Burb update...

Hey all,

Below is an email that Scott wrote a couple of days ago and I thought it would be a great thing to post on here. He already said that he added last night about our little "break down". Well, the update is...it is the transfer case in the transmission and will cost about $2000.00. Cindy, Scott's sister, lives about 2 hours away and is on her way to pick us up. We will stay with her until it is fixed. They said the part should be here about Tuesday. We called MMS and told them and they said no problem. We are suppose to speak at Cindy's church this Sunday to give them an update. They are one of our supporting churches. What a journey this has turned out to be. The hotel we are staying at has been so gracious. They are letting us stay in this nice room and not making us check out at the normal time. They felt we would be more comfortable waiting for Cindy in here. I have my foot propt up and am still in much pain.

Update on that...last Saturday night we were at Paul's house for his house swarming party. (He is the guy who led worship for us during our prayer retreat) and as I was walking out to the driveway from his home, my foot twisted and down I went. I tore my jeans and my knee and hand got the brunt of the fall, so I thought. Of course this happened in front of everyone from MMS. Yes, I was the show stopper. They ran and got Scott as I could not get up on my own and had to quickly sit down or I thought I was going to faint or be sick. They brought the burb up for me to get in and home we went. I have had it on ice since and wrapped with an ace wrap. I have been using crutches and gimpping around. It is still swollen and has turned many shades of purple. As of today, there are new bruises on the inside of the anke/foot. Great! No, I have not went in since we have no insurance and don't want to waste money if there is nothing wrong. I am trying to wait it out to see if it will get better on it's own.

Another praise to God...we have not had heat in our truck since this past winter...as it is getting colder out, we felt we had to get it fixed soon. In looking it over, my wonderful husband found that the problem is and has been the knob. It is broke. So, when we thought we were turning the heat up, actually it was staying in the same spot. He switched knobs and wah-lah....HEAT. :-) YEAH.
I just wish the burb had of been that easy. :-)


Well, on to Scott's great news. Some of you may have read it but for some, you may not have. Enjoy....God is so good.
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Life is moving forward. I received a call from Len Wikstom, director of M.A.R.C. last night, (Oct. 27th...Tuesday night). He is ready for us to come as a family and serve with them for an internship from Jan. 15th – April 1st.

He has offered us flyer points with Northwest Airlines, and another family has done the same. We may almost have enough points to cover the entire trip.

We will be “house, animal sitting” for a family that will be in the lower 48 for furlough. They are very excited to have us at their home. We will use their vehicles, and do some maintenance on their home as well.

Due to the cost of luggage these days, we are going to try to purchase coats, gloves, boots, etc. and have them waiting at REI in Anchorage . We will leave these things in Alaska when we leave in storage. REI has a very good return policy for members, (which I am a card carrying member since 1995).

Wow!!!!!! Things seem to be working out.

They also have said that they will schedule a flight to Anchorage to pick us up, or plan on picking us up by vehicle. (3.5 hr drive or 20 min flight)

Once again, we are very excited about being able to be used by God in even the tiniest tasks. Thank you for being so supportive and encouraging! The body of Christ is a beautiful thing!

We are hoping to have opportunity to serve the natives in the bush while we are there. PRAY for those opportunities.

Thank you all again!!
Blessings,