Tuesday, March 18, 2014

March Madness


It’s almost the end of March already! How time flies! Two months from today, I will be boarding a plane and on my way back to the mitten for the summer. That’s just crazy! This year is flying by (though some days go much faster than others.

After sledding, we built a little snowman
I am so grateful for all of my experiences so far this year. God has taught me/is teaching me a lot about His people and myself as well. I have fallen in love with this beautiful place I call home! Winter has finally come back to us. We had almost no snow since my return in January until the beginning of this month, but we’ve had snow for about a week now and it’s been so wonderful! I’ve learned how to cross country ski and fallen in love with it! (I will definitely be investing in my own pair of boots & skis for next year!) We attempted sledding, but there wasn’t much snow when we made our attempt and the tundra was pretty rough leaving us beaten and quite bruised, but it was still fun!

We’ve had a pretty consistent group of girls come to worship time every weekend. Occasionally, there are visitors from basketball tournaments and such, but we have a steady group of girls from New Stuyahok that come weekly. It’s so much fun to see them come back week after week and to worship God with them. They LOVE song time and never want it to end. (If they had their way, I think it would go all night.)

Our boys’ basketball team made it to state! They won their first game, but last night, they lost what sounds like a game with some unfair calls/refs, but what can you do? We are proud of them and their accomplishment of making it to state! GO EAGLES! :)

Cross country skiing for the first time.
In other news, today is a very important day for my family and me as it marks the day my dad was born. Happy Birthday to the best dad a girl could ask for! :) Thank you for all you have done and continue to do for our family!

Livin' the dream...and skiing in the winter sun
Today begins our mini spring break. We have 3 whole days off! I hope to spend it lesson planning, reading, catching up on some tv, hosting some afternoon visitors (students), and watching a few movies I suppose. Looking forward to relaxing a bit at home and enjoying this wintry weather!