No pictures, please

I regret to begin this post with some unfortunate news- due to the vagabond lifestyle (i.e. no internet at the cabin, of course, and no camera cord to be found anyway), I am unable to include pictures with this post. SO I have been toiling and losing sleep trying to come up with the most colorful language that may just be enough of a visual for you all. Ha. Work with me here.
The past week has contained quite a bit actually and I'm excited to report. I have been keeping a list. What a faithful little blogger I am. First of all, WE HAVE A HOUSE. Well, we don't actually live in it yet and won't move in until the middle of October (probably on the 15th exactly), but it's ours to live in until May! No more nomadic Natalie, digging through Hefty bags in the back of the 4Runner, unable to find different pants. It's a great huge house, blue with white shudders and a big porch, and supposedly an area behind the house that we can use to ice skate on. The best part? We're housesitting, therefore only paying utilities which is AWESOME. Huge answer to prayer, as it is owned by a family who wanted to know how they could be praying for us...God is good. It'll be hard to leave the one-room cabin, especially after we recently hung up huge Christmas lights all around and it's quite cozy, but I think we'll be able to tear ourselves away.
Another God Funny? Remember the wood we "stole?" Hee hee AND RETURNED, I might add....well a family from the church we're growing closer to, the Sharnbroichs, had given us their huge Blaze King wood stove a month back since they didn't need it anymore. It can heat Bromley hall in no time. Along with that, they are giving us their entire wood shed full of wood to take out to camp since they no longer have a stove to burn it in. We have about six truckloads of wood we're still working on transporting out to camp...set for next summer, that's for sure!! We may be theives, but thieves still need wood. :)
Snow is falling on the mountains and it's beautiful. We drove out to 33 Mile (which has a little diner with the best burgers ever) and it was a GORGEOUS drive...I've never seen colors so magnificent...marigold, plum, peach, bring orange...it was wonderful. Then to look out at the mountains with snow gracing their peaks...are you kidding? I have a couple of pictures that don't do it justice, but I'll try to get them posted next time.
We also got a taste of the Northern Lights the other night around 11:30p.m. We stood out at Paradise Cove and watching the green light dance across the sky. The full moon lit up the camp and the glacier, confirming this place really is heaven on earth.
"La-la-laaaaaa" Choir has begun! The team and I (yes, even High 5, though begrudgingly) have joined Haines Presbyterian's choir and even performed with them this past Sunday. What a thrill! Tom Jackson can never remember the words, Matt Davis sings louder than the building can handle, and the pastor's wife doesn't understand half-notes and it's great.
Another bear spotted at camp! This time I was not alone and it was little, just walking along the rocks past Snoopy. However, High 5 and YeaYea thought it a good idea to throw old salmon out onto the field...hmm... the next day we notice the huge impression in the grass where the bear lounged and ate, then tracked its prints around camp. We learned two things that day: 1.) we need to cut the grass and 2.) 5 and Yea are cut off from wild animal interaction. You all thought I was bad... :)
Haines resident update: Bonnie Sharnbroichs can make pancakes in the shape of anything you want- moose, bicycle with rider, Rainbow Glacier, even one of her making pancakes!- and she took the pictures to prove it. It truly is an art. And this past weekend's auction at the firehouse brought out the characters in town, proving the adage "one man's junk is another man's treasure." A great refrigerator sold for $2 while our pastor bought two tusks for the grand total of $640 has no idea what he's going to do with them.
This brings you all up to date, friends, and I hope it's been entertaining enough! Seems as though I'm at the mercy of when I can get to a computer instead of when I'm feeling creative, I feel this post may be lacking in some humorous tone, but thanks for sticking with me! Keep praying for adjustment, as we've gotten more involved in youth groups and Sunday schools and may be living with families from the church for a few days until we move into our new house. We're off to Juneau on possibly the 9th for the Presbytery meeting and to hang out with kids. Pray for the retreat we're going to put on for them and our time with them. I'll try to post again soon!
Good enough, Jennifer? ;)