It Is Finished...

Greetings from Tanana, where my husband and I sip on coca-cola and eat fresh pizza from fairbanks. "Fresh pizza" you say, how could that be? well, we have the most amazing bosses, thats how. this week they surprised us with two delivery pizzas (fresh baked in fairbanks, flown in and delivered to our door), a cheesecake with four different flavors, fresh delicious grapes (a real speciality out here!) and pub mix (delicious concoction of crunchy things and spices - like gardettos). then, we had been watching one of my favorite girls from camp after school for 2 days this week because her mom was outta town, so when she got back she gave us a whole box of fresh mandarins and meat and we got to eat dinner together twice - what a blessing it is to have people to invite over. when andy and i are back in oregon, you all are invited over for dinner, we always are so blessed when people visit us! so, then to top off this week, we woke up this morning to see that the river had finally stopped moving and it is frozen over!!! (hence, the "it is finished" title). heres the thing though, we didnt get to hear it (sometimes you can hear when it freezes up) and there are pockets in the ice that have steam coming out of them (i guess its like where the ice isnt totally frozen so the steam is released or something...i'm sure anyone from around here would be able to explain it much better than i have!). so, thats our week in a nutshell. all is pretty well, i have started working out in the gym at the back of the house (3 days this week) i really enjoy it although sometimes the motivation to get started is hard to find. we got our laptop up and working so andy has been playing around with that the past couple of days. what a blessing that our laptop works - now money doesnt have tobe put into a new one! i got to talk to my dad, sister and friend from high school this week which was great! i miss everyone from home lots (this week was kinda hard that way) so just hearing voices is amazing. andy and i would LOVE to get phonecalls from you all so if you want the number just email me at Unknown733@aol.com and i can give you the number. dont worry about long distance charges either because we can call you back with our phone card and that way you dont have to pay anything. we are almost always home so theres never a bad time to call. other than that, we have just been chillin...watching tv, working at stocking stuff and fronting shelves (a never ending process). i have been reading an amazing book by Tozer called Rut, Rot or Revival and it is stinking AMAZING!!! it talks about the "problem of change and breaking out of the staus quo" its perfect for andy and i because of our situation, up here. I think the best thing about it is that it speaks to those of us who may be in a rut or i guess some people would call it a "valley" and Tozer really tries to awaken us out of sleep, as he calls it, he talks about the church and individuals....its just soooo good. i highly recommend it. oh, the temperature (everyone always wants to know what the temp is). well, andy and i tried to get out for a walk yesterday and it was QUITE chilly - like 15 below. we werent adequately dressed (or at least i wasnt) because last time i went for a walk i got sweaty and hot so i figured i would dress down some. the problem was the last walk i had gone on outside was over a week ago and temperatures had really dropped! but, we are gonna get out this afternoon too.....this time more prepared! its crazy how the temp changes depending on where you live in tanana....yesterday i heard people say variences from 20 below to 5 above. its crazy depending on whether you are near the river or the hills and everything.....unless there is lots of wind to mix up the temps ive heard its always quite a difference. when andy and i went to church this morning our temp said 10 below and that was at 1100am. so, i guess thats all i have to say, keep praying for us, that we get lots stronger with God and we continure to make friends. love you all very much! kimberly - and andy!