Don’t boil me.
Hello web-friends.
Its been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown….that’s the second time I’ve started a blog entry off by jacking Garrison Keillor’s opening phrase, but it seems so natural sometimes.
Last weekend I celebrated Saturday by taking some time off work because Easter Sunday was a big work day for the little Christian radio station that I currently work at. I got up early (for me) Sunday morning and helped Dennis take equipment down to the Nome Bingo Hall, where our special services were going to be held. We took a ton of stuff from KICY, and a ton of stuff from church. I was taken back to my younglife days of hectic sound setups as we rushed to get everything in working order before we went live at 50,000 watts.
The services were combined with Nome Covenant Church and the Nome Assembly of God. Apparently this Easter service had been attempted in the past, and even warranted an article in the Covenant Companion, although it was the first time that I had ever celebrated the resurrection of Christ above a saloon. I’m guessing it was a success, there were a ton of people there, and things went off pretty smoothly.
This week Neil has been traveling in villages, so it has left the host microphone of the Coffee Crew to me and me alone. It’s awkward to host a radio show by yourself when you are normally used to having a second voice. I did the edge by myself once this week too, and couldn’t take it so I called in as one of the characters that I do every so often….it was a new low point, but a funny one (the laughing at me type of funny, not with me).
This evening Lydia and I had wonderful delicious crab fresh from the Bering Sea. Its funny how many “Alaska” moments I have while on the fourwheeler, but I had another one today when I realized I had a live crab bungeed down to the front of my ATV, and was driving at 30 mph across a frozen creek bed….something I probably won’t experience to many other times in my life.
Tomorrow I’m going to Brevig Mission, a village of about 200 people. They are getting their very own concert, and KICY is broadcasting it. Should be fun. I’m also planning a fantastic cliched radio experience for the Edge on April 1st.
Thanks for keeping up the BLOG. I Love you both… Really looking forward to coming up to Nome in 9 days. Watch out Nome, here we come….
Believe it or not I remember that Covenant Companion article. I thought it was pretty cool. That’s great that you are a part of so many great ministries there.