Well, the snow we had on Saturday continued to fall all through the night and by Sunday morning, it was a white winterland! However, it was also very windy making visibility very poor. We doubted whether there would be church as it would be too dangerous to be on the roads. And sure enough, the call came through that the morning service was cancelled and another call would go out later as to whether the afternoon service would go ahead. So we watched Langley live and listened to Rev Ryan deJonge.
The snow continued to come down and the wind didn't stop either so before long we received another call to say the afternoon service was also cancelled. This time we tuned into Rev Ben Schoof. Both sermons were very edifying and it was neat to be able to 'go' to sister churches through live feed!
Snow drifts in front of our garage. We couldn't even get out if we tried!
Stefan had to get one of tractors from next door and clear the snow.
The main street in Lynden
Just a bit of snow!
The church
The school. See all the snow on the roof?
Close up of the front of the school
It was kind of inevitable that Monday was going to be a snow day. It was very cosy just to be inside and watch the storm outside! And then Tuesday also became a snow day! The snow really came down in Lynden and had over a foot of snow everywhere making it look so white, but too dangerous to be at school. While the main roads were cleared, new snow was making the roads very icy so that at one point the main road leading to the school was closed due to quite a few cars going in the ditch and several semis even overturning. So then it's best to stay home and off the roads.
Tuesday the wind stopped and the sky was clear blue! Awesome contrast!
Stefan's friend Alec stayed at our place for a few days as his parents where holidaying in sunny Arizona (!), so they had fun out in the snow and tubing behind the ATV (four wheeler).
Wednesday was the big lamington day! February is mission month and so our schools raise money by way of fundraising. At Cornerstone, each class tries to raise the most money with the highest class 'earning' pizza lunch. One class did cinnamon scrolls, and another did a bake sale. Steve's class decided to do lamingtons. So Wednesday was the day set aside for this. We had ordered 5 slabs of cake with each yielding 96 pieces and these all had to be coated with chocolate and coconut. So with the help of Steve's students, we coated and boxed 480 pieces of lamingtons! And they sold like hot cake! It was a great morning. The kids were split into groups of 3 and they first coated the cakes, then rolled them in the coconut. Once the chocolate hardened somewhat they were bagged and then put into boxes. The kids worked well and happily did the dishes and mopping the floor! Anything to get out of class.......!
The girls found my window pens and decided to make some window art. Since Shantel is starting to write, she even added her caption! Can you read it?
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| Shantel. I love reading books. I am five. I got a little sister. Her name is Taleesha! |
And some colouring in. I had to take a picture!
Today, Saturday they were forecasting more snow. While it's freezing cold, so far we've just had flurries which haven't amounted to anything much. Just looks like fertilizer on the lawn! We'll see what we get overnight.
For the rest, everything is going well. Stefan was struck down by the stomach flu on Wednesday but being a 24 hour thing, he was back to school on Thursday.
I was helper for the last hour in kindergarten on Friday. They have craft then, so an extra pair of hands is always very welcome!
That's it for this week! Never a dull moment. Thanks for looking!
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