Day 2 on site.

By the time you read this it will be morning. It is 10:42 and as usual the sun has not set. Well today was a busy day of working and just a little site seeing and mostly painting and gutter work. We pretty much have the church painted with a first coat and all the cracks are filled. It is a little more work due to fact we are painting with flat latex over semi gloss and it is going to take more paint to finish this project. We had many visitors today from the community, we had Anya who is visiting home from Las Vegas. I think she is a relative of Little Man. We also had Karen the pastors wife stop by and see how the project was coming along. After lunch we went to Wrangle - St. Elias National Park. We also went to the Princess Cruise lodge and on the way we saw the Trans Alaska Pipeline. We told the kids that the pipeline runs 800 miles from the north slope to Valdez. We also took a quick trip to Copper Center and snooped around. We had a birthday party for Darla tonight and the kids bought her a card and Twix bars for her birthday. To celebrate we had hot dogs and cheesy dogs (she had one of each) since it was her birthday. It is nice to know that there is another person who dislikes hot dogs other than my son Alex. Marin informed us she also does not like hot dogs and gave hers to Brock. Yesterday I made banana bread and buttermilk banana bars which are all gone. Teva and Megan are the cleaning crew in the kitchen and always help. Eli, Carter, and Brandon are the thee amigo's and travel as a pack. Ben keeps Michael in check and we usually have those two work with things that involve the use of their hands. Adi has been keep us busy answering questions, she never seems to run out. Dan, Matt and I went on an errand which was nice to have some semi adult conversation. Matt is having a blast and it is fun listening to them banter about their taste in music. Ally, Ali, and Marin are good workers and you hardly know they are around. Kaliegh is eager to help wherever needed and she is quiet but fun to have around.
It is fun to see a diverse group of kids come together as one. Brandon let the girls cut his hair and it was so choppy we had to use Pastor Todd's clippers to even it out. It looks much better tonight.
We have done so much but still have so much to do. I feel blessed to be a part of such a wonderful group on such a wonderful mission.

God Bless,

Mike