Friday is our last day in Shamattawa. We will spend the morning still in the packing mode. We will lunch on what’s left in the fridge. Most of the tubs needed to get into storage. We still have Vacation Bible School from 1:00-3:00 today. We were invited to Cornelius and Yolanda’s house after VBS for a visit, but could not stay long, as we needed to get to the airport for our 5:00 flight. Got
Beautiful sunny day so far. All up and had breakfast prepared by Dave. Dave left to go to a funeral on our behalf for Sam Miles, who passed away last week. It is being held at the Anglican Church. This is a member of the community who has lived here his entire life. A grandfather, father, and uncle to many. The story today was the story of Zacchaeus the tax collector that Jesus called down
Rose at 7:30 A.M. breakfast by Dave, French toast, green eggs and ham! All went to the store for groceries. Met Mark from MB Ministries at Winnipeg. Mark and Neena Huebert and children are part of a Mennonite ministry. They are doing reading and crafts at the school this week. After returning to the teacherage, Lori and Dave went to see Mary Ann Miles and also looking for access to the rec center building for
Up at 7:30, Dave made breakfast. Eggs pancakes, ham. Coffee and apple juice. To the store at 10:00. Back home for lunch and then prepare for the afternoon’s VBS. Started VBS at 1:00 which ran until 3:30. Had many new kids today (34) 13 from Monday were repeats, so 47 total attendees today. After supper we worked on the lesson for Wednesday, planning the puppet skit, and the crafts. We also watched the Joseph the
Today is our first teaching day here in Shamattawa. We prepared our lesson Sunday evening, before watching a movie together. This morning we went to the Northern store to get some needed items for meals for this coming week. About 11:00 Pastor Dennis, his wife Terri, and Steve, one of the other pilots flew into Shamattawa from Norway House, where they had spent Sunday evening. We prepared lunch for them, and got started with the