The first banquet at the Kashar for the season.

We are so pleased with the progress up at the Kashar .. the yurts are up, the roof is fixed and the living room ceiling is patched and the burnt wall is painted.  The beds arrived on Friday and on Saturday we hosted our first banquet of the season. We had about 75 people , and the best part is that they cooked for us , and boy doid they do it right . 

Our friend Talgar the eagle hunter came and put on a deminstration and anyone who wanted could have a chance to hold the eagle 

They had horsback riding and some time of singing and marsh mellows by the fire .  They even had several games like Human Fusball and tug a war. 

We have been planting seeds and plants in the flower gardens . They are coming along well.

We are missing the defuser head off the watering cans so Quentin  had to get creative so he could water without washing away his seeds 

Yesterday we visited a farm for young adults with dissabilities .  We even met up with a couple young men who ran to great us as they had known us from red river orphanage.  They were asking and excited to here how Emma and Bekah were doing. 

This morning it was raining so we went into Tokmok to do some english conversation classs with one of the classes there. 

Here is another , "Love how that worked out" for you .. Yesterday we were given three big truck loads of wood for us to cut and bag for fire wood next winter.. It all arrived last night and this morning a group of about 20 young adults from Georga showed up at the farm wondering if they could volinteer at the farm today , so as I type this they are over stacking wood .

 

If I believed in coincidences

After church today we had a bit of running around to do .  We delivered some seeds as well as picked up a vaccume cleaner .  Our regular canaster vaccumes just don't cut it with all the construction so this time we got a shop vac.  

Sergey and his family went up to the Kashar to pour a new top one the yurt pads .. not it looks like glass .

Quinton and I went for a drive up to the mountain to see the bees .  I was relieved to see bees flying .. So many bees died this winter .. spring arrived then after everything woke up, they got -35 weather for a week as well as a pile of snow.  But fortunatly we still have bees.  

Now here is a neet storey .   A couple days ago Quentin was sugesting to me that we plant red currents near the trees in the garden because they realy attract bees and other polinators .  I shared with him that I had not seen them here, but would put word out.   Today as we were leaving the mountain bees , our friend Talbek arrived . Said he was so happy he caught us because he had a preasent for me .. 10 red current bushes.  Here is the cool thing .. I had not yet put the word out that I wanted some .. The only ones who knew this was Quentin, Myself and God.   Some would call this a coincidence .. but not me. 

Vera just sent update picyures od the seeds being delivered in her village ,, we were happy to see one of Julies girls recieving packages . 

Today I lead worship!

 I used to wish I could sing better or play an instrument so that I could Not just enter into worship , but even lead worship... Today I lead worship .  In the word it says " Doing that which is Holy and pleasing before God is a spiritual act of worship".  

I had the privilage of bringing 30 orphans and orphanage workers along with our farm kids to buy new summer shoes and then out to one of the top resteraunts in kyrgyzstan .. I Know that this fits into the catagory of Holy and pleasing ... Gods presence was so evident in this day. 

So our first stop was to the city to bring the kids show shpopping .. about 4 or five of the kids were new to the orphanage so they especialy needed some shoes and were very excited to have such a choice. 

Next up we took them all to a resteraunt.  They have a small zoo there which the kids realy enjoyed , but then the food.. It was so good ... we of course ordered tons of food so they could all relax knowing that they could all get some, nd even have enough for doggy bags for supper .  

This orphanage is very well cared for , and I know that they will never go hungry , but that said ... buying new shoes and going to a resteraunt is more then they could imagin .  For several of the boys they had never had shashleek before , and never been in a resteraunt. 

Our friend Tanya was out delivering seeds with her friends .. They often help her with her mny projects .. I have seen their  pictures but had never met them personaly.   So when they showed up today It was such a blessing for me to be able to pick up their check as well.  I had tried several times in the past to get together with them , who would have thought that this trip being so rushed would have been my opertunity to thank them for being such a blessing to Tanya.  Amazing how things work out . 

It ws such a great day .  So many people who God Loves were so blessed today .  Thank you to those who donated to make this day possible . 

"True religion is to visit the widdows and the orphans ......

Lots done again today.

We were up and at it early this morning .   The guys went up to the mpuntain to pour cement. We went to the bazaar to do a litte shopping . We had to pick up paint and Laquer and brushes to do some work in the kashar.   While at the  Bazaar we bought a piece of Lanolium for the floor of the yurt on the wooden deck and three carpets to go in the yurts .. I intended to get  3 meter round carpets , but they were $250 each.  so I decided to go with a square carpet... So here is the quiz .. what is the biggest square that will fir inside a 3m circle ?   Thats what we were left to figure out.  

Then it was back to the farm .  The guys cement work was well under way .

Next up we got a coat of laquer on the burlap wall on the veranda. 

Inside we started working on claning up from the fire and the colapsed roof.  We were able to wash things down then get a coat of white paint to cover up the black stains.  

The ceiling is a little more of a challange .  The outside tiles on the roof will need to be replaced before we replace the ceiling inside , and that is going to have to wait until we have an extra $1500. For now I got out a roll of mac tac and made a patch to keep it clean until we can do it right.    

By the time we were done , the guys were almost finshed .  The Platfoms are almost finished .  The new yurts will arrive on the 9th.

 A few days ago we got the slide back on and since then the kids have been piled on .  Next week the rest of the playground will be complete and we will have a party in the park. 

Tomorrow is the big day .. We will be taking the the farm kids and the kids from one o the orphanages to get spring shoes and then to a resteraunt that has a small zoo as well .. looking forward to it. 

We are still looking for some help to purchase the new ekg machine for the hope clinic.  You can see yeaterddays post for more information about this .  If you are able to help, please use the donate link on the top right side of the blog. 

Oh ya and the answer to the carpet ... 2.5 m square.