With All of His Strength

When considering resolutions for 2007 I remembered a story: In 1983 the upstart Edmonton Oilers met the three time Champion New York Islanders in the Stanley Cup Final.  It was an interesting story because it was the first and last meeting of these two dynasties in the Stanley Cup Finals.  Gretzky was the newly named …

Merry Christmas ;)

We are told that Christmas has become a delirium of gift making, that people hate its approach and are glad when it is over. Elmina Atkinson, 1905 Don't get me wrong; I'm all for Christmas.  I enjoy giving gifts and watching my four boys sharing in family traditions: some old and some new.  Likewise, I …

Home At Last

 My flight arrived on-time in Toronto and Julie and the boys were there to meet me.. at the International Arrivals area, but that is O.K. I guess I was arriving from the First nation so it was sort of International. The boys talked constantly the whole way to the car; Devin beside me and Jacob …

Up Up And Away!

Bonnie & Brian's at dawn Friday 11:14 am An interesting development. Leaving Neskantaga I asked Brian how early do you need to arrive for departing flight? “Oh, about five minutes before the plane leaves.” The plane arrived exactly on time and I walked in and out of Terminal 1, threw my bag in the back …

All 'Rezzed' Out

Friday 7:00 am It's already time to go home. I have had a tremendous 5 days in Neskantaga. The people in the community are reserved 😉 but gracious hosts. Brian and Bonnie have been great at introducing me to people and explaining things that didn't make sense. The kids are more delightful than anyone could …

Being Called Out By The Elders

  Bonnie and Isaiah at the Elder's Feast Thursday 4: 40 pm. Well, I knew it would finally happen.  I was called to meet the elders today; community elders. Similar to our youth feast last night, today the community sponsored an elder feast and 9 elders came to the medical centre for a dinner.  They then …

Internet Down… Sorry

Thursday 4:00 pm Hi everyone!! We have had the Internet down in the community for the past couple of days.  Brian and Bonnie say that this is not unusual.  Strangely, mail servers in Sioux Lookout were working and the Internet Servers had us connected with local webpages but there was no communication with the outside world.  …

Christmas Day!

  Wednesday 3:14 pm Today it is a balmy 0 c and most people are complaining about the warm. “It needs to be colder”, is what most people say. Last night Kelvin Moonias went out on a ski-doo to where the winter road isn't frozen and picked up some people (two of whom I would …

Christmas Concert

Maggie and her mom Caroline at the elder's feast. Tuesday 4:14 PM An interesting day today. I met with Maggie Sakanee this morning, a remarkable woman. She is held in high regard in the community and for good reason. A couple of months ago the provincial and federal governments announced some funding that will someday …

Gospel Music Wake Up Call

Tuesday 8:01 am   I have developed the habit of using my alarm clock to wake up to music instead of the buzzing noise so I thought I might be in trouble when I got here. Not to worry, the radio station is just down the street. 89.9 FM is only radio station you can …