Alaska

God is sooo good! We are truly blessed to live in the United States of America. There might be some things that are not going well here but certainly not as bad as other countries. Finally, on the first of October, it snowed. On the second of October, when I woke up and went outside to start my Mom's car, there was snow!!! Snow that stayed!!! I am getting very excited about winter. Hearing the screaming of the snow-machines and the coldness. If one gets dressed warm enough and go for a walk in 10 degree, or lower, weather one would be suprised, maybe, of the wind blown snow that looks cool because the wind has made interesting curves in the hard snow. Or seeing the jagged frost on wood post and on trees. In about a week I will be going to Minister's convention. Which will be on next Friday (not this Friday) to Sunday. I will then be staying until the next Friday. School is going a bit better now. Doing three hours a day (Monday-Friday) put me behind school allot. I am slowly catching up though. Thank the Lord!!! I am feeling a whole lot better than when I posted last! God is sooo very good. For some reason I like Bethel allot. There is something that is unique about it. Maybe it is because it gets extreme cold weather that makes smoke rise very very slow above chimneys. It also might be the people here. I do not know. I know that I like to go up river and catch allot of Salmon. When I went fishing with Isaiah, Matt, and Codi. We were catching allot of fish. The adrenilin that rushes through ones body when seeing people catching salmon crazy and trying to hurry up and get out of the boat and get that rod fix up and finally casting that first swing and having a Silver just biting that lure up good and giving you allot of exercise of just trying to get it close to you. Hearing the line shooting outwards when a silver bites it is very exciting. We were going up the Cheserolic (sp?) (I think but I am not sure) to the first gravel bar and getting excited. But before going to the gravel bar there is a big eddy that we were catching Silvers left and right. Having about every cast a bite. (I know it sounds like a fish story but this is Alaska) I had too quickly put a new leader on my line becuase the other one broke if I remember right. Fishing up river is sooo much fun. Hunting is very fun too. Caribou, and birds and probably allot more. I know that Moose hunting is going to be open soon if not have already this year. I should probably go now and read Silas Marner. It is a book report book that I have to read. Good night and God bless You!!!

Nathan Peter