keepin updated *edited* potlatch
hey-hey!
I am just working on keeping the updates... well... up-to-date. Today was a LONG day in the store. The potlatch for the woman who froze to death in fairbanks (tanana born and raised) is tonight so the town is bursting at its seams with extra people. So all day today we were working on emptying the backed up warehouse (we didnt touch it all weekend)... then the front counter was CONSTANTLY slammed because all the extra people. Kimberly and i are dying right now. we feel like 50 yr olds (sorry dad, hehe).
What is bothering us the most is tonight is the Potlatch as mentioned (funeral basically) . We are completely shot and dreading being out tonight. Its one of those things where we really want to be a part of the community and go, its just hard. We are not sure as of this moment if we will be going or not. Kimberly is feeling more obligated than me, simply because as i mentioned we dont want to separate ourselves from the people... its a hard one.
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We did end up going to the dancing portion of the potlatch. it was AMAZING! though it started 2.5 hrs late it was still amazing. It seems every time we get involved with the community we are welcomed in by a different person. and its just nice to feel accepted. God is really lookin out for kimberly and I its really amazing.
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thanks for reading you all... we love you, take care!
posted by Andrew & Kimberly's exellent adventure @ 8:01 PM
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though it started 2.5 hrs late it was still amazing
Welcome to "village time"!
it's funny how God sometimes knows better than we do.....
haha connie... thats what we were told, infact thanks to Cynthia and Dale we had the inside scoop on when the dancing was about to start. One lady said she would call them when she got home to return her dishes before the dance. so we only had to sit about 20 min after we got there till the dancing started.
being a Long in oregon we have "Long" time which is more or less fashionably late... so i dont think village time will be too much of a stretch for me to get used to (haha)
its nice but at the same time while we are working to get used to us its kinda wiping us out. there was a halloween dance the other night after the coverd dish i mentioned in a previous blog. it was supposed to start at 9pm and it didnt start till 11 or 12 (cannot remember) FORTUNATLY we didnt make ourselves go (considering the fact we didnt have costumes) but it went on till 4 in the morning on saturday night.
we will get good at it just in time to go back to portland for the summer (haha)
Hey you two! Andy you didnt ask me if you could take my daughter to the dance.....oh wait a minute...forgot shes yer wife now !!! Hard for me to get used to that! Its great to hear you guys are getting accepted but i never doubted you would be-people may not know God but they will see him shine through you and will be naturally drawn to you because of that. Now speaking of freezing to death i hope when you guys go out on the snowmachines or by dogsled or quad or whatever else that you will always take survival gear and be prepared just incase-if a machine got stuck or quit things could get real bad real fast-i know im sounding like the overprotective father standing on the porch yelling at his kids to put a helmet on as they jump on their bikes but......well im old and fat and if the stereotype fits...but seriously you are in a harsh environment that demands respect. ok enough of that...I am getting so excited to go hunting with george and greg - i wish you guys could go too-I miss you both -keep up the good work, share the love, and write some more.all my love Dad.
It is good to hear that a small community like that pulls together to remember those who have lived among them. When you go to those events you communicate that you accept them even though you are seeing them accept you.
I may be 50 now but my left elbow and my second and third toe on my right foot feels like they're 17 or 18 or something.
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