Jason Hiebert arrived as scheduled on Friday, September 29. We were able to get a good headstart into taping the upstairs that afternoon. Then on Saturday we were able to complete all the taping and the first coat of mud on the second floor of the building! Things are moving along nicely and we hope to have the the joints taped and the first coat of mud on the first floor walls by Tuesday afternoon.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
This Friday
Friday, October 29th, is going to be an exciting day! Jason Hiebert from Manitoba is flying up to do the taping and mud work on our building. It will be such a blessing to have HIM heading up the task, with me assisting, since I have LITTLE experience at all and he is an expert. Not only will the taping and mudding begin but October 29th is also our oldest daughter Hayleigh's, 5th birthday! We are planning a party for all her little friends and it should be a fun and busy time! It is hard to believe that Hayleigh will be 5, and that she has celebrated 4 birthdays here in Rankin Inlet.
Please pray for me as I sprained my knee last night while helping with the local boys basketball team. It is pretty sore and inhibiting me from doing much manual labour on my feet.
Please also pray for GOOD weather for Jason's flight. It has been snowing on and off for about 10 days now and the forecast is for that to continue.
Please pray for me as I sprained my knee last night while helping with the local boys basketball team. It is pretty sore and inhibiting me from doing much manual labour on my feet.
Please also pray for GOOD weather for Jason's flight. It has been snowing on and off for about 10 days now and the forecast is for that to continue.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
More work done and a miracle...
More work has been accomplished on the building here! The past 5 days our electrician Frank Kelly has been in town and we have been able to get all the switches in, some temporary lighting in most of the rooms and hallways as well, and the toilet in the upstairs bathroom.
Frank was supposed to leave on Monday, but a half hour before his flight left a fog rolled in and First Air canceled the flight, so he got bumped to Wednesday (since the flight to Yellowknife, NWT is only Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Today we woke up and it was cloudy but no fog!! Well wouldn*t you know it, about an hour and a half before his plane was to land in Rankin...more fog rolled in off the Bay. It would lift a bit and then sink down to about 400 meters visibility (not enough for the jet to land). So I REALLY began to pray that God would allow him to get out of town. He has a trip to Ireland planned for early next week and a lot of work to do before he leaves, so he REALLY needed to get home to Yk tonight. The fog kept lifting a bit giving us a ray of hope, but then 10 minutes later it would settle back in limiting the visibility. Time dragged by at the airport and we kept waiting for the announcement that the flight was cancelled...but we heard nothing. We continued waiting thinking that there still must be a chance the plane could land. We finally stopped one of the First Air agents and asked if the flight was officially cancelled. He looked at us rather surprised saying yes, the flight just flew over and that they must have just forgotten to make the announcement. Crestfallen we made our way to the ticket counter to have him rebooked yet again...this time for Friday. It looked like our prayers had not been answered. Well, that is when God stepped in... Just as they were about to rebook him, one of the ticket agents said there was a SLIGHT possibility he and the other passengers could get on ANOTHER First Air plane. We were a bit surprised since it seemed the fog was so thick and no plane could land. There just *happened* to be a First Air charter flight that terminated in Rankin Inlet, and just *happened* to be flying to Yellowknife...EMPTY!!! It was already sitting on the pad being prepped for departure. GOD HAD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS! We serve a BIG God who can do anything...even allow a turbo-prop plane to take off from a distant mining camp in time to land in thick fog, so one of his faithful, hard-working volunteers can get home to his wife and in time for his trip to visit is aging mother in Ireland. WOW! There is really NO WAY to describe how amazing this is but our Mighty God working. This might seem like a small thing to those used to flying in the south, but when one is isolated in small, fly-in ONLY communities weather is a huge factor that cancels about 10% of the flights per year. To get out of town when all seemed hopeless, in a plane that usually wasn*t there at that time, is an amazing MIRACLE. PRAISE THE LORD for answering our prayers.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
First snow
The night before last we got our first snow of the winter. It was only a dusting, but also a warning that more is on the way, and sooner than we'd like. Below are some views, out of our new windows, of the recent snowfall.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Some more things completed
We have been able to get some more things completed over the last week or so. All the drywall except for ONE piece is up! Praise the LORD! ALSO...the heat is on and it is heating well! Our nightime temps are hovering near freezing so we are so thankful to have the heat on. We want to say a special "thank you" to Ryan Wall for all his help getting the heat working this past Friday.
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