Wood Harvest

It’s hard to believe we have been here a week, in some ways the time has gone so quickly in other ways it feels as if we have always been here. Tuesday was our first night sleeping in our house. It was wonderful (it’s been 18 months since we’ve been able to call something “our house”). Most of our time this past week was spent unpacking and organizing our things. We were able to get our house livable in time to have the wood cutting team from Bloomingdale Christian Church arrive (keep reading).

We did get the opportunity to attend a community function called Community Wellness. It is held every Tuesday night at the school and is a time of positive fellowship. Various members of the community host different activities; there were guitar lessons, Pilates, a card game, and a craft all happening in different rooms. Joel and I were able to meet so people and just get a feel for how things work. This will be a regular part of our week and time will show what our role will be.

Friday five men arrived around noon, who had just driven 12 hours from Seattle, Washington, and before that had flown from Michigan. They had lunch and immediately went to work. Josh Odell, who we met at FSB, first introduced us to his church family (Bloomingdale Christian Church) and they felt led to be a part of our support team. Then they felt the Lord leading them to come and help us put up wood for winter. Josh, Tod, Bill, Craig, and Randy worked so hard to cut, split, and stack 15 cords of wood at our place and the Horsman’s. The Lord totally blessed their effort, and we had a wonderful time of fellowship throughout their time here. Sunday evening was extra special as we celebrated Thanksgiving (October 8 in Canada) and had a time of reflection. Our first week has been full and we are so thankful for the wonderful people who we are privileged to work along side. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. We are having a little difficulty getting our phone hooked up so that limits our communication (please pray for that if you would).