Author Archives: Leon Dawkins

Shamattawa Team Day 10 7-27-19

Shamattawa Team Day 10 Saturday 7-21 The four of us on the Shamttawa team spent the night in the basement of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church. Dave, Lori, Leon, and McKenna had not yet been joined by the Norway House group. We left the church this morning to explore the city of Winnipeg. Our first stop was Tim Hortons, a Canadian staple, well at least for coffee. We had been given a gift card from LAMP

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Team Shamattawa Day 8

Shamattawa Team Day 8 Thursday 7-25-19 It’s Thursday morning just before noon. We had a light breakfast, oatmeal and /or cream of wheat. Coffee as usual. Yay! We had water coming out of the faucet right away this morning. They have the problem solved I guess, so it should remain on. After breakfast the four of us walked over to the Band Office to get hooked up to the internet. Spent about 45 min. there.

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Team Shamattawa Day 9 Travel Day

Shamattawa Team Day 9 Friday 7-26 It’s pretty quiet in Shamattawa this morning. We had a thunderstorm later in the evening, lasting into the early morning hours. Just Dave and I are up. Somehow, the girls, Lori and McKenna must think they have the day off or something. It’s way past 7:00, but even though we are finished with the Bible School classes for the week, we still have things to do and people to

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Team Shamattawa Day 7 Wednesday 7-24-19

Shamattawa Team, Day 7 Wednesday 7-24 Up early at around 7:00. Pastor pilot Dennis slept in the plane last night, but showed up for breakfast. Dennis and Nick stayed for breakfast, then off to the Band Office to use the internet for phone service. He filed a flight plan for the trip back to Sioux Lookout. They flew out at 9:00.  One stop for fuel on the way at Island Lake, then on to Sioux

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