Alaska According to Marie
Monday, September 17, 2007
Exploring
Yesterday afternoon, Matthew picked me up to take me to a dam on the Deep River. The river is very low due to the drought. We were able to walk all around and in the river discovering and enjoying the new strange creatures and plants (strange for me). It was a lot of fun, and the weather was beautiful! [that first picture is of a crawfish - I spotted it, Matthew caught it]
This picture, we are standing on top of the dam. He said in normal conditions, the water is flowing over the top of it about 1/2 a foot deep. The water is down so low that there was no water flowing over it and we were able to stand on top the dam.Now it's Monday again and I'm back to work. The weather has been so pleasant that I set up my computer outside and made myself a little office area out here. I found this table and chairs in the back yard and hosed and swept them off to use. Ya, I'm already used to this.
This is my little car that Matthew got for me to use while I'm here. If you look closely, you can see my work area just beyond the car.
Matthew's dad is leading a small group bible study that I am going to. We are going through 2 Corinthians and last week we had a long and engaging discussion about goodness/God and evil/Satan. It was really interesting for me to listen to this group, most of whom have grown up here in the Bible Belt. I find myself in a position to declare and defend my belief, more than I thought I would being that this is the Bible Belt and I assumed that the general credo would be more traditional and conservative. It's been so good and exciting for me. I really feel alive during discussions like that. I'm looking forward to the group tonight. The difference when Christianity is the term used to describe a personal relationship rather than the term being used to describe a religion is so different that they really should be different words.
Thank you all my loving family for your support, phone calls and for praying for me and for Matthew. I love you so much.
Another picture of the front of my apartment and the street I'm living on.
posted by Marie VW at 17.9.07
1 Comments:
It reads like you are having such a good time out there. My first time seeing a craw daddy. Did you cook it? :-)
Nice wheels!
I think I see a bit of color on the trees. I need to send you the pictures I took down beside the lake yesterday. I was tired/busy today with Mom that I didn't turn on my computer 'til now --- bedtime!
BIG HUGs! Missing you like crazy!
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