tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33478009782541975582024-03-20T04:16:26.466-04:00Lazaros Familylelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-82931486979078362712012-05-24T17:42:00.001-04:002012-05-24T17:42:44.961-04:00CEF Alaska May 2012 Rural report<br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">God seems to be drawing the body of Christ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>towards unity and working together in Alaska.
In April, I attended the Network Summit in Sutton Alaska. God was putting a cry
for unity on the hearts of native leaders as well as white missionaries. The
main theme quickly became, "How do we work side by side helping our
Native brothers and sisters to rise to the occasion?" . The week before
that I was in Bethel Alaska for the Moravian church pastor and elders
conference. Again, I saw native leaders rising to the occasion. Excited about
reaching out to their village and beyond for the gospel. CEF Alaska is coming
alongside of our native brothers and sisters while we train and encourage their
ministry and what God is doing through them for the children of Alaska. We know
that when God changes children's lives,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>they will be a generation that will make a difference in villages and
cities where they live. Unity happens when at least two are working together
for a common purpose. So this is our purpose. Our summer at CEF Alaska is busy.
We have 3 CYIA's going on 7 Good news clubs in the Bristol bay, Kuskokwim bay
and Norton sound areas. There will be at least 100 teens trained to share the
gospel with this young generation. Pray for us as we labor to train and raise
up these warriors. And as our teams gather from all over Alaska to serve these
communities with summer good news clubs. Matt 18:3 says, "Unless you
turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven." Children are humble and easier to reach for with the Gospel. Please
pray with us as we take advantage of this great opportunity!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-61351242694328397652012-02-08T13:26:00.006-05:002012-02-08T13:42:15.401-05:00CEF Alaska Rural ReportThere are people all across Alaska who are going to Hell! There are children all across Alaska who are going to Hell! There is a God who loves these people and does not want them to go to Hell! He has given us His word in the flesh and in written form and would love for the message of what He has done for us to be shared.<br />It is a sobering thought to process this. As God opens doors for CEF Alaska to share His precious message, we have a responsibility to share from what He has done in our lives. This is not necessarily a formula, but rather an evidence of a changed life for Gods glory. My Iife, your life, and hopefully children's lives in Soldotna, Kenai, Bristol Bay, Norton Sound, the Interior.<br />It is exciting to me to see adults, and teens in Alaska desiring to share how God has changed their life, forever!<br />I have been praying and calling and emailing various villages in Bristol Bay to set up our summer 5 day Good News Clubs. Knowing that we will have an opportunity to share from our heart what God has done for us, and what He has done and wants to do in others’ lives!<br />I imagine a village with children who are raised up having a relationship with God, loving Him, and desiring that not one person in their village go to Hell. Loving and sharing Gods precious message.<br />We have so many who are excited about sharing this already and working hard to go through those doors that God opens.<br />Please pray for us as we continue to go foward! Specifically Unalakleet as they will have a CYIA (Christian Youth In Action Training) there this spring and a team from Soldotna including our intern, Ramsey, will be teaching these young teens on how to share what God has done in them, and then Sara Oyumik will take these trained teens to neighboring villages and share Gods word with them. In Port Alsworth as the McKennett's and others will share what God has done in their lives, and then take teams to neighboring villages to share Gods word. In Soldotna as Joyce and others will share what God has done in their lives, and then these trained teens will reach put on the peninsula as well as going out on village trips in Bush Alaska. Genny Brown as she leads clubs and outreach in Galena. Troy Abel and Stretch and Sara Blackard as they share in neighboring villages of what God has done in their lives.<br />God has changed our life, forever! We want to be part of what He is doing all across this great state of Alaska for all of its people! We want to see others’ lives changed by God for His Glory!lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-65800947593321016892012-01-02T14:24:00.004-05:002012-01-02T15:01:52.473-05:002012Time sure had flown by! It is now a fresh new day and a fresh new year in Alaska for the Lazaros family. We have had a very crazy year with many challenges as well as many blessings. As we continue in this path that God has led us in, we have been reflecting on the fact that we knew going to Alaska, and especially ministering with CEF of Alaska would have it's challenges as we would be faced with a real opportunity to grow and be stretched. We have not been let down in thoses pre-concieved thoughts! We have been challenged and have grown! It is never pretty, or desirable as we go through these growth spurts, but it is good!<br />Some things from this year as I reflect:<br /><ul><li>Lela went through a very intense operation the end of September. We knew this would take time as we did research, but did not realize all that would be involved in the recovery. We think that when they operated, there was a bit of her brain that was taken out. Although it is slowly growing back!</li><li>Shaughn, after working a crazy year and a half as opening manager at our local McDonalds and taking college classes decided he had enough of the Mcdramma and took a long leave of absence form McD's. He has been working for a local pizza place and has experienced a different set of drama scenes. He is realizing that the food industry is not for him!</li><li>Matthew has burned himself out as he took over for Shaughn as opening manager at McD's, and took 20 credit hours at Kenai Penninsula College. We encouraged him to step out of McDonalds and he has. His semester is done. He has been spending time at home just getting back to normal! It had been good to hear him laugh again!</li><li>The little guys aren't as little anymore! Nathaniel is in the youth group now and becomming his own, very interesting person...Jeremiah is having seperation anxiety as his partner is stepping out on his own now. He also is beginning to step up as his own person.</li><li>I (Scott) have just been hanging on. Being pulled in many direction and trying to grow as a leader in my home, community, and ministry.</li></ul><p>It is interesting in being in full time ministry. It is not like the jobs that I have had where I knew exactly what needed to be done all of the time. There is always a flow. Sometimes I find myself driving 3 hours to Anchorage to have coffee with someone who God has brought into the scene. Sometimes I sit at a desk at the office making phone calls, praying, plotting, and scheming. Sometimes I take my wife out for coffee so that we can connect and get synced up. Sometimes I am frustrated due to not understanding how others think. Sometimes I find myself working on an airplane and fellowshipping with like minded, God loving, mechanics. Sometimes I find myself remodeling a room in this old house that God has blessed us with. Sometimes I find myself reparing one of our old vehicles to keep us mobile or help out one of my sons on their vehicles. Sometimes I find myself bundled up heading to a village that may be -50 0r -60F, not knowing how God will be glorified, but trusting that He would use little old us in His plan to bring people to Himself. Other times I just find a quiet place to open God's word and sit and listen to Him at His feet.</p><p>So, this year, 2012, I pray is a year of getting closer to God. One of slowing down to listen to Him, and family and friends, while keeping momentum going foward as God opens doors, and leads.</p><p>I am so thankful for a God who has always had a plan for my life, my family, and He is faithful. He can be trusted. He will never leave us or forsake us!</p><p> </p>lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-43559483435967340452010-07-02T16:55:00.003-04:002010-07-02T16:59:32.535-04:002010 Wrangell Mountain Bible ConferenceOur family, minus Shaughn, are with a CEF Alaska team of 13 in the Copper Center, AK. area at the Wrangell Mountain Bible Conference.<br /><br />We are here for 10 days We have had 20-30 kids from 5yrs old to 15 years old in the clubs. Things are going well. We have been blessed to work with a local family as part of our team.<br /><br />I am posting pictures right now on the Flikr site. It seems to be taking a while, but they should be up soon!<br /><br />Please keep praying for the rest of the week. We leave Monday to head home.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />scottlelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-12223007170540879242010-05-08T03:51:00.003-04:002010-05-08T03:53:47.240-04:00New Photos PostedCheck out our flickr sight as we have posted several new photos. Some you may have seen on our facebook sights but some you have not. It is midnight here and time for bed. We will come back and write some updates in the next couple of days. Please enjoy the photos and thank you for your prayers.<br /><br />God bless you all!! Happy Mother's Day to all of the special "mom's" we know and love!! <br /><br />Lela and boyz~lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-82939031713374397462010-04-20T19:04:00.001-04:002010-04-20T19:04:46.706-04:00Family goes to Port Alsworth...<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Last weekend our whole family went to the village of Port Alsworth for their Spring Family Conference. Our kids were on the team for the children’s ministry. Lela and I enjoyed the conference and met many new people as well as reconnected with familiar faces.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">We ended up missing the first day due to weather. The plane could not get into the village due to the weather, so we went Saturday instead of Friday. We had about a 30 minute warning to get to the airport, which isn't far but this was at 8:25 a.m. and we were still in jammies and had to take our showers and get a couple of kiddies out of bed. BUT, we did make it and all was good. Port Alsworth has 2 runways side by side. When we landed, the pilot chose the left runway. Nobody clued him in about the condition. It was VERY muddy!!!! The airplane slid all the way down the runway. The pilot did an excellent job keeping the nose off the ground until he could get in some hard land. Otherwise, the nose wheel would have dug in and the prop woul have hit the ground resulting in $500,000 in damage. Once the runway dried a little, we tugged the airplane back as far as we could in the high ground and took all the weight we could out of the airplane, this left him with about 1500 feet of runway before the lake. He did a nice soft field take off in about 750 feet!! This was Sunday morning and the chapel is located at the end of the runway in front of the lake with HUGE windows on both sides to see all of the beauty. When the plane got off the ground the whole chapel roared with excitement!!!! The preacher stopped and allowed the Praise to continue and everyone gave thanks to God for His faithfulness. I was so excited...I met another Lela!! She spells her name Lelya...she is from Russia. It was so strange introducing her to Scott..."Scott this is Lelya and Lelya this is my husband Scott..." It sounded so weird. LOL Not everyday I get to do that. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Scott and Lela leave Thursday for the village of Quihagak (Sounds like quinihawk) for the Moravian Youth Singsperation. About 330 Alaskan Natives will be flown in from villages all over Alaska. We will have the opportunity to meet many of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Scott and Lela have been promoted to CEF ALASKA RURAL MINISTRY COORDINATORS. The boss wanted to see how we did before he gave us the title. This just means that we are responsible for ministry that happens in every village except for Soldotna. :o)<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">God has been opening many doors for ministry. It has been amazing to see His handy work. We are humbled to be His servants and excited at what the future looks like.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Scott will slowly be trained in the airplane as opportunities come up. In the mean time, I am hoping to be able to use MARC’s Cessna 172 when I have a couple of bucks so that I can stay current. I can use this plane for various meetings around the State.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The boys are doing good. They loved flying out to the village and playing in the mud. Yes, we all had to have mud boots...a necessary item for living here once break up starts.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">We pray that all is well with you and please continue to remember us in your prayers for safety in all of our upcoming flying and also for our boys as some of the trips they are not going on and staying with friends. We love and appreciate you all. God bless!!!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lela and Scott</p>Shaughn, Matthew, Nathaniel and Jeremiahlelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-66302554640656631342010-03-31T23:04:00.002-04:002010-03-31T23:18:32.620-04:00Employee of the Week and of the Month!!!!Shaughn has only been at McDonalds for about a month and a half and came home last night with 2 gift cards and 8 free meals because he was named Employee of the Week AND Employee of the Month!!!! His Dad and I are so proud!! Way to go Shaughn!!!!<br /><br />My Dad still needs your prayers. His healing process is super slow and he needs the "Joy of the Lord" to shower over him during this time. If you could remember him and my mom, I would appreciate it.<br /><br />Our local Wal-mart store opened today! This was a huge event here locally as they only had one store to shop at and this will give them a variety. :-) Otherwise, it is off to Anchorage...a 3-4 hour drive for most of us. Our friends in Homer has to add another 1 1/2 hours to that drive. We all went to check it out today after Shaughn got off of work. <br /><br />Scott spoke today at the local native college. We all went but let him do the honors of speaking to the missions class. He did a great job speaking about CEF and the history of CEF. Each of the kids in the class took a prayer card and said they would be praying for us. They are such a great bunch of teens. We always enjoy going there. It is located just past our office a couple of blocks.<br /><br />Everyone is doing great. We are preparing for all of our summer projects both with CEF and personal. We have many projects here at the home front...any volunteers to come and help??? :-) Love hearing from you all! <br /><br />Bless you!<br />Lela and boyz~lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-72246270097451170972010-03-13T15:21:00.002-05:002010-03-13T15:36:02.044-05:00Teeth...The latest with the Lazaros Family...<br /><br />Jeremiah lost another tooth. On the bottom. He was so excited to receive a visit from the tooth fairy. He made sure I took photos. :-)<br /><br />Matthew lost his front tooth...again!! That was last Sunday. I called a dentist on Monday and got him in on Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Totally God!! After 2 hours and $212.00, it was back in. The dentist said he is going to baby this tooth until Matthew is 18 and at that time probably do an implant into the bone. He doesn't have any real tooth left to work with. After 4 different dentists and 4 different crowns, there is nothing left of the original tooth to hook the crown onto. So, pray that we can make this last until he is 18 or stops growing. The dentist is afraid that if they do the implant too soon, that it will cause other problems due to his bones are still growing.<br /><br />Shaughn has made it 1 month at his job. He just finished working 42 hours this past week. He is pretty tired. He has decided that this is not the career he wants to do for the rest of his life. :-) <br /><br />Update on my dad: His surgery was Wednesday, March 3rd. They had to take out more than they thought they would have to. He came home the next day with two bags. He went in the following Monday, March 8th for a check up. They removed the drainage bag but found that he was extremely swollen and that it was very unusual. The doctors were very concerned. They had him come back this past Wednesday, March 10th and removed the 2nd bag and he was still very swollen. His blood pressure is pretty low too. He has had some really bad days for pain and is healing slowly. The results came back and showed that it was a good thing that they took out extra because the cancer has moved into the fatty tissues around the prostate. The doctor feels he got all of it but will know more once he is able to do more testing. Dad said he almost wishes he had not gone through with the surgery as the pain is so intense. The rest of his treatment will be talked about next week (I think) at his next appointment. <br /><br />Scott & Lela are almost done with their on-line class. Only 2 weeks left. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Well, that is pretty much it for the moment. Bless you all!!<br />Lela and boyz~lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-87356096635908468482010-02-23T19:39:00.002-05:002010-02-23T20:26:39.534-05:00A time for prayer....Thank you everyone who has been praying for my dad. I was able to go to NC last week and be with him during his first surgery. The results came back before I had to leave and they were negative. The cancer has not spread yet. Praise the Lord!! He is now scheduled for his BIG surgery on March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. NC time. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. He will be laid up for some time afterwards. He is not allowed to lift anything over 5 lbs for 6 weeks. <br />I flew there on Saturday, Feb 13th and returned to Anchorage on Saturday, Feb. 20th. I was suppose to sit at the Anchorage airport for 8+ hours waiting for my commuter flight into Kenai but my wonderful & romantic husband tracked my plane from Chicago into Anchorage and planned an arrival at the same time. He flew to Anchorage and picked me up!!!! How sweet!! He and a friend from M.A.R.C. (Mike, who owns the plane) flew in and "swooped" me away! I was home by 10:30 p.m. How cool is that??? They landed at Lake Hood. Our favorite place to sit and watch the planes take off and land...off and on the water. VERY COOL!! After a 22 day, that was such a blessing!!<br /><br />Other news:<br />Shaughn got new glasses. He loves being able to see again. :-)<br />Scott and the boys did well with mom gone but where very glad to have her home again. :-)<br />Native Musicale is next week. We are in charge of this and need your prayer coverage.<br />Scott and I are in the middle of our online class, please keep us in your prayers as we continue to complete the course.<br />We are loving having our own place again. We are very blessed to be able to live in this home and bless the owner with fixing it up. It really fits our needs. What a blessing!!<br /><br />Everyone is doing well and loves it here. Bless you all and again, thank you for keeping us in your prayers.<br /><br />Lela and boyz~lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-32769674542754764512010-02-03T19:19:00.003-05:002010-02-03T19:49:51.384-05:00Shaughn has his first job!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXDm2Pb4dKviELgKh1kFST95nWlc04S-T8oZAqYwmvy6Z1S-h6WE3-VhXZwOw-83dGtMfZZZ2E86RpyS96GkHWb6-zcpyf7vAzRSmguln9RKqRce6Q_8OJ-LI9HQus2YL7AclfZeUgto/s1600-h/IMG_0182.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXDm2Pb4dKviELgKh1kFST95nWlc04S-T8oZAqYwmvy6Z1S-h6WE3-VhXZwOw-83dGtMfZZZ2E86RpyS96GkHWb6-zcpyf7vAzRSmguln9RKqRce6Q_8OJ-LI9HQus2YL7AclfZeUgto/s320/IMG_0182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434183669932125138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Shaughn the morning of his interview. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JmhLryO0wUOrwv3Kgpkhb5w20aMQw9nlj24rvDlWngAVwUzIMlIWZ2BzJKhWCDu6TMDGsylETFCo942Y4dgpVczOt34FcwD-edQvQAxkrOF-F9gN7BhBradevrDcCvJDAcZbfL8KQgk/s1600-h/IMG_0175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JmhLryO0wUOrwv3Kgpkhb5w20aMQw9nlj24rvDlWngAVwUzIMlIWZ2BzJKhWCDu6TMDGsylETFCo942Y4dgpVczOt34FcwD-edQvQAxkrOF-F9gN7BhBradevrDcCvJDAcZbfL8KQgk/s320/IMG_0175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434183505062200002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The morning sky<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeyM5-tNc7TvfyuxaifvlTnm2ZeYSgbtKXux7PsF_rJyBt1hPUgvscC1f6QXU-RDYaH4rrPM5XPEoT_HL_mqUrLSjTetRu0c3XJRIkXaggYJgt21lwBteQfY27Emtv6aZ_xhZEVj4FJA/s1600-h/IMG_0136.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeyM5-tNc7TvfyuxaifvlTnm2ZeYSgbtKXux7PsF_rJyBt1hPUgvscC1f6QXU-RDYaH4rrPM5XPEoT_HL_mqUrLSjTetRu0c3XJRIkXaggYJgt21lwBteQfY27Emtv6aZ_xhZEVj4FJA/s320/IMG_0136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434183497005212226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The evening sky<br /><br /><br /></div>That's right, Shaughn went for his first interview yesterday and was hired on the spot. He went today for his orientation and starts on Monday!! He will work M-F 8-4. He is excited to have the opportunity and to be able to put something on his resume. It was a little bare. He applied at a place where he wouldn't be tempted...(his favorite place is Taco Bell and he didn't apply there because he didn't want to end up not liking the place after a while)...the only temptation he will have is their milkshakes...and he gets 50% off of anything (for himself only) whether he is working or not...have you guessed it yet??? They gave him two uniforms and a hat. They are ordering his shoes which will come out of his check. Jeremiah is super excited....yep....McDONALDS!!!<br /><br />He has applied at several places but being a smaller town than Brighton but bigger than Coshocton, we are excited for him. I was hoping for Walmart since it opens up in March but they said there is like 35 openings and over 700 applications (his is one of them) that we are not sure of his chances. We do know with God all things are possible but we also feel this is an answer to prayer.<br /><br />Matthew is doing great driving. He is a natural. He tries to drive anytime the vehicle is about to move. Unlike Shaughn who doesn't care if he does or doesn't. LOL<br /><br />Scott and I are puddeling through our on-line class and trying to prepare for our CEF State Board Retreat and CEF Staff Prayer Retreat...all this weekend. We are also doing both workshops in them. We are leading/organizing them and are very excited about it. God has shown himself so much through this process. Different people have stepped up to help out and it has been just great. I spent all day yesterday writing a book for our prayer retreat. I had one of the gals at MSE (McKinley Service & Equipment) print them out for me last night and Scott brought them home...Fun to see how God puts things together.<br /><br />We are loving it here and loving what God has us doing. We do ask for your prayers as the spiritual warfare has been very active.<br /><br />Also, I ask for your prayers for my dad. We found out in January that my dad has cancer. He has stage 4, aggressive prostate cancer. They have done a bone scan and a cat scan and both have come back neg. so we are praying that it has not spread. They will know more when they do surgery which is Feb. 16th. He will see the specialist on Feb 10th to find out more details regarding the surgery and what to expect. They do want him to do radiation afterwards because all of his numbers are extremely high. Everything points to it not being good, but with the prayers of God's people so far, both of the scans came back with good news. He will be laid up for some time healing from surgery and all. I am hoping to be able to go and be with mom during the surgery and help her a little afterward. I am not sure if that is going to work out or not. I am leaving it in God's hands. We were not telling many people, only immediate family, per my dad's request until the scans came back and we had more information to share. He just finished his 5 years at US Airways/Pedmont and so he is now vested with them and can have the flying benefits for life now. That was something he really wanted to accomplish. God allowed for it to happen. His anniversary is Feb 7th. The week before his surgery. I have been struggling with the news and really had a hard time processing it. I am trying to leave it in God's hands and just keep keeping on my knees for him.<br /><br />We are also moving!!! We have been living with an 85 year old gentleman out in Sterling but have found a place much closer to the CEF office and church that will save us a lot in gas money. We will be moving after this crazy weekend. We have already taken some stuff there now but with school, retreats, homeschooling, work, etc...yeah...priorities baby.<br /><br />Scott is going to start working at the MARC hangar next week a little to help them out. They need the help really bad as they have had a lot of new projects come in and we will be slowing down a bit after the retreat until March. So, Scott will be able to go and help them out some. He is pretty excited about that. Steve took him last week flying and Scott really loved that. It was the first time he has flown since we left OH. They practiced stalls and all kinds of stuff. He was a happy man! :-)<br /><br />Well, that is most the what is going on here. We are working on getting the newsletter out too, we want to try doing it email so please make sure we have your updated emails if you have changed them recently or would like to receive them. I hope I have them but it doesn't hurt to send them to us anyways to make sure. :-)<br /><br />God bless you guys~<br />Lela and boyz~lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-28076101043865719892010-01-19T23:38:00.002-05:002010-01-19T23:48:36.330-05:00Look Out!!!Look Out!! Matthew is driving!! LOL Seriously, he is doing great!! He past his test on Wednesday and they took his photo and presented him with his driver's permit. He is walking proudly now. :-)<br />Mom and Dad are white knuckled once again. Seems strange to have 2 kids driving. He is already looking at vehicles on Craigslist and looking hard. Please pray for him as he continues to learn the ways of the road. He needs 10 hours of each: dark, daylight, snow/ice, dry of driving time and so living in Alaska you get 2 of those for part of the year and the other 2 the other part of the year. So he turns 16 in July and has to have his permit for 6 months which has to include 40 hrs of driving in those conditions...well, you do the math. He is driving in the dark and snow now and has to cram 20 hours in before we hit the daylight season...which is coming soon.<br /><br />Scott and I have started an online class with CEF and, this being our first week, have found it helpful to have the other one taking it too. We find the web site a little confusing for us but we have each other to help muddle through it. :-) LOL<br /><br />Everyone is doing well. We love it here and are very busy. Please continue to pray for us as we are still adjusting to all of the changes that we have encountered in the last few months. :-)<br /><br />So, that is the latest with us. <br />God bless you all!<br /><br />Lela~lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-40619255983159447502010-01-04T01:20:00.003-05:002010-01-04T01:29:20.627-05:00Happy New Year!!!It is 2010!! <br />Hard to believe it is 2010 already. We pray that each of you had a wonderful holiday season with friends and family. Our first Christmas and New Years in Alaska was really fun. We missed our families but felt we were exactly where God has called us to be.<br /><br />We desire more of our Jesus in 2010 and desire to grow into who He has created us to be both individually and as a family. We updated our photo at the top of our blog with a recent photo taken in December showing just how much the boys have grown. My sister-in-law wrote me to tell me that I now look short in our family photos, I told her yes I do but at least all of the tall guys around me are very handsome. :-)<br /><br />We are working hard on getting our next newsletter out and will be finishing it up this week. We will be trying to send it out electronically via email to help cut cost. Please email us with your email and let us know if you would like to receive it this way. You can respond to this post as well whether you want it email or paper form and let us know. <br /><br />We pray that you seek Jesus more in 2010 and that you fall deeper in love with our Savior. God bless you all!! Happy 2010!!lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-29843887288391696592009-12-21T03:35:00.001-05:002009-12-21T03:36:06.604-05:00Almost Christmas !!!!It is the last Sunday before Christmas...hard to believe it is that time already.<br /><br />Since the first part of December we have had company, 2 birthdays, 3 trips to Anchorage, 1 trip to Homer, a Christmas Party Club Outreach, 3 Christmas Parties, a CEF Christmas all-nighter at a camp, sick people, a new windshield, 1 hospitalization (the gentleman that we live with was taken by ambulance yesterday morning to ER and was admitted due to dizziness and falling 2 times while experiencing black outs, I will tell you more on this in a minute), have taken between 800-900 photos (which hopefully I will get on flickr soon), attended a CEF State Board meeting, plus the normal hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping and so forth. Scott has been able to work in the office and in the hangar on CEF's plane and Lela has worked in the office some and homeschooled the boys plus we led our team meeting and led our team's club at a local elementary school. The boys have had lots of opportunities to hang with their friends. They are always having us running here or there. Shaughn took and completed a class with CSI (Career Study Institute) with the local Vo-tech people. He loved it. That was 30-40 hours of class time that helps with writing resume's, interview process, career finding, etc. He loved it. Some businesses around the area will even pay more when they see you have taken this class on your resume'.<br /><br />This past Friday night we went to our CEF Christmas all-nighter at Solid Rock Camp, which is about 6-7 miles down the road, and early yesterday morning Shaughn called us to tell us that Lee had been taken by ambulance to the hospital. Shaughn had stayed home from the all-nighter due to throwing up all day Friday. He said that Lee had fallen in his bathroom and pressed his necklace button to call the ambulance. When the paramedic arrived, they could not get in because Shaughn was sleeping so hard that he did not hear them at the door. So they called the police which arrived and let them in. They were searching the house over looking for whoever called them when Shaughn came out to see all of the commotion. He explained to the officer who he was and was asked to show his drivers license. I couldn't believe this all happened the one time we were gone. Lee said he had yelled several times for Shaughn but Shaughn didn't not hear him. Scott and I went to see Lee at the hospital and his son Jim was there with him too. The doctors admitted him due to still being dizzy and they did not know why. They thought it was maybe an inner ear infection but they are not for sure. Please pray for him.<br /><br />Tomorrow is suppose to be the shortest day of the year, the darkest for us. After tomorrow (the 21st) we will start gaining daylight each day until we are on the other side of this... :-) Funny. People crack me up about this, some are loving the darkness and some can't wait for the long daylight.<br /><br />Well, I just wanted to update you a little. Shaughn did pretty well yesterday except for a headache. Today he is still complaining of his head pounding. Pray for him too.lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-45435247194649893932009-12-11T14:32:00.002-05:002009-12-11T15:32:06.288-05:00December update....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXLl501teTEskcGOL7UQfISiUmxUuj6u2OnOMVpSPyGHIJX7sN0x5bIKSXUREP0mOzsjOO3Lj280VQimowEuONVMCx-c0G-wV9eudJUemKlVpc_bDHqvTUl7NXOb-QL9XeI-NJEDb-rs/s1600-h/Dec.+2009+Nathaniel%27s+12th+birthday+and+Mom%27s+trip+to+Alaska+193.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXLl501teTEskcGOL7UQfISiUmxUuj6u2OnOMVpSPyGHIJX7sN0x5bIKSXUREP0mOzsjOO3Lj280VQimowEuONVMCx-c0G-wV9eudJUemKlVpc_bDHqvTUl7NXOb-QL9XeI-NJEDb-rs/s320/Dec.+2009+Nathaniel%27s+12th+birthday+and+Mom%27s+trip+to+Alaska+193.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414066985841125362" border="0" /></a><br />This is Scott working on CEF's Cherokee 6 engine at the MARC hangar.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AVmPYkPiYdSoIASL9Vk5-nOkchasWwip2nJcBws7gMN6xBWoENMf7INeS38GkzSCf0zKtW5HXhW4bzfzmS_fcSeUsTSfUofp33aNb79-fFT433ZIwo065WPE5xJUZaa7cP8jRBqJlQ0/s1600-h/Dec.+2009+Nathaniel%27s+12th+birthday+and+Mom%27s+trip+to+Alaska+188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AVmPYkPiYdSoIASL9Vk5-nOkchasWwip2nJcBws7gMN6xBWoENMf7INeS38GkzSCf0zKtW5HXhW4bzfzmS_fcSeUsTSfUofp33aNb79-fFT433ZIwo065WPE5xJUZaa7cP8jRBqJlQ0/s320/Dec.+2009+Nathaniel%27s+12th+birthday+and+Mom%27s+trip+to+Alaska+188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414066980836474402" border="0" /></a><br />Lela's mom, Grace, was able to come to Alaska and spend Lela & Nathaniel's birthday with them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3P86C6iZdjJZu6GLMJSaE-pSNMwHtvkCc-3TG3rMtGVX2y4Sy3X0RPc7y3i5xPsoQ4Z6gAcvzjkMe-MKdt_kZrr__Gh-WOa19bXg25SjwvmWG8zcBanK98KepHMJEvaJWLvhDgR-Zqw/s1600-h/Dec.+2009+Nathaniel%27s+12th+birthday+and+Mom%27s+trip+to+Alaska+061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3P86C6iZdjJZu6GLMJSaE-pSNMwHtvkCc-3TG3rMtGVX2y4Sy3X0RPc7y3i5xPsoQ4Z6gAcvzjkMe-MKdt_kZrr__Gh-WOa19bXg25SjwvmWG8zcBanK98KepHMJEvaJWLvhDgR-Zqw/s320/Dec.+2009+Nathaniel%27s+12th+birthday+and+Mom%27s+trip+to+Alaska+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414066970013223810" border="0" /></a><br />Nathaniel on his big day...turning 12!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We have really enjoyed our visit with mom. We have been able to see Moose, Eagles, fly over the glaciers, sheep, mountain goats, beautiful sunsets and sunrises, and even moose poop in the front yard. Mom has been able to meet many of our friends here and was even able to attend both our monthly club and Nathaniel's monthly club. <br /><br />Everyone is doing well. Mom had to reschedule her departure flight due to being fogged in. We are driving her back to Anchorage today to catch her early morning flight out. Please pray for her safety.<br /><br />Shaughn has been attending a job fair class here and really liking it. He has to put in 6 hours at Vo-Tech today. <br /><br />Bless you all, just wanted to give you an update.<br />Lelalelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-41699720410139859962009-11-22T19:25:00.003-05:002009-11-22T20:07:42.297-05:00A Time of Worship...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJucRov3W89jEBmZsH4HhAA_qvBOsbct76Ftn2ONke9dlcNU4bOiI00o9eL1By6k9QKI-6msSekE_5-sDxBW2dbtDUIjCDwobUWFqH7gptYwzdZMTX4DZLwl9rT46t0mjAs0somcpN7c/s1600/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407097596429400242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJucRov3W89jEBmZsH4HhAA_qvBOsbct76Ftn2ONke9dlcNU4bOiI00o9eL1By6k9QKI-6msSekE_5-sDxBW2dbtDUIjCDwobUWFqH7gptYwzdZMTX4DZLwl9rT46t0mjAs0somcpN7c/s320/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+013.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiczyELR316LtdEqE7ty-S92C2Db1qPgmOt0K5-R6oqu_EGmwlt3FW1aOUpLPyH33yXeCPxqMvvhY3uc6f2nIl2EIGk7bkuh_Ob7qRTPoJASFAhGlFlcLH59TanV16SX7_E5BcEqazI08/s1600/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407097591167334722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiczyELR316LtdEqE7ty-S92C2Db1qPgmOt0K5-R6oqu_EGmwlt3FW1aOUpLPyH33yXeCPxqMvvhY3uc6f2nIl2EIGk7bkuh_Ob7qRTPoJASFAhGlFlcLH59TanV16SX7_E5BcEqazI08/s320/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+007.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUo_TzM8PGsLbplIEEdC6q8G1qXINRJPpkrRugrBhwM7pbyVJ0an9EW8dwopNUKzLJqloATp-m44Vd_sl7VY6d4LNizYPdLZ1hS3vQlPcUfvoYTDbqd6Eiz2IqBfQTQeuejV_HEbNA07s/s1600/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+006.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407097580994511058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUo_TzM8PGsLbplIEEdC6q8G1qXINRJPpkrRugrBhwM7pbyVJ0an9EW8dwopNUKzLJqloATp-m44Vd_sl7VY6d4LNizYPdLZ1hS3vQlPcUfvoYTDbqd6Eiz2IqBfQTQeuejV_HEbNA07s/s320/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+006.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAJffI1zAtH-Dv4CP_IGKlP1mlu0w9ux-FgyZZXG_g3n4_SuRB8ZqxpZQqPCoUVpscKcRkB5dsONfheIyt9eHj3xYl9ihqY6exf2XiyNkG_6byEud0CqKzJukXK_wj8G-qEeFy4p-kPQ/s1600/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407097572397677826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAJffI1zAtH-Dv4CP_IGKlP1mlu0w9ux-FgyZZXG_g3n4_SuRB8ZqxpZQqPCoUVpscKcRkB5dsONfheIyt9eHj3xYl9ihqY6exf2XiyNkG_6byEud0CqKzJukXK_wj8G-qEeFy4p-kPQ/s320/Shaughn's+first+time+with+SBC+worship+team+11.22.09+002.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Today was such a blessing at church. Shaughn played for the first time at Soldotna Bible Chapel on their worship team. He did an excellant job and was so nervous. I thought I would post a couple of photos of him. </div></div></div></div>lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-74282213559023237702009-11-16T16:53:00.003-05:002009-11-16T17:06:30.670-05:00Life in AlaskaGreetings all. This morning we woke up to -15F. The guys at the dump said that it was -30F there. The nose hairs definitely freeze at that temp!<div><br /></div><div>We have been enjoying the people of Alaska here on the peninsula. As well as I (Scott) had the honor of going with a family who goes two times per year out to the village of Nulato. Nulato is on the Yukon and is 320 Nautical Miles North West of Soldotna. Mark Swensen of M.A.R.C. flew us out there in the Cessna Caravan. It was a great trip and I was able to see CEF in action.</div><div><br /></div><div>At CEF-Alaska, the staff has been going through the Super Seminar training together. It has been good. Lela and I are in a huge learning curve trying to understand how everything works. We are learning to listen and hear how things are done. Lela has really been cranking out the administrative skills. She is really enjoying being used!</div><div><br /></div><div>Shaughn has been looking into some options for both work and school. He has been a great help to Lela and I as we go into the office most days. The younger boys are enjoying the fact that not all of their school books have arrived. When they do arrive, the boys will be having some real fun!!!!! :o)></div><div><br /></div><div>We look forward to hearing from anyone!!!!! email us, call us, send us a letter.....</div><div><br /></div><div>I got my first pair of flannel lined jeans the other day at Costco! OOOOHHHHH BABY! I am LOVING these things! I have never had a pair, but when it is below 0, they are VERY NICE!!!!! We are learning.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please continue to pray for us in our ministry, our relationships, our family, our health.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>scott. </div>lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-26203832548038765252009-11-11T18:34:00.001-05:002009-11-11T18:35:33.133-05:002009 Halloween photosI have finally posted some photos of the boys from Halloween. Hope you enjoy!!<br /><br />Snow is finally here and we are all very excited. Everyone is doing well.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Lelalelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-56536115195484053342009-10-29T17:38:00.002-04:002009-10-29T17:45:09.369-04:00In the office...Scott and I have started working in the CEF office this week. So far we have been in training. We are excited to be able to ministry as a family. Everyone here is such a joy to work with. What a blessing from God to be able to work for our King and love what we are doing. <br /><br />The boys are doing very well. Scott, Shaughn and myself all received our Alaska driver's license this week and Matthew has been studying hard to take the test as well. He will be getting his driver's permit. He can't wait. :-)<br /><br />Nathaniel and Jeremiah joined Awana's last night and seem to like it alot. Scott has started unpacking some of his many books into the CEF office. He requested more book shelves and they were happy to fulfill the order. :-)<br /><br />Someone has blessed us with the use of a car until we can find one to purchse. They keep it for missionaries to use that come in from the bush. What a blessing. God has just been providing so much. <br /><br />We appreciate your prayers and your notes. God bless you!<br />Lelalelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-59020602157672289742009-10-17T11:27:00.002-04:002009-10-17T11:36:39.008-04:00In Soldotna, AK!!We have made it!! We arrived here about 6:15 p.m. (Alaska time) last night. We arrived in town just in time to make it to a teen training time at church, so our first stop was Soldotna Bible Chapel where we received a huge welcome. We were tired and felt like we had been traveling all day (ha ha) but the huge welcome was a great treat. We came to Steve and Bev McKinley's house (State Director of CEF) and ate ice cream and talked about our journey. They have asked us to stay with them for the first week so we can have time to unwind, sort stuff and get settled and meet Lee. <br /><br />We can't wait to meet Lee. We hope to connect with him today and meet. CEF is having a Pie Auction tonight as a fund raiser and everyone is very excited that we made it in time for this annual event. <br /><br />I have woke up at 3 a.m. yesterday and today, so I am doing laundry and blogging while Scott and the boys are asleep. I grabbed Scott's computer to use since mine has been dead since before the trip. <br /><br />Thank you all for your prayers and comments. Yes, we do read them all. :-) God bless you and more to come...photos too! :-)<br /><br />Lelalelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-651701437188053492009-10-17T01:35:00.002-04:002009-10-17T01:37:04.843-04:00We made it!!!!!We are in Soldotna Alaska! We made it. Hopefully tomorrow we will get some pictures posted!!!<br /><br />It was so nice to make the final stretch from Anchorage to Soldotna. It felt like we were going home!!!<br /><br />Good night all!!!lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-67475417245601883772009-10-16T00:23:00.003-04:002009-10-16T00:27:43.264-04:00We are in Alaska!We have had no internet or cell phone connection for several evenings! We stayed in Watson Lake BC two nights ago, and then Haines Junction last night. We are in Glenn Allen Alaska tonight at the Caribou Hotel. We saw many Caribou, Moose, and Elk along the way in BC, The Yukon, and then in Alaska. We will try to get some pictures up soon!<br /><br />We plan on being in Soldotna tomorrow evening!<br /><br />Everything mechanical has been great!!!<br /><br />More later...I am tired!<br /><br />peace,lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-91267656719544642412009-10-13T10:10:00.003-04:002009-10-13T10:16:35.447-04:00And on the 8th day...Fort Nelson, BCWell Happy Thankgiving! It is Thanksgiving here. Or... "The Long weekend". We spent it driving through extreme snow storms, and through three huge mountain passes. One had a 10% grade. I am very thanful that we made it safely. We saw one truck pulling a u-haul trailer that had flipped on it's side.<br /><br />Gas and groceries are Definitely getting more expensive! I just paid $1.19/ liter! OUCH!!!!<br /><br />We are in Fort Nelson tonight, and plan on making Watson Lake tomorrow. Although, not many options for staying the night there.<br /><br />On to Whitehorse the next night, and then TOK, AK!!!! WooHoo!!!!<br /><br />Blessings all!lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-53115084876967188122009-10-11T00:28:00.002-04:002009-10-11T01:01:19.623-04:00Grande Prairie Alberta and our first blow outToday we planned a "light" 288 miles today and 5 hrs plus stops. All was going very well. I was even getting 6.5 mpg rather than the 5 I had been getting due to the winds. The GPS just showed we had 59 minutes left, and I started to call Lela and BAM, whap, whap, whao, whap!!!! The passenger side inside tire blew! So we called U-Haul and 2 hours and 25 minutes later Andy from Fontaine Tire showed up to change the tire. He put a sweet Good Year tire that actually had tread rather than the highway tires that were on it. I wish he would have change all 4 of the mains!<br /><br />Well, I sent Lela and the boys ahead of me so they could get some grub and get settled. Shaughn and I made it to the hotel at 8:30pm, ate some food, changed into our swim suits and enjoyed the water slide.<br /><br />We may chill tomorrow. It is their Thanksgiving here and Sunday on top of that. Probably not much open! We are over half way now. About 1600 miles to Anchorage.<br /><br />I will post more pictures in a minute.<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving!!!!lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-14458731672244002802009-10-10T09:49:00.003-04:002009-10-10T09:59:46.758-04:00Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta on day 5We did anothere marathon run yesterday. About 500 miles from Regina to Fort Saskatchewan, AB, which is just outside of Edmonton. This puts us about hald way. Still have over 2000 miles left. This will take us through the mountains. The rig is pulling well. It is really top heavy, so I have to be on it all the time. No slip ups! Thankfully there have been no weigh stations open so far. I don't think we want to know how much weight we are pulling!!<br /><br />Everyone was toast last night. We had a good swim, Lela got laundry done, and we had some good pizza, and a good sleep. We will be debating if we will stay an extra night and relax. The next town is Dawson City, about 386 miles away.<br /><br />I am uploading pictures to the flicker site now. These pictures have only been from my camera, we still have Lela's perspective to upload.<br /><br />We went through some pretty good snow falls yesterday. We almost stopped due to the accumulation on the road and the ice. And there was a camper trailer that slid off the road. But we stopped for lunch and the sun came out for a bit. Still had some snow squalls, but the rest of the trip went fairly well.<br /><br />Jeremiah is a total fish in the water now. He was determined to pick up dive toys in the deep end without goggles. I don't know what it was, but our lips and faces turned purple in the water. It may have been the paint on the walls, or the elevation....not sure. It was funny though!<br /><br />Well, another Super 8 breakfast of the champions!lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347800978254197558.post-36458140596466811762009-10-09T01:16:00.004-04:002009-10-09T01:21:08.651-04:00Oh Canada!Well, we made it through the blowing snow storm to Regina, Saskatchewan. We are al REALLY tired. We are downtown and 12 stories up. Hotwire only showed 1 hotel option.<br /><br />At the border, when they asked if I had guns, I said no, that I shipped them. They wanted to know who had them. They even called my mom and Ed to verify that they had them.<br /><br />We snuck Zamu up here tonight since it was so cold outside.<br /><br />Tomorrow, we are looking at driving to Edmonton, or near there.<br /><br />Good noght all.lelanboyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641438450819970813noreply@blogger.com0