Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho off to Anchorage I go!

Yippee! God answers prayer!
I will be going to ANC tomorrow to buy our flooring. The supplier that we wanted to get the floors from, did not have them in stock; our contractor offered to send me to ANC to buy them!
I will also be able to get the appliances and get them on the barge.
Our God, who promises us life abundantly has given me the day or so of respite that I desperately need after the week of flu that the boys had. A pool at my hotel beckons me for some exercise and the car I will be driving will be filled with the sounds of "Selah".
Thank so much for your prayers! It is fun to see the way God answers!

Extra prayer cover please

Today is a difficult day...we've been leading up to it for awhile. All three of our younger children are having a very hard time sleeping with multiple wakings for each of them each night. I (Shelly) am worn out with being up with them, trading beds, and calming fears. One of our children is having anger issues and it is hard to decide how to deal with those things.
Oh, I also have a migraine! Lack of sleep and stress undoubtedly, knowing that doesn't make the pain stop though.
So, as you think of us today please offer some extra prayer cover. Pray that God would calm hearts and fears, that we would all get restful sleep, that there would be peace in our house and that the enemy would be rendered helpless and cast out.
Thanks!

Bumps in the road

There have been a few bumps in the road to rebuilding in the last week, nothing terribly unusual just frustrating.

The local drywall contractor will not be able to do the job after all. This leaves us with the option of flying a crew in from Anchorage. Our contractor is working on that.

We did find a white...lots of shades later! :)

The new challenge is finding flourescent fixtures for the kitchen. All the other lights have been ordered and should be on their way to us in a day or two.

Paint, appliances and flooring, oh, my!

We are busily looking at paint and appliances. Hooray! Do you know how many shades of white exist in the paint world? No? Me either! I do know however that the answer exceeds ALOT!!! The plan is to have the interior sprayed white; then we will paint rooms later. Choosing paint in the Bush is a whole lot different than choosing paint in the Lower-48. No paint cards here...just the internet! Hours later, we still haven't decided between eggshell, cloud, marshmallow etc. and I wonder who names all these shades of white anyway?
The drywall begins to go up next week! A drywaller was found locally...thank you for praying! The drywall will take a couple of weeks, then they will need that elusive shade of white.
We covet your continued prayers for safety on the job site, delivery schedules to be coordinated so that supplies are here when needed (paint, appliances, flooring), and for the insurance settlement to cover the expense.

Building, building, building!

We visited the building site tonight after dinner. What an amazing difference from just a few days ago! The windows are installed except for Susanna's bedroom; the insulation in the walls is in and awaiting ceiling insulation. Our contractor told Ron that the roof and kitchen cabinets are ordered and on the next barge. Wow!

God is SO good. Thank you for your prayers, God is moving and we are thankful! The targeted completion date is still November and I look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving in our new home!