Transition Day

Today was a fast and furious day of getting business finished up. We were able to wrap up our chores and button things up in Copper Center and we left the church in much better shape than we found it. Little Man told us that they have been trying for almost two years to get this church cleaned and painted and with our help that came true. Our only regret is that we will not be able to see it when all 26 of the burnt out fluorescent bulbs get replaced. With the fresh white paint and new bulbs that place will be a bright place to worship.
We departed for Chugina where we spent our 3rd night in Alaska. We will be doing some chores for them that they have been putting off for some time now. We will still get to see a fair amount of sites yet while we finish our work.
We stopped off at Matanuska Glacier on our way back and what a wonderful site this was to see. It has receded quite a bit since 1964 when a picture was taken. The toe of the glacier extended to where we now park.Bill who runs the park said that the glacier is always moving up to 2 feet per day. It will go back and forth depending on higher elevation snowfall and temperature. It has been pretty stationary all year so far. I posted quite a few pictures of the kids and the glacier on my facebook page. Remember we will be getting a disk of all the pictures from this trip and there are many. So far I have posted over 300 on facebook alone and that is only a portion of what I have taken. What a thrill to be able to walk on a glacier and sit awe of mother nature. A true blessing for sure. The kids seemed to also truly enjoy the magnificent natural wonder.
Well that is all for tonight, I am writing this at 11 o'clock and I am ready for bed. Looking out my window if I was in Willmar I would think it was about 8 or so. It does make it hard for the boys and girls to go to sleep but hopefully sleep will come. They have earned it.
One more thing, with the exception of a few reminders the group has been awesome. You can be proud of your children they are representing themselves, their family, their parish, and their community very well.

Take care,

Mike