Warm February Air

Things have been going pretty well this week. We are continuing our work here and things seem to be going smooth. Florian has been doing some of his Professional Tile Setting and I have been banging away doing the interior framing (walls and ceilings) I plan to get started on the front portion of the roof next. We are having a vaulted ceiling in the front portion of the cabin. However this means that the two old logs supporting the roof will be coming down to be replaced with 2x6 roof joists, we think maybe this will create a little more rigidity than the existing 2x2 that is there now. Cliff had his Japanese Electrician friend come over today and much like Cliff had warned us in the past he said. 2x4 walls hmm this is quite the waste of wood isn't it?

To me what seems like average interior framing is quite excessive compared to what they are used to. However we also have insulated the floor with styrofoam and we will be insulating the walls as well. This is a huge difference to heat , the cabin that we are working on like many others are not insulated at all at this point. And the fuel bills will greatly appreciate this fact for years to come. Cliff went back home to Tokyo this afternoon and will be bringing Phil and Sue to the airport tommorrow (Friday). My sermon went well last weekend, I spoke on the Lord's Prayer. There are some christians and some who have not yet recieved the Lord at our church but it is a great little community in and of it's self. We attended a going away party for Randy after church last Sunday.

It was a great time especially when we all split into goups and played a game. It was a game Jessica made up where Samurai's had to fight each other. So each group recieved a bag of balloons and a new pair of pantyhose. The balloons were filled and stuffed under sweater around the torso for armour and the pantyhose were filled with balloons and placed on the fighters head for a helmet sort of thing. Maybe they looked a little more like multi coloured caterpillars than warriors, but it was a blast to watch two puffy guys attempt to pop each others balloons sometimes without hands at all. Wednesday Sue and Phil took us out for our last meal together before leaving for Tokyo.

This morning we said our goodbyes and watched them leave for the train station. We really enjoyed getting to know them. Having them around was a blessing. Looks like we might have to start cooking for ourselves a little more. Oh well, it was good while it lasted. Thanks Sue!

Thanks for following and praying!

Joshua Klassen