Y8BnlvtLOGMJJJ6uRIlH5WwfKy0MCiKK4rzUM71QtPN8I8S9jxFbDBDDwbD0gzvaboTRDRJwDbLDuOYSOVrM-qx1CekVp6Yug/s1600/DSCN7050.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4H-ssQUDIDcdVApJ-oYFmRTeiSaplHbZNKDc9wlsOc9Y8BnlvtLOGMJJJ6uRIlH5WwfKy0MCiKK4rzUM71QtPN8I8S9jxFbDBDDwbD0gzvaboTRDRJwDbLDuOYSOVrM-qx1CekVp6Yug/s200/DSCN7050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590702031130641682" border="0" /></a><br />get on the snow go...<br />whatever it is just<br />'Get Off The Road.'<br />I dare you:)<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tak, Ani and I</span> went for a jor down to the the beach tonight to the back drop of a stunning sunset starting to sink in to the sea. We <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46d63sxjTNB5YfqzRlsUtBA2z52gHm08F2R86_FFlO-ED_kGfewZbc7FWu3F5v0OrgK5nJzhIAL09Q4SU6c7PJFCqdY6IX5mXFIkynMv_fFURaHIRRRUiI1FM5F4QIYq3ADBNO3__azd1/s1600/DSCN6531.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46d63sxjTNB5YfqzRlsUtBA2z52gHm08F2R86_FFlO-ED_kGfewZbc7FWu3F5v0OrgK5nJzhIAL09Q4SU6c7PJFCqdY6IX5mXFIkynMv_fFURaHIRRRUiI1FM5F4QIYq3ADBNO3__azd1/s200/DSCN6531.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590704614147737330" border="0" /></a>stopped long enough to hear the ice cracking. Ani ran like I've never seen him, I'm pretty sure he was training Tak. So fast that I was having a hard time keeping up on my skis and biffed at least 6 times! He was working hard. Tak was suited in his oversized harness and galloping along behind trying to keep up. I was so proud of them.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">And where else in the world </span>can you answer a knock at your door at 10:00 at night only to find two smiling proud boys wanting to share their most recent hunting success "You want a rabbit?" Jacob offers holding out the still warm fuzzy future meal to me. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCtl56sJn73fHCGPc2V4v64sFvUcfaduqMyJN_bC_yfAtFNBOXV7yXvPZk8r-7l8ccr0GCLezvnIYgdEVMq-w9NauCbncrfhvpgoI6wooXzrq2MYJKJ1gJjSMODuuhl3o1WWX-wo8PBSd/s1600/DSCF2314.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCtl56sJn73fHCGPc2V4v64sFvUcfaduqMyJN_bC_yfAtFNBOXV7yXvPZk8r-7l8ccr0GCLezvnIYgdEVMq-w9NauCbncrfhvpgoI6wooXzrq2MYJKJ1gJjSMODuuhl3o1WWX-wo8PBSd/s200/DSCF2314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591769366750409650" border="0" /></a>"We had a super good day!" Andrew joined excitedly "Look we have our guns on the four wheel." (I peek over his shoulder and nod with affirmation). "I shot three," he added. "Yep!" chirped Jacob still holding the rabbit toward me. "You want it?!" they asked again almost in unison. "Wow! Guys, what great hunters you are! Of course I want it. Quyana, my heroes! Just one thing...Can I freeze it first?" (not wanting to perform the obvious right at that moment). "Yep, you can freeze it. And you just peel the skin, cut it here and take out the guts when you want to eat it and it's easier to skin frozen anyway. Yep, we want to give our extra rabbits to old people," Andrew shared as he motioned where to cut the belly. "Well is that ever good of you," I try to sound encouraging and not disappointed, "Alright then this old girl, I can't wait! Yum, thank you so much!" I smile taking the warm bunny into my hand, Tak and Ani bouncing around excitedly at my feet. They smile satisfied and head back to their four wheel Jacob yells, "Even you're not old." Relieved I close the door, rabbit in hand, "Not for you boys," I scold my dogs as they jump at the hare flopping around in my hand while I head for the freezer. Humm, looks like rabbit stew is on the menu next week. I'll let you know how it goes:) Oh, I'm gonna miss these kids.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Shout Out To My FAMILY:</span> Dad, Mom, Sam and Josh Happy Birthdays on April 8th, 16th, 16th and 29th. I love love love love you! And Kimmie and Auntie Bean, lots of April bdays in our family.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPN0CMSYwbV3OaId-uZncebNcS8w4esp3j1VMctps-jcumZDZgmJsaZ6GYzkyJ_svnaZ6WfRAMAhl47VfrzckZfnqJKry5IK7WitywVQrkh9UUgKu1AphPqpoeAVlrwXajW3LIkycK2h2/s1600/DSCN9978.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPN0CMSYwbV3OaId-uZncebNcS8w4esp3j1VMctps-jcumZDZgmJsaZ6GYzkyJ_svnaZ6WfRAMAhl47VfrzckZfnqJKry5IK7WitywVQrkh9UUgKu1AphPqpoeAVlrwXajW3LIkycK2h2/s200/DSCN9978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590705377039754210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkWqBZHSXlxdCx5YrT3kA0s2RHgPdKGJHZAKV_W0ba9Uie0yYZnwC090ErNoH0-c9f07g7A6IbiPugU33lV-S0O9Qfrt55ciYAY6eg8czw4thrxep6L-pUMBUCQz8uCcmZU9fKz-sR90N/s1600/DSCN1679.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkWqBZHSXlxdCx5YrT3kA0s2RHgPdKGJHZAKV_W0ba9Uie0yYZnwC090ErNoH0-c9f07g7A6IbiPugU33lV-S0O9Qfrt55ciYAY6eg8czw4thrxep6L-pUMBUCQz8uCcmZU9fKz-sR90N/s200/DSCN1679.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590710973006008450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-FOsr3jVvH0Mzv0tWwD9IcZLZd8ZZEvQ66LHtpvYRk7KYfSYz05tkPy_x6jz3HYevgGDiyGBtROz06q74BHD4XGVhuAeXkbk7QJMqg17xRdirDkXyTO2z6ldwTmKydIVrzrg0JbHdbzS/s1600/DSCN1691.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-FOsr3jVvH0Mzv0tWwD9IcZLZd8ZZEvQ66LHtpvYRk7KYfSYz05tkPy_x6jz3HYevgGDiyGBtROz06q74BHD4XGVhuAeXkbk7QJMqg17xRdirDkXyTO2z6ldwTmKydIVrzrg0JbHdbzS/s200/DSCN1691.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590711668770280626" border="0" /></a><br />My Harley Riding Parents<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sammie and Joshie<br />My Boy Scout Brothers</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"What I'm interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.'" Isaiah 58:6<br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-59038253596929188862011-03-30T00:00:00.001-07:002011-03-30T15:15:11.939-07:00The Rest of (Today)'s Story<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Bernard</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">: As you may know, I spent the last three months in Africa. A wondrous, magical place. But as shadows lengthen across the KBHR window, thoughts turn to homecoming. Journey's end. Because in a sense, it's the coming back, the return which gives meaning to the going forth. We really don't know where we've been until we've come back to where we were. Only, where we were may not be as it was because of who we've become. Which is, after all, why we left.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic;">Northern Exposure, 1990</span></span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://bethelarts.com/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CAMA-I</span></a> (Ja-my) It is a warm greeting that you would use when you haven't seen some one in a very long time, something like the Yup'ik version of "Hello! How the heck are ya? It's been a while, eh?!" And so it is after this greeting that the annual dance festival in Bethel is named. Dancers come from all over Alaska, even the world, to participate. Bethel Regional High School turns into the main stage for 3 whole days of drumming, fan dancing fun. People also come from everywhere to buy and sell their native crafts: ulu knives, kuspeqs, seal skin mittens, hats and parkas, ivory, mastodon and baleen whale jewelry. Deciding not to miss an opportunity to meander the taxi infested streets of Bethel, I hopped a plane Friday night and joined in on the bustling weekend. Columbo was persuaded that he also should see for himself what all the fuss was about so he stopped by from Anchorage too.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e233/warptman/2010/IMG_4137Large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.city-data.com/forum/alaska/932891-2010-camai-festival.html&usg=__8YpcvCMNXXDR7KXBwM1IstkveXk=&h=683&w=1024&sz=96&hl=en&start=89&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=l0_KToW-yg8TsM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCamai%2Bdancing%26start%3D72%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D687%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnsfd&ei=LquTTaT6MMXusgb1vuywCA"><img id="l0_KToW-yg8TsM:" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVFCo18TJ9ilkN9IBon6WVZTCawCw8jVWPZoTVJvb1wmgHFpzfoiU_Aak" height="100" width="150" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://k53.pbase.com/o6/70/279570/1/87114434.3k0G3qFI.dancingesk_stival.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/gsbana/image/87114434&usg=__KyILl7v-jGpvxexJDdJv3Jd_JNI=&h=720&w=480&sz=333&hl=en&start=3&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=iaWL0gvSJv0uWM:&tbnh=140&tbnw=93&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCamai%2Bdancing%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D687%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnsfd&ei=U6qTTfTyN4KBswbkkNG3CA"><img id="iaWL0gvSJv0uWM:" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmdaJ8Cwzufzjs7_d6X3UnzKZmn_jDlZCt8Rz7Z9hB0FxXacpfzohEUUI" height="140" width="93" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://k43.pbase.com/o6/70/279570/1/76586572.I9PCpfN3.Kuskokwimc_stival.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/gsbana/image/76586572&usg=__dlUzGI65LYWeSpOhurtBG2BoaPs=&h=480&w=720&sz=331&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=XHanuoegcnQPGM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=140&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCamai%2Bdancing%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D687%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnsfd&ei=U6qTTfTyN4KBswbkkNG3CA"><img id="XHanuoegcnQPGM:" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYtLbHfgYj1MQ0n_ZQ0NsZ_firphoagb-JGqNYOu2pVfRXtjeHjBLfCnDM" height="93" width="140" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">From the Internet</span></span><br /></div>Ear plugs securely wedged in and enjoying the view from my seat directly behind the pilot for our 50 minute flight to Bethel from Quin, forehead pressed against the tiny scratched up Plexiglas windows I watch snow gos 500 feet below us pulling heavy duty wooden sleds zipping along the 2 thin lined trail etched out for miles in the white blanket spread. There's a river in the tundra that is breaking up. The brackish tundra waters stain the white snow covered ice brown. Spring is coming already I think to myself. The rudimentary system of roads that are imprinted all along the frozen rivers and tundra will disappear for the people of the delta who take good advantage of the expanded winter travel opportunities. The plane dips and bobs on the wind currents, the dulled hum starts to put me to sleep as I imagine being bundled up and riding those snow gos the 70 miles from Bethel to Quinhagak on the temporary ice trail that forms for those 8 months out of the year. I smile thinking of our own trusty maintenance men Bob and Joshua..."Bobshua" as I like to refer to them.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Snow go Trail Truckers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bobshua drove the school suburban on the snow go trail all the way to Bethel so it could get fixed. The alternative would be to wait until spring break up and send it (very expensively) by barge. So the economical adventure was decided upon. Bobshua reported that the trip there was 8 hours of crawling along the 70 miles with a good shovel and 4 wheel drive. A few short weeks later after the repairs were made at the local Bethel autobody shop they drove the return trip. Thankfully while the trail was still frozen. And now we have a suburban again. Quyana Bob and Joshua.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Earrings and barrettes</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHwG4O6T_GknEbuEK_TTZP4PiFNg1Kytg-UZ_Z_cqkEcBQNjGoe1bGz8qYtEOxTab2xIk-zdgunYGqFDToduL15t5RrlgJnq4FUujT9WLk3jDFoV4vgbvndsyl_YcNclISvurDK7u1N2W/s1600/DSCF2269.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHwG4O6T_GknEbuEK_TTZP4PiFNg1Kytg-UZ_Z_cqkEcBQNjGoe1bGz8qYtEOxTab2xIk-zdgunYGqFDToduL15t5RrlgJnq4FUujT9WLk3jDFoV4vgbvndsyl_YcNclISvurDK7u1N2W/s200/DSCF2269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589907282943039314" border="0" /></a>Purchased this beautiful ivory hair barrette from Paul Beebe one of our village elders here in Quinhagak who hand carved the whole thing! All of it, from the seal and the piece it sits on to the wooden stick and the fish fixed to the end. I love it. Then while perusing the many goods at Cama-i, we found a gorgeous pair of bone earrings. It was shopping therapy village style.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br />Boxing up the Groceries</span><br />Of course I took advantage of the AC in Bethel and did some grocery shopping, picking up odds and ends for other teachers left behind. I had to smile as I visited with all kinds of people I've met over the last two years. You run into everyone at the AC it's like a reunion every time you walk in! Then you pay way too much money for only a couple items, grab a box from the pile and pack up your expensive goods so they will be air worthy. I'm gonna miss that...boxing up my groceries in Bethel to merrily fly the home to Quin. It's like Christmas.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Come on ring those bells</span><br />At Alison's advice I have tied a bell to the door knob of my house in hopes of training Tak to ring it when he has to go potty. He has rung it twice. I won't tell you the ratio of accidents to successful potty calls. Pray for us, we are both on a large learning curve.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiN_guXD-GCYe1LVNwYxasu9a4lscdqzoU-ppnPWlsAAG3tEqZTRzpOfVMkAfeSzqszuIIM7JCVq5XjNbSs56fXD7uqiAJL3wtjAeLthBN4WdHukRr1w7c8zGVzAD7NjSUGT1U4BiojeK/s1600/DSCF2243.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiN_guXD-GCYe1LVNwYxasu9a4lscdqzoU-ppnPWlsAAG3tEqZTRzpOfVMkAfeSzqszuIIM7JCVq5XjNbSs56fXD7uqiAJL3wtjAeLthBN4WdHukRr1w7c8zGVzAD7NjSUGT1U4BiojeK/s200/DSCF2243.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589913984414887698" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Sunshine on my pillow at 10pm</span> makes me not tired. That's right it is still light out at 10:00 pm here in Quinhagak. We are all awake and running around at hours when we should be cuddled up in our beds. We say things like..."Wow! How can it be that late already?" and "It doesn't seem that late." and "It's <span style="font-style: italic;">WHAT</span> time???" Then every morning we drag our underslept bodies into school, stumble around the coffee pot and compare bedtimes. We do get lots of extra walks to beach again. And as you can see, the kids are taking good advantage of the light and 'open water' on 'Lake Quinhagak' just <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzKmC2vj_3dUq_6ieLikWsfikMV4HGcCuEBTBNuio7ZNx6ZkbkhwA-YeY5ecyUFlntLr7ecflkyRJ8ZuI4g5x4yb800C5Z81jOCdXViOG0vajUsIdZ9W2-L4FQB_Tmzd5Y7kuQfn0nF8j/s1600/DSCF2263.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzKmC2vj_3dUq_6ieLikWsfikMV4HGcCuEBTBNuio7ZNx6ZkbkhwA-YeY5ecyUFlntLr7ecflkyRJ8ZuI4g5x4yb800C5Z81jOCdXViOG0vajUsIdZ9W2-L4FQB_Tmzd5Y7kuQfn0nF8j/s200/DSCF2263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589914886606186370" border="0" /></a>between the NVK building and newer housing.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQi1cZEwN9t0mb4c8k2tl1laNSYm-PNPKa_hiLlu-EFInjEJ9iRFC5GV-Qsg3skuszdQkwOMftDgY4o10itRHXFasop0VITdjWqvtBfToR8qGugh9KnvKzdjYSMlNdv3kih2YzTE7stS5/s1600/DSCF2259.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQi1cZEwN9t0mb4c8k2tl1laNSYm-PNPKa_hiLlu-EFInjEJ9iRFC5GV-Qsg3skuszdQkwOMftDgY4o10itRHXFasop0VITdjWqvtBfToR8qGugh9KnvKzdjYSMlNdv3kih2YzTE7stS5/s200/DSCF2259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589915246025526082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Celebrations!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLo1aVNgPolu76-i7D2H0ODeyvWkJcOn6NehuZeSd2OpySw1J2VlnU94-NVua5j1zoEmgdyhD8ejqN32NKZlE47fsndctuesebOHuRC1hbF1Z6a_b6P4t2hh_g_wvkrGJ-NZNZpLm47J2l/s1600/DSCF2242.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLo1aVNgPolu76-i7D2H0ODeyvWkJcOn6NehuZeSd2OpySw1J2VlnU94-NVua5j1zoEmgdyhD8ejqN32NKZlE47fsndctuesebOHuRC1hbF1Z6a_b6P4t2hh_g_wvkrGJ-NZNZpLm47J2l/s200/DSCF2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589907864458223074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFYiaJz71iWVDAydYAMG_5CMLcuyXzw7ZdTYaeiA5mc3chHVP1Jzr8jiUZlA7DX5g3-pItpT7sYpV1cJ6beIeQ7GY-apKX7RwqA42S6F_DxWnPnNBmlLH7nQrdvc8o6E1WhH4BluoF0F3/s1600/DSCF2238.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFYiaJz71iWVDAydYAMG_5CMLcuyXzw7ZdTYaeiA5mc3chHVP1Jzr8jiUZlA7DX5g3-pItpT7sYpV1cJ6beIeQ7GY-apKX7RwqA42S6F_DxWnPnNBmlLH7nQrdvc8o6E1WhH4BluoF0F3/s200/DSCF2238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589908826142760210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1st graders celebrated completing their 120th lesson in language by skiing a couple weeks ago. What a hoot!<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br />Resignation</span><br /><ol style="margin-top: 0px;"><li> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">To submit</span> (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable. </li><li> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.</span></li><li> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">To relinquish (a privilege</span>, right, or claim). </li></ol>After much deliberation I submitted mine to the district office. I am incredibly torn and homesickly grieved about it. In my heart of hearts I know it is the right step at this time for me but oh, how I step so slowly, so hesitantly, so sadly and with so much love in my heart for this little coastal village on the Bering Sea called Quinhagak. Every moment that slips away from me now feels like I want to chase after, call it back. Plead with it don't go yet. Just wait. I'm not ready, not yet. And thankfully it is also not quite time yet either. I've been given the gift of cherishing each moment I have left in this precious place in time. The feeling in my stomach when I try to imagine the idea of leaving Quinhagak is much the same as the feeling I had the first time I ever left home. Knowing it has to happen, things will never be the same again and wanting nothing but to cry in my pillow and keep things just the way they are forever. How can two years impress on a heart what I thought took a lifetime.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UDo-i0yeTp2vMX9pUKnNby2WmvwM_8camP57PmDk28mgA0fxKHQfRU3xeeUz-XBHCn00FyreyTpDhRoNXOzW8jyTb-QP_mPLHt1EjwSRTTaHMPdhz14flYkkvURn9j35yncMe_nhLD7W/s1600/DSCF2265.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UDo-i0yeTp2vMX9pUKnNby2WmvwM_8camP57PmDk28mgA0fxKHQfRU3xeeUz-XBHCn00FyreyTpDhRoNXOzW8jyTb-QP_mPLHt1EjwSRTTaHMPdhz14flYkkvURn9j35yncMe_nhLD7W/s200/DSCF2265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589917993797883298" border="0" /></a><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"When you enter a town or village, don't insist on staying in a luxury inn. Get a modest place with some modest people, and be content there until you leave." Matthew 10:11<br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-82257585893141196692011-03-24T15:06:00.000-07:002011-03-25T10:21:03.853-07:00Yesterdays<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"How did it get so late so soon?"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">~Dr. Suess<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuggVb8nwRmJpvEQm01_60IVUvjTU4uEXK1NnAlInojc70mw9VOlos23pgrNPArAW9LANvqvROuVH5IpuaiQFUjZnuZ6fqru7DF_SR_5Xvw57oTZso_-35Wqdp_4-Z8yGnm97IAO24BM5/s1600/DSCF2223.JPG"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuggVb8nwRmJpvEQm01_60IVUvjTU4uEXK1NnAlInojc70mw9VOlos23pgrNPArAW9LANvqvROuVH5IpuaiQFUjZnuZ6fqru7DF_SR_5Xvw57oTZso_-35Wqdp_4-Z8yGnm97IAO24BM5/s1600/DSCF2223.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuggVb8nwRmJpvEQm01_60IVUvjTU4uEXK1NnAlInojc70mw9VOlos23pgrNPArAW9LANvqvROuVH5IpuaiQFUjZnuZ6fqru7DF_SR_5Xvw57oTZso_-35Wqdp_4-Z8yGnm97IAO24BM5/s200/DSCF2223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587774683446573746" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >We have seen: The Four Corners of the Moon</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The view of the moon going down the other morning on our bus ride to school.<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was square? Made us wonder if the radiation from Japan is making its way here.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Speaking of driving the bus...<br />We have approximately 3 stop signs posted around Quinhagak at different 'intersections' if you will. I think of them as more for teachable moments than actually functioning, since it is the rare occasion that you do meet another vehicle at the same time. Anyway as we passed by one today I slowed down, looked both ways and continued creeping along, while declaring out loud,<br />"Farmer Stop."<br />Connie and I giggled that "Eskimo Stop" is an more appropriate term<br /> when considering our village locale.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Below are my tired puppies, feeling a little overworked:)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Have a great weekend everybody.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQSok9ABT7a8BvDr8BpX5BafdIUF1g8X_EYp6AP_kOER4WBqRFXKDN-7AltBWQV-XFXexFZdhCZkqWtDBm9Fkl1CasJEKI5PBZqYkpBJT3cLJnTbG-zV2KeD_CuqNMYEvxHxa3l96nl6s/s1600/DSCF2226.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQSok9ABT7a8BvDr8BpX5BafdIUF1g8X_EYp6AP_kOER4WBqRFXKDN-7AltBWQV-XFXexFZdhCZkqWtDBm9Fkl1CasJEKI5PBZqYkpBJT3cLJnTbG-zV2KeD_CuqNMYEvxHxa3l96nl6s/s200/DSCF2226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587773126264812114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"If </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">God</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> doesn't build the house, the builders only build shacks. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> If </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">God</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> doesn't guard the city, </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> the night watchman might as well nap. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> It's useless to rise early and go to bed late, </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> and work your worried fingers to the bone. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> Don't you know he enjoys </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> giving rest to those he loves?"</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Psalm 127:1-2</span><br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-32406708318973965982011-03-21T23:58:00.000-07:002011-03-22T09:08:42.287-07:00Today<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">"Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get<br />--a cold, sick feeling deep down inside--<br />when you know something is happening that will change you,<br />and you don't want it to but you can't stop it.<br />And you know, for the first time, for the very first time,<br />that there will now be a </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">before</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> and an </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">after</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">, a</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> was</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> and a </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">will be</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">.<br />And that you will never again be quite the same person you were." </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br />A Northern Light Jennifer Donnelly 2003</span><br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpyVBJHiuOXSPIf3cHHySYowJSEHN2pDo-aPTpppvjx9II0m78Euy15DWip78bTD_5w04URVg6pdhMyEvCBRW8vo87b-RoAHDXyH6vYkLorw1xLeDpFbRWI7ce3GdFSQ_YjLc5KVonyOC/s1600/DSCF2170.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpyVBJHiuOXSPIf3cHHySYowJSEHN2pDo-aPTpppvjx9II0m78Euy15DWip78bTD_5w04URVg6pdhMyEvCBRW8vo87b-RoAHDXyH6vYkLorw1xLeDpFbRWI7ce3GdFSQ_YjLc5KVonyOC/s320/DSCF2170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585697769305105602" border="0" /></a>These are the moments that make you laugh.<br /><br />And then keep you smiling.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJRRr1DZFmlH7XMyNRrREPOkCtmd9lu2kGMSCiH4PE0-60KymLL0_nsNAgeHe-EZI3Q5g7ck8BkViIBrDObS2LoqDhfSq0MZFJ5N0cf-ACrFTltExzqK8ghFOhs8fIvAVK47m9dfwEJW4/s1600/DSCF2219.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJRRr1DZFmlH7XMyNRrREPOkCtmd9lu2kGMSCiH4PE0-60KymLL0_nsNAgeHe-EZI3Q5g7ck8BkViIBrDObS2LoqDhfSq0MZFJ5N0cf-ACrFTltExzqK8ghFOhs8fIvAVK47m9dfwEJW4/s200/DSCF2219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586634949171828994" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhnq2jHmQnG1iQAs3K2lUBWtOPeMIUSMNB4HZASLoJuJ_TX0Tlb9zWtuA5OzO2pDJ1OANemtmCoXwIHSRpWVfLkO_u6oFdRow_EKBoATorVx82f7I8vP1i-0hrkDw0JwnbqMTi5qUCLWj/s1600/DSCF2222.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhnq2jHmQnG1iQAs3K2lUBWtOPeMIUSMNB4HZASLoJuJ_TX0Tlb9zWtuA5OzO2pDJ1OANemtmCoXwIHSRpWVfLkO_u6oFdRow_EKBoATorVx82f7I8vP1i-0hrkDw0JwnbqMTi5qUCLWj/s200/DSCF2222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586635501416765410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They're the kind of moments you might<br /><br />wish terribly that you could bottle right up.<br /><br />So you could pour them over on <span style="font-style: italic;">those</span> other days.<br /><br />Yeah, maybe even <span style="font-weight: bold;">especially so</span> you could just pour them all<br /><br />out on <span style="font-style: italic;">those</span> other days.<br /><br />You know,<span style="font-style: italic;"> those</span> ones that try really, really hard<br /><br />to make you cry.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSlPNvUn_3ecpi7JBv-AY3rJpHRK6jQc5ywyOXd3JGKroXXXr2CmfhNNuXopgKFV8UbOrkXy71ER6h3GuDIJ3xFwDXjDxdkq86mBksHiQcBth8SckvCqwAsD0Fmo0rMfZ7FbvLdjziTwm/s1600/DSCF2225.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSlPNvUn_3ecpi7JBv-AY3rJpHRK6jQc5ywyOXd3JGKroXXXr2CmfhNNuXopgKFV8UbOrkXy71ER6h3GuDIJ3xFwDXjDxdkq86mBksHiQcBth8SckvCqwAsD0Fmo0rMfZ7FbvLdjziTwm/s320/DSCF2225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586634214094363778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">My deepest sympathy to my friends Connie, Ken<br />and Family in the recent passing of his mom.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" class="740571619-08042000"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="content"><span class="content"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >"Do not be afraid, little flock,<br />for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Luke 12:32</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-79625959185041726702011-03-19T00:37:00.000-07:002011-03-19T00:56:09.417-07:00Here in Quin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KZoWi17S8FxB7bLrAKfm6QTRAqJ3-D-9xPXKjtzgUPmMSH3IYUh6MD_eDcNFZOXoaHTN4FSvSg464_fthBtwM9x5lPlt1dx5Xc7OkjwCTJB7dQK_B4fVsIVIVFcoc0pHGas9La_hmQl5/s1600/DSCF2212.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KZoWi17S8FxB7bLrAKfm6QTRAqJ3-D-9xPXKjtzgUPmMSH3IYUh6MD_eDcNFZOXoaHTN4FSvSg464_fthBtwM9x5lPlt1dx5Xc7OkjwCTJB7dQK_B4fVsIVIVFcoc0pHGas9La_hmQl5/s200/DSCF2212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585692598855572562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;" >It is not down in any map; true places never are.<br />~Herman Melville<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">It has been a week here.</span> Some good stuff, some bad and quite a bunch of in between. Very sadly we have had the passing of a family member of many dear friends and colleagues. Our prayers and love go out to them. We've had freezing temps leap into the warm winds and melt some of our drifts. We've ended the third quarter of our school year, where on earth does the time go??? Grades are due. We've started working out again after school to Chalean Extreme and have the sore muscles to prove it. Karen's been letting me try out her super cool 'shape up' shoes while she's been home sick. We've all been taking turns with this wild tundra flu lately too. A couple schools in the delta have even had to cancel school for lack of students and staff! Erin our technology guru visited from the district office this week always a treat! As did Kevin our fab speech path a sight for sore eyes to us all, where have you been all year? It's fun when familiar faces bless us with their presence and expertise every now and</span></span> again. We've missed you guys! Fannie fed Connie and I walrus, yep, the hair and all. Stupidly I asked,"Am I supposed to eat it everything?? The hair EVEN?!" Fannie raised her eyebrows nonchalantly and told me all about the benefits of walrus hair on one's digestive system. Hummmm....? A few nights later she beat me at scrabble playing my letters and hers, lol. Anyway, I just wanted to touch base with you all. We miss you but we're doing alright. With love from a cozy view of the edge of nowhere:)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> your dwelling places, Israel!"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >Numbers 24:5</span><br /></div></div></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152039034799633117.post-52491041395833995302011-03-14T16:55:00.000-07:002011-03-23T16:19:31.711-07:00Real Rural Weekend<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Thank you, Mr. Sendak, for reminding us that we should never lose touch with the wild and untamable spirit within us all... Even up here in Alaska, we're turning our back on the beast. We've opted for the zoo, where the lion can't eat you instead of the jungle, where he can.</span></div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;" > <span style="font-style: italic;">- Chris In the Morning, after reading "Where The Wild Things Are", Northern Exposure<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sun is back so we were out and about in Quinhagak</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">this wild weekend.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We've been </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Walk'N<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and a little </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Work'N<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRjfkZ4t14PahBaUCuNF6SDg2Vd7HCwJWhlrFL55LYEKwSCGalS-qWNpaWVDYkSE6bQ_VZ5fdqo2IdBtG24p11X4UJ4O-hyZ4cNi1YmSUzPC_Rt8EVd2WNft1cKxAVoIlO9a5RwevlWJc/s1600/DSCF2104.JPG"><img style="float: right; 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margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWHlIll2Xggvg5TZVpEmq8F29H0sHuNOQsbh6VSDxcfd6jJk0LsK8PjXEq0CE9Swyx5ZwL8J4-ZGb5-rkcrKBTmmgXZuBpo4R36sek-3v6NLJKkO0p254vIRMzBnfiD6qQ1yG5N2zBUYO/s200/DSCF2163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584108858621985634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Allison K and I stole Tucker from the Zylstra's.<br />We headed out the the beach with he and Ani<br />to go ski joring:)<br />Allison ski jored...<br />for the first time!<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Mush'N</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J2JkDG_cFoWpxmYBGoqmayEh9Nb95hKP2tvhWHujHAuNrV4ZWf3m8YcvxPZqR4n2seoPqGRoZ3ZA8QQTVRpJmRPLUceNWvFXe7k8D1eFKR9lRjQE4o0D2NuMLuHVR4BJXaFSfsVLkJuc/s1600/DSCF2168.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2qEp0GTCPZrT-yXRcT4PAKa3VthH-J_MB5BstyjHUbAwhh7Dr-MhdkR5MPw4Y38LVou98EicZ6B0tDKvGqZje5SaoK5kEfLIDWCwOYQ_ZnNtRD4Vqedp_2oud4B31zh8G2oLh4KUgiSn/s200/DSCF2211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584100072728478802" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sherry, Alison and I crashed Tim and Diane's Hunting Trip...<br />for the first time.<br />Inviting ourselves along!<br />Quyana Tim and Diane,<br />we LOVED it!<br />Hope you still enjoyed it too:)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnjSZVEqVwaGJP_CjaQDS8TI609D0KEl6BIkP5Wya3bS_g0P0BI92t6IWxw_mT1jE_eAUhlJYXanUOaGPwc1MQnECv5FZx2r3ex7u2Rl9PFLPS0z1sIBaohINb3zVE-ympFDnCw_X1mTX/s1600/DSCF2191.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; 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color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hunt'N</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwYB3C_hb3ILSvDhnbMrk9idfT6L5drNItj-4aDpypTUCqoHo5wlxOkXPO5ejnRYBThFNZJNHPcRDthUJsryCeBxuGzMKwAK-942vQ7H-wCN2YrcPChmiQvNDIyg5a0cmVbEWnCAypWOC/s1600/DSCF2182.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwYB3C_hb3ILSvDhnbMrk9idfT6L5drNItj-4aDpypTUCqoHo5wlxOkXPO5ejnRYBThFNZJNHPcRDthUJsryCeBxuGzMKwAK-942vQ7H-wCN2YrcPChmiQvNDIyg5a0cmVbEWnCAypWOC/s200/DSCF2182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584100925969333970" border="0" /></a>We let Tim look and look and look for the caribous... but he never found them...only a fluttering flock of ptarmigans, a fleeting little fox and about 1 foot of splish, splashing standing water on the Arolik River as we zoomed up Bessie Creek to 'peek' around. <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Tim assured we doubting future water skippers that it was safe).</span></span> And he was right. We only got a little bit wet and nobody sunk.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmyHAtQoRoJMT19OjgdZfMcJMFFrsyKc11HOsqFvG00nE6NT_sbpOlV0GXK0XIlppg6bITla_DjKPzc2Tso2DI_q37ooK7TTFflqrNxYCpGMUcLWfXrB6JVEo0wpW6mfasJ-WkLzy-EUs/s1600/DSCF2200.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmyHAtQoRoJMT19OjgdZfMcJMFFrsyKc11HOsqFvG00nE6NT_sbpOlV0GXK0XIlppg6bITla_DjKPzc2Tso2DI_q37ooK7TTFflqrNxYCpGMUcLWfXrB6JVEo0wpW6mfasJ-WkLzy-EUs/s200/DSCF2200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584101748827674866" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzn8HDEHsrpOJbP3jcSBO0Vb1ijqjH6kJ4_B_nF67S98xHdev_Pj5hU3lZgrNlJh2eKzQh9ZiBzT-4V6g6bmCOF3Xb9H9Fj5cJBtijyzXzsbYjLMFdY4_rkKKgh07Wov_vdAgAdWJGGjV/s1600/DSCF2207.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzn8HDEHsrpOJbP3jcSBO0Vb1ijqjH6kJ4_B_nF67S98xHdev_Pj5hU3lZgrNlJh2eKzQh9ZiBzT-4V6g6bmCOF3Xb9H9Fj5cJBtijyzXzsbYjLMFdY4_rkKKgh07Wov_vdAgAdWJGGjV/s200/DSCF2207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584102511390851330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So I guess Tim was skunked...<br />for the first time.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxNKtT2Is1kBbOewTdOA_uFaLtD8JrLhhfJ5oZCBiMJyb-3VXzGv5lI6Q5sRPkf0U2_aDNIc2-CeO7l9pTUVwHqQ00C7x_GDZiC9se7vEBh51xInop4kk7oSiXk4qvNAj3bcAo_WyVzMt/s1600/DSCF2202.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxNKtT2Is1kBbOewTdOA_uFaLtD8JrLhhfJ5oZCBiMJyb-3VXzGv5lI6Q5sRPkf0U2_aDNIc2-CeO7l9pTUVwHqQ00C7x_GDZiC9se7vEBh51xInop4kk7oSiXk4qvNAj3bcAo_WyVzMt/s200/DSCF2202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584103274565139986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptUuKD5tbdjxMyGY1msVTxvLYr0Eud-YX5CjZEH9XaS_gq-dgkLU-zSyemhGnxR7t9GqFuG4RC1ZCzwCNqAKJHgFKK2nyiByCwoUahlYsMEFvFgDf4t8K74KvjxuMrF_wF7z5JJPmFzDH/s1600/DSCF2177.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptUuKD5tbdjxMyGY1msVTxvLYr0Eud-YX5CjZEH9XaS_gq-dgkLU-zSyemhGnxR7t9GqFuG4RC1ZCzwCNqAKJHgFKK2nyiByCwoUahlYsMEFvFgDf4t8K74KvjxuMrF_wF7z5JJPmFzDH/s200/DSCF2177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584103954932514226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA3zjDrjOCcKIgqIuObPi5N_eRo9-ThET37Vaoxkb68Rbr9U4SlYzcaQB79nmdgGY9Eh6yzh5WKFSPh2i3VSzXC8Ng-25ImjZZHM3hw99rxVHt9qpRyTLHsRAfKT-JEnMs6Mts3dt9edB/s1600/DSCF2216.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA3zjDrjOCcKIgqIuObPi5N_eRo9-ThET37Vaoxkb68Rbr9U4SlYzcaQB79nmdgGY9Eh6yzh5WKFSPh2i3VSzXC8Ng-25ImjZZHM3hw99rxVHt9qpRyTLHsRAfKT-JEnMs6Mts3dt9edB/s200/DSCF2216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584104457173876466" border="0" /></a>Alison Z drove a snow go...<br />for the first time!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6FwfjSEDaFAlbrb9M3f7pRYJpCDiK2Kd_FDOYu0VnR6830IinfazNLNcm5bRmZR-lCtj317tffMykr5y0UC1ROMQgEConFleuflC09fU51_d0U-SkrtKlwc90e8ThAPjLWjSdi5z2Nv5/s1600/DSCF2172.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6FwfjSEDaFAlbrb9M3f7pRYJpCDiK2Kd_FDOYu0VnR6830IinfazNLNcm5bRmZR-lCtj317tffMykr5y0UC1ROMQgEConFleuflC09fU51_d0U-SkrtKlwc90e8ThAPjLWjSdi5z2Nv5/s200/DSCF2172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584113257143624450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkz8eS5f5eiDv76Ejh_Nz2n8ny0J6_BWZB1yttb7OYkbfkF-Ed7m8QWN0xIb5YUK3n0rSXIjb4ATkbE8B7E00B4tP44E0C3Z0IyPes9FGC_u7cO4Dc_9iURcVb_6ZdxEZfbPuFCZVAhkt/s1600/DSCF2119.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkz8eS5f5eiDv76Ejh_Nz2n8ny0J6_BWZB1yttb7OYkbfkF-Ed7m8QWN0xIb5YUK3n0rSXIjb4ATkbE8B7E00B4tP44E0C3Z0IyPes9FGC_u7cO4Dc_9iURcVb_6ZdxEZfbPuFCZVAhkt/s200/DSCF2119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584093572737133682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And finally <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Chill'N</span><br />...which feels like a first;)<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Shout Out To: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Allison K Happy Birthday on the 29th!!</span></span><br /><br />"Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud or to trust in wealth that is easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">1 Timothy 6:17<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkz8eS5f5eiDv76Ejh_Nz2n8ny0J6_BWZB1yttb7OYkbfkF-Ed7m8QWN0xIb5YUK3n0rSXIjb4ATkbE8B7E00B4tP44E0C3Z0IyPes9FGC_u7cO4Dc_9iURcVb_6ZdxEZfbPuFCZVAhkt/s1600/DSCF2119.JPG"><br /></a>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206196761151033744noreply@blogger.com3