It's hard to imagine we've been here for 7 weeks already! It was difficult leaving loved ones back home, exciting traveling to different countries and places, and interesting meeting new people here in the USA. It has (and still is) an adventure and there still will be more to experience as time go by.
This week has been busy (at least for me). Tuesday morning was the first Women's study society meeting (club). It was very well attended with over 40 women. At the same time, Story Hour is held where all the 3-5 year olds attend a structured hour of listening to a bible story and doing a craft related to the story. There must have been at least 20 kids in there. Shantel and Taleesha fit perfectly in that age bracket so they were well cared for. And then there's the toddler room too which was also well attended!! We discussed the first chapter of 1 Thessalonians. It was a good meeting with no intros but we followed a study book discussing various aspects of the chapter. We started at 9:30 with a cuppa and finished around 11am.
I then had a haircut by a young mum, Andrea Bouwman, who does hair dressing in her home two days a week. She did a good job so I'll be back Andrea! Sorry no photos!
Wednesday was veggie pack day. This venture is school fundraiser. Orders for the basic and deluxe veggie packs are collected a week prior and based on those orders, the veggies are purchased. Basic packs include onions, celery, parsley and carrots and the deluxe includes the basic plus leek, cauliflower and peppers (capsicum). So the school kitchen which is very well equipped with everything big ie prepping bowls and tubs was a hive of activity with ladies chopping, washing, cutting and shredding. These veggies were then measured into a huge tub for mixing which was then evenly divided into ziplock bags. My job started as cutting onions till the onion cutter broke, and then I helped with the bagging. Most of us worked till school finished at 2:35 and we must have bagged at least 400 baggies! The bags sell for $2 each and once frozen flat take very little room in the freezer and are a great help when it comes to making soups, stir-frys and the like!
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| Cutting, chopping, shredding.....! |
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| Taleesha and Vinnie helping me with the onions |
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| The end product |
Thursday was applesauce day. I picked apples from the two trees near our house and Bernice had a barrel of apples so we cut them up and cooked them where they then got pureed in Bernice's ridge didge machine. We then poured them in preserving jars and sealed them, all ready for the coming year. We got 37 jars of delicious applesauce so we were very pleased with our efforts. Thanks Bernice!
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| Photo courtesy of Shantel! |
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| Taleesha turning the handle |
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| And Shantel having a turn! |
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| 37 jars still needing a lid! |
It's wonderful having all our own stuff! We're not really unpacking anything just yet but if we want something, we just ferret around in the boxes! It's like a treasure hunt except we know it's in there but not necessarily which box!! Taleesha loved playing with the toys today - Shantel was at school so she played very nicely on her own.
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| Do you like my shelving aka two boxes on top of each other?! |
As I mentioned in my last post, the shelving got put in my pantry and also our wardrobes.
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| Before |
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| After |
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| No furniture |
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| Our furniture |
Tomorrow (Saturday), Steve will be part of the Lynden Classic Golf Tournament which kicks off at 12pm and finishes after dinner and a silent auction. Go Steve... you show 'em how it's done!!
We've been having some very beautiful days which has seen the farmers scurrying around cutting their corn. The trucks carting the cut corn to their bunkers are endless..... but rain is forecast so that will grind to a halt.
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