Dairy farming

JWhile we were in Manitoba a family friend allowed us the opportunity to visit a dairy farm during milking time. The kids were fascinated and loved helping get the cows set up to milk. Truthfully I think they enjoyed the barn cats more than anything. Here are some pics of our experience. 

Wildfires

We are shrouded in smoke here at Victory today due to a large wildfire south of Anchorage. 

This fire covers an area of 96,500 square miles and as of this morning is only 5% contained. 

It is in the Funny River region. Please pray for the locals, the fire personnel and the emergency personnel involved!

Awards Ceremony and Last Day of School Picnic

The time has come again as it does every year...Summer Vacation!!  At Glacierview school that time comes with an award ceremony where the kids are recognized for their hard work throughout the year. This year my Naomi was applauded with her class for going into Junior High...wait what???!!!  Junior High!  Crazy!  Jeremiah was promoted from Kindergarten to First Grade and they all were given different awards for creative writing, reading excellence and math excellence.  I'm so proud of all of their smart little brains :)  The picnic was a lot of fun.  During the egg toss, shown in one of the photos below, the kids eached picked an adult to be their partner and then tossed the egg back and forth until someone dropped it or it broke.  One poor little guy (good sport btw) was thrown the egg by one of our staff members and it hit him in the forehead and ran all over his face.  Oh the dangers of throwing eggs!  The food was delicious, the sun warm and sunny, and a fun time was had by all.  Let the summer begin!

First InReach project of the year!

Ryan left on Sunday to take a team down to Port Alsworth on Sunday.  There is a bible camp there called Tanalian Bible Camp.  They are only a summer camp and don't have a large full-time staff base. The team is going to help them get their camp ready for summer as well as do some repairs, trail clearing etc.  Please pray for them as they are there for safety as well as that they will be a blessing and encouragement to the staff.  They will be flying back next Sunday.

Upper Liard Hot Springs

One of our favorite parts of our road trip was the time we spent at the Liard Hot Springs.  On the way down we stopped and everything was still covered with snow but the warm water was such a nice break.  It was hard to pull the kiddos away to keep driving!

On the way back we stopped again and spent a little more time.  Though the mosquitoes were out now and the snow was melted it still was wonderful!