Tuesday March 11, 2008

 

 

Iditarod

Wednesday Morning – 5:00 p.m. EST

Lance and Jeff are on the final part of the trip – Safety to Nome.

 

Tuesday Evening – 9:00 p.m. EST

 

#1 Lance Mackey – #2 Jeff King – #3 Ramey Smyth

 

Jessie Royer is #13

Photos from Iditarod.com

 

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Memories of Alaska

Day 11 – August 3, 2003

 

Beautiful scenery on the way to Homer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homer Spit is a narrow, four-and-a-half-mile-long gravel bar that extends into Kachemak Bay on the southwest side of the Kenai Penisula.  There is barely room for buildings on either side of the road.

 

 

This area prides itself in some of the best Halibut fishing in the world.

 

 

The view outside our camper window.

 

 

That evening we took a relaxing walk on the spit, checked on a few shops, and enjoyed beautiful weather. 

 

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Back to the Present

Today – March 11, 2008

My first responsibility was getting the boys ready for Tiffani’s arrival, as she was going to spend most of the day babysitting.

 

I arrived at Ladies’ Fellowship – at our church – as Emily Alwine (striped blouse) was putting finishing touches on the tea table. 

 

 

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I loved her unique, beautiful table decorations.

 

 

Then I helped our speaker, Melanie Mummert, set up the PowerPoint for a presentation of her three-year service with Olive Branch Mennonite Missions in Leon, Nicaragua. 

 

 

It was interesing to see and hear about the outreach in Leon and the surrounding community.

 

 

Melanie and a Nicaraguan girl.  (Photo from Melanie’s PowerPoint.)

 

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From there I went to the TFC Office.

 

 

 

I checked on Cerwin, who was varnishing the bedframe he is designing for the British Columbia chapel.  (The chapel is at the paint shop.)

 

 

This is CTS (Candidate Training School) at the International Office.

There are four men in this session – one from Ontario, Canada, and three from the States (Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia).  Two of their wives are also here.  They came into the session shortly after this photo was taken – after spending the morning shopping.

My responsibility is to give them information concerning newsletters, photos, PowerPoints, display boards, etc.

 

 

Partway through the session, Scott Weidner (TFC President & CEO) came into the room and asked if anyone was giving me trouble.  I joked that they were giving me lots of problems – so he brought me a gun! 

 

 

After I was finished with my input, we took a short break for a photo shoot.

 

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This is for our family in Texas

 

Your boys talked Grandpa into racing with them.

 

 

Shortly after getting the boys in the bathtub tonight, I heard lots of giggling and laughter, so I checked to make sure they weren’t flooding the bathroom!  They were just having fun, and all the water was staying in the tub.

A cute saying from Ian:  When I suggested that he was chewing/eating too much “coal gum” that was in their snack bag.  He said, “I want to be a chubby kid.”