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. :-)
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.
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
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. :-)
So, that is the latest with us.
God bless you all!
Lela~
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Happy New Year!!!
It is 2010!!
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.
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. :-)
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.
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!!
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.
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. :-)
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.
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!!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Almost Christmas !!!!
It is the last Sunday before Christmas...hard to believe it is that time already.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, December 11, 2009
December update....
This is Scott working on CEF's Cherokee 6 engine at the MARC hangar.
Lela's mom, Grace, was able to come to Alaska and spend Lela & Nathaniel's birthday with them.
Nathaniel on his big day...turning 12!!
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.
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.
Shaughn has been attending a job fair class here and really liking it. He has to put in 6 hours at Vo-Tech today.
Bless you all, just wanted to give you an update.
Lela
Sunday, November 22, 2009
A Time of Worship...
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.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Life in Alaska
Greetings 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!
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.
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!
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)>
We look forward to hearing from anyone!!!!! email us, call us, send us a letter.....
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.
Please continue to pray for us in our ministry, our relationships, our family, our health.
Thanks,
scott.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
2009 Halloween photos
I have finally posted some photos of the boys from Halloween. Hope you enjoy!!
Snow is finally here and we are all very excited. Everyone is doing well.
Blessings,
Lela
Snow is finally here and we are all very excited. Everyone is doing well.
Blessings,
Lela
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