Yesterday I went and got our P. O. Box for the time that we are here in Soldotna. I went a head and rented it for the next 12 months to cover the time of moving here as well if that is still how God is leading. We are pretty excited about it.
Tonight we are taking the kids to youth group and awana then us adults are going out for a Kaladi Brothers Coffee. Oh yeah! Scott and I have been craving them since last May. The Swensen family leaves tomorrow for their 10 week trip and have been busy packing all day. Nathaniel and Matthew helped Mr. Swensen make moose jerkey today. They are pretty excited to sample it. It has smelled so good all day cooking. I told them that all we needed now was some Amish Butter Cheese to go along with it. Of course they asked why I didn't bring some with me. Who knew?
The weather here is still beautiful. A little cooler today but the boys went out to play in the snow and had the Swensen's dogs pull them in the sled. They have special harnesses for their 2 big dogs. One is an Alaskan Huskey. Matthew had a ball.
Well, it is almost church time. So, I had better get off of here. Chat soon.
Blessings,
Lela and Boyz~
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
A normal day in Alaska!!
Well, it is Monday here and Scott got up and went to work, the boys woke up and took their showers and did their school. I got up and have the laundry going and checking their school. It all seems like a normal day just like any other. But...we are in Alaska!! How cool ay? The Swensen Family is trying to pack up and get ready for their trip to the lower 48 and their children do not have school since it is all packed up. They are eagerly waiting for our children to get finished so they can play.
Our boys love having 2 big dogs for the next 2 1/2 months and are getting all of the tips on how to take care of them.
Michele is taking me today to the post office so we can get our P. O. Box. Their suburban has 3 bench seats in it and seats 9 people. I bet you can't guess what Scott wants now. Yep!! He has been wanting 2 bench seats for ours but now the bar has been raised. Too funny. :-) He wants to check out some junk yards to see if he can find some. :-)
Well, on with our day. I just wanted to give you a little update.
Bless you all!
Lela and boyz~
Our boys love having 2 big dogs for the next 2 1/2 months and are getting all of the tips on how to take care of them.
Michele is taking me today to the post office so we can get our P. O. Box. Their suburban has 3 bench seats in it and seats 9 people. I bet you can't guess what Scott wants now. Yep!! He has been wanting 2 bench seats for ours but now the bar has been raised. Too funny. :-) He wants to check out some junk yards to see if he can find some. :-)
Well, on with our day. I just wanted to give you a little update.
Bless you all!
Lela and boyz~
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sunday afternoon....
This is the sky as we pulled out of the driveway for church this morning about 9:15 a.m.
We came home and Michele had made stir fry and sushi (homemade) YUMMM!!!
The kids are all watching Wall-E right now. The sun continues to shine and melt the snow but we are told that is about to change. Snow is scheduled for tomorrow and on through the week. Scott couldn't get over the whole idea that we drove to church on pure ice. Matthew is totally getting into the studded tire thing and the indents that they make in the ice. Michele has let him use her shoe studs, that slips over your shoes and gives them claws for the ice. He thinks he is all that with those on. He has even been in their ICY driveway playing basketball with them on. :-)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Well, the Lazaros family is mostly up and are among the first to awake here in the Swenson house. It is between 6:30-7:00 a.m. here but we feel like we have slept all day. LOL
We are up and eating cereal, waiting for the towels to dry that was washed last night. We are going to start taking showers and getting ready for our first Sunday as a family and going to Soldotna Bible Chapel. Their youth pastor has emailed us a couple of times and is looking forward to meeting the boys today. He has even added them and me as a friend on facebook. They were pretty tickeled about that. :-)
We had moose steak last night for dinner with twice baked potatoes and boy...was it yummy. It was a fresh kill...this week in fact. :-) They grilled it and it was so juicy and thick.
The kids have all played very well together and Shaughn and Matthew are loving the high speed and using mom and dad's computers. They are chatting with many of their friends on-line. :-)
Bless you all, it is time to go for now. Will chat more soon.
Love,
Lela and boyz~
Saturday, January 17, 2009
We're in Alaska!!!
We made into Anchorage about 7 p.m. their time (4 hours behind MI & OH time) with no problems. All of our luggage arrived and we were met my Travis and Heather from M.A.R.C. The drive to Soldotna was pure ice and Travis did a great job delivering us to the Swenson's. We are having fresh salmon homemade pizza...yum!!
After being up for 26 hours straight, we were very glad to be able to lay down and sleep.
The weather here is extremely warm. 42 degrees and sunny!! Floods everywhere and very messy.
The boys are loving the pizza and all of the animals. They are also enjoying being able to meet the people that Scott and I have talked so much about for the last few months.
Matthew and I have been taking lots of photos on this trip. We will post some photos very soon and often...so check back often. :-)
Have a great day and chat again soon,
Lela and boyz~
After being up for 26 hours straight, we were very glad to be able to lay down and sleep.
The weather here is extremely warm. 42 degrees and sunny!! Floods everywhere and very messy.
The boys are loving the pizza and all of the animals. They are also enjoying being able to meet the people that Scott and I have talked so much about for the last few months.
Matthew and I have been taking lots of photos on this trip. We will post some photos very soon and often...so check back often. :-)
Have a great day and chat again soon,
Lela and boyz~
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
We are in Michigan!!
Well, we made it to our first stop in our journey to Alaska. We arrived in Michigan about 7 p.m. and Scott's mom, Stephanie, had a great dinner waiting for us. Our drive to Michigan was good although we did drive through a snow blizzard. :-) Scott was able to make it to our "home/sending" church's missions meeting last night. He was excited about that. It was good to see everyone again.
We are having friends over today, kind of like an open house. They are free to stop in whenever they can and visit for as long as they wish. Stephanie has food for the day and it should be lots of fun.
When Scott and I woke up this morning, we heard someone playing pool...we thought it was Jeremiah since he had just left our room. We had told him to be quiet in case others were still asleep, so Scott got up to hush him up only to find it wasn't him...it was our Shaughn playing a game of pool with his friend Sean. Yes, our visitors started pretty early. LOL We just cracked up and had a good laugh. Sean is our 5th adopted son...or should be. He is Shaughn's best friend and always calling or visiting. We love having him around and enjoy his company very much. It was great waking up to see his smiling face. :-)
Scott is at our local Costco...only 10 minutes away from here.... :-) He was there when they opened this morning. He has already called me 2 times to run things by me before buying...he is having a blast there. A kid in the candy shop so to speak.
It is hard to believe that we are on our 3 month journey already. Time has come quickly. We are excited to see what God has in store for us during this time. We bought each of the boys a journal for them to keep a record of the memories and quiet times of their trip. They seem excited about that.
Well, that is it for this update...check back soon...there will be more soon. :-)
God bless you and thank you for reading about us.
Lela
We are having friends over today, kind of like an open house. They are free to stop in whenever they can and visit for as long as they wish. Stephanie has food for the day and it should be lots of fun.
When Scott and I woke up this morning, we heard someone playing pool...we thought it was Jeremiah since he had just left our room. We had told him to be quiet in case others were still asleep, so Scott got up to hush him up only to find it wasn't him...it was our Shaughn playing a game of pool with his friend Sean. Yes, our visitors started pretty early. LOL We just cracked up and had a good laugh. Sean is our 5th adopted son...or should be. He is Shaughn's best friend and always calling or visiting. We love having him around and enjoy his company very much. It was great waking up to see his smiling face. :-)
Scott is at our local Costco...only 10 minutes away from here.... :-) He was there when they opened this morning. He has already called me 2 times to run things by me before buying...he is having a blast there. A kid in the candy shop so to speak.
It is hard to believe that we are on our 3 month journey already. Time has come quickly. We are excited to see what God has in store for us during this time. We bought each of the boys a journal for them to keep a record of the memories and quiet times of their trip. They seem excited about that.
Well, that is it for this update...check back soon...there will be more soon. :-)
God bless you and thank you for reading about us.
Lela
Sunday, December 28, 2008
The after Christmas ride home.
Well we had a wonderful time at Lela's folks house for Christmas. We are on our way home, actually we took a lunch stop at Panera Bread in Gastonia, North Carolina. We worshipped with family and friends at The Family Worship Center in Kings Mountain this morning.
Yesterday we went to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. What a cool experience to see the life of a man who stayed the course and preached the simple message of the gospel throughout his life! He is 90 years old now.
We are on our way home and looking forward to chillin with our family. Scott got Flight Simulator X for Christmas and just has to try it out!!!!!!
Just over two weeks away from leaving the lower 48 and heading North to Alaska!!!!! Which reminds me, I got the movie "North to Alaska" with The Duke for Christmas!! We will have to watch that too!!
We trust that all of you had a wonderful time with family as you celebrated that most precious gift! We hope that you all will have a Jesus filled New Year. One of being servants to all. And loving the lowly!
Oh...My class in Manitoba was Awesome!!!! It was a heavy maintenance class on the PT-6. (Pratt and Whitney jet engine with a prop, also known as a Turboprop engine). These engines are used heavily in Missionary aviation around the world and with the shortage and expense of Avgas, we will be seeing more aircraft using these engines, like the Kodiak.
Lela had an appointment with a wonderful Doctor and friend in Coshocton for her ankle before we left. He said that she had damaged two tendons heavily and one slightly. He hooked her up with a new brace and shoe supports. He said that it is healing and will take a while, but she is on the mend. If only we could just take the bad parts out and put new parts in like an airplane......
Stomach flu's are going through the family!! Yippee!!!!! So as we take off for the rest of the journey home....well....you get the picture!!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR US!!!!!!
Love you all!!
Yesterday we went to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. What a cool experience to see the life of a man who stayed the course and preached the simple message of the gospel throughout his life! He is 90 years old now.
We are on our way home and looking forward to chillin with our family. Scott got Flight Simulator X for Christmas and just has to try it out!!!!!!
Just over two weeks away from leaving the lower 48 and heading North to Alaska!!!!! Which reminds me, I got the movie "North to Alaska" with The Duke for Christmas!! We will have to watch that too!!
We trust that all of you had a wonderful time with family as you celebrated that most precious gift! We hope that you all will have a Jesus filled New Year. One of being servants to all. And loving the lowly!
Oh...My class in Manitoba was Awesome!!!! It was a heavy maintenance class on the PT-6. (Pratt and Whitney jet engine with a prop, also known as a Turboprop engine). These engines are used heavily in Missionary aviation around the world and with the shortage and expense of Avgas, we will be seeing more aircraft using these engines, like the Kodiak.
Lela had an appointment with a wonderful Doctor and friend in Coshocton for her ankle before we left. He said that she had damaged two tendons heavily and one slightly. He hooked her up with a new brace and shoe supports. He said that it is healing and will take a while, but she is on the mend. If only we could just take the bad parts out and put new parts in like an airplane......
Stomach flu's are going through the family!! Yippee!!!!! So as we take off for the rest of the journey home....well....you get the picture!!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR US!!!!!!
Love you all!!
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