Raising the Yurt

Today they started setting up the frame of the old wooden yurt from the kashar in the orchard down on the farm .  Now that it is up, they can take the exact measurements so that they can make the new cover for it .  This will take a couple weeks .  The yurt will be set up with a home made live edge sitting area in it that can double as a bed if someone wants to sleep out.  Its not as easy as you think, and in the end we had to inlist the help of a couple Kyrgyz men who know what they are doing . 

Today my mom and I were at a local outreach centre where the kids at the VBS there are going to be raising funds this week to help with the back to school supplies.   

Once the men came to help, Sergey was able to get away so he could work on the truck.  We had to replace the stearing transfer case .  New parts were not available but they were able to find a used one and recondition it ,  so by night time they were back i business and able to bring water to the Kashar and Yurts for the guests there.

Tomorrow morning , Sergey and a couple boys will begin shopping in Bishkek  for all the back to school supplies. Meanwhile Ravil will be arranging to pick up the new EGK machine for the clinic.  

On the 23rd, I will be flying Mom up to my brothers in Thunder Bay, then fly back to meet Julie who is flying in from Newfoundland.  We will then have two days at home to finish packing and closing up the house and then the morning of the 26th we head back to Kyrgyzstan .

We land on the 28th , and our first team lands at stupid oclock on the 30th .  

The 31st we host an orphanage for fishing, hot springs, horsback riding and picnic... the 1st of September is the school supplies at the party in the park for 700 kids.  Then it just keeps on going with something exciting every single day with two more teams coming, finishing on Sept 28.  That will give us 4 days to unwind before we fly out ... 

Now if you are in the Kawartha Lakes area , I will be speaking at Calvary Church   125 Victoria Avenue North, Lindsay, ON, Canada, This Sunday Sept 18 at 10:30.  Love to see you there.