We have made it back from our recent trip to WV but we won't be home long!
We had a very productive time during August and most of September as we did some serious preparation with some seriously raw land! There will be quite a few photo's and tid-bits about logging, saw-milling, and chiggers...LOT'S of chiggers....coming soon!
My hope is to post a bit over the next couple weeks because we are returning to WV for the month of October so that we may complete a pole barn and 2 16X12 foot rooms on our humble abode!
The Lord is always gracious, and there is a lot to share with this new adventure and the things we are learning.
We actually made it through a month of no running water, and no electricity, with 9 children and 4 adults covered in chiggers and poison sumac for most of the time! We are talkin' serious lessons learned about WV wilderness living!
Thankfully, no bears have been encountered and everybody left with the same body parts they came with. And that, after dropping some 30 large diameter trees along with a hundred scrubs and bushes.
Yes indeed! We have much to be thankful for!
Well, as you can imagine there is a ton of catching up to do before we turn around and do the whole thing again! We also have two children that we will be teaching to read over the next few weeks, so ...busy, busy.
I promise that I will try and steal enough time to share some of the amazing times that we have had lately.
P.S., Did I mention our week long trip to Monticello and the surrounding area!!!
Hope to share soon.
Grace and Peace, Bob
2 comments:
Bob,
Will you still have your surgery soon? Is your pain "block" still holding out?
Do I understand this post correctly that you are MOVING to WV? Did you say building your own barn/house?
I can't wait to hear more!
so glad you are had a great trip!
Bethany
Bethany,
No,Yes,Maybe and kinda...
Actually, I am still holding on the surgery as they have found some damage to the S-1 area that is registering very high on the nerve tests but is giving limited symptoms at the moment. This means that if they do the surgery on L-3, L-4, and L-5 they may interfere with the S-1 function and make it worse. This is the nerve grouping that controls the automated functions of the lower body and can lead to some very life changing and in some cases terminal issues. So for now we have decided to live with the situation by high dosages of pain management therapy. There are some long term liver problems and some habit forming issues that I am dealing with, but after much discussion with our Minister, ( I hate drugs), we agreed that in this case an addiction to pain med's would be morally permissible and seems to offer some hope for more study on my condition. As for the spinal block, this too has some risk since the new finding.
There is a future possibility in WV that is lookin' pretty good right now! We are building, through the arms of my boys, some structures and hope to share soon...STAY TUNED!
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