Phair Mountain

Yesterday morning I received a short email from my boss titled “Trip”. If I was interested, there was going to be an excursion to Phair Mountain to investigate an Internet outage that had happened the night before.

I have heard a lot about Phair Mountain. It is not tall, elevation about 3,000 feet (The school is about 1,000), and there is a road most of the way up. There is still about a twenty minute hike to reach the top. Due to a added snowfall it took us about thirty minutes. At the top there is not much to see. You can look both ways down the valley and see Lillooet to the northwest and Fountainview to the southeast. There is a old wooden building on the north side of the clearing. Above it is a antenna rack made of three inch rusted tubing. A small tower is too the southeast and at the far side of the antenna rack is a small ten by ten foot container. This was the object that we were going to work inside.

Working inside the cube was rather nice. The outside air temperature was -22 C when we left the car, and we had only gotten higher. Inside is quite warm due to the computer equipment and thick insulation. Our work involved troubleshooting the connection to the school. Earlier we had found that the connection from town to the mountain was working just fine, but when we tried to reach the radio going to the school we could not connect. After a little testing we found the radio that had gone out and replaced it. Due to a power outage at the school we had to set it up and leave it without testing. Just as we pulled up to the school the power came on and we were able to reconfigure the receiving antenna.

And for the record, I missed another piano lesson during this escapade. I love my job. That reminds me, I’ve got another priority projects to finish before Wednesday...

I'm still alive

Behold, the blog liveth again. It has been an eternity and a half since I’ve used this website, almost two years. I don’t know how long it will continue to live. A friend suggested I start posting again, and I thought it would be interesting to see how long I last.

My time since Peru has been spent with God, Family, Friends, and Work (Sometimes not in that order, I'm sorry to say.), and includes words such as Fountainview, Tornado, and Rebuilding. I will not go into much more detail, since most of those who need to know the details were either there for that part of my life, or will be told them.

Change is coming.

So, here is a email that my parents wrote.

"Short Version:  We are leaving Peru Projects.

 

Longer Version: 

 

Dear Friends,

 

After much prayer, consideration and council, Odil and I have decided that we will be leaving Peru Projects in the near future.  We feel like our talents and input have created considerable tension between us and some in leadership at PPI and believe that moving on at this time is in the best interest of the program.

 

We wish PPI continued success in their ministry to the jungles of Peru and will do all we can during this time of transition to make it as smooth and easy as possible for everyone involved.

 

At this time we are not sure if we should be going back to industry, or on to other mission opportunities.  We do not want to make a rushed decision and we are praying that God will lead us forward.

 

We ask for your prayers as we wait on Him to show us His plan for our lives. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Orville and Odil Donesky"

Looks like we are off on another adventure with God...

Andrew

I am, a confusion of cultures. I think this is good, but sometimes I despair of understanding others. I am, an Island, and a United Nations. Who can recognize either in me except God! --"Uniquely Me" by Alex Graham James. Shortened by Me.

What happened while I was gone, and after I came back.

OK, so I trashed my last email I was going to send and am typing a new one.

I'll start with what happened after we left for the States. Sometime during the month the big German Shepherd's (Duke) health started declining. He has always had a problem keeping weight. When we got back he wasn't much more than a bag of bones. The vet said that he couldn't live in this environment. But that he would take him home and nurse him back to health, then find a good home for him. So he is gone now and won't be coming back.

Next thing that happened was the invasion problem. I'd like to thank everyone for their prayers. In the end the mayor had a meeting and resolved the issue for awhile. This problem will go on as long as the airbase is near people. Thankfully none of the North Americans are in danger. Just the land.

So then came going back to Lima. This is where Christina acquired a puppy. Many of you have probably already seen the pictures, so this is old news. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=45893&id=1171340696&l=7bc7ab5e07 She still needs a name.

During this running around in Lima, we were also trying to see what we could do  to get the airplanes flying again. Unfortunately we weren't able to do anything, so we are still grounded. Hopefully we will be off again next week.

Thanksgiving: There were two Thanksgiving dinners this year, we went to the one at SAM Air. There are several other missionary kids there that are my age. Played a game of American Football, and had a generally fun time.

So I tried to keep it under a page.

Andrew

I am, a confusion of cultures. I think this is good, but sometimes I despair of understanding others. I am, an Island, and a United Nations. Who can recognize either in me except God! --"Uniquely Me" by Alex Graham James. Shortened by Me.

Update on Bonfire

Something my dad sent with the new times.

"For those of you who are in the Collegedale/Cleveland Tennessee Area:  We are still planning to have the bonfire Saturday the 24^th at 6 PM.  Menu is still your favorite soup and/or dessert.  Please bring lawn chairs.

We will be at our old home starting at 3 PM just in case you just want to stop by and visit and have other plans for the evening.

 

The address: 2570 Tunnel Hill Rd SW, Cleveland TN 37311

 

Hope to see you soon,

 

The Doneskys"

I am, a confusion of cultures. I think this is good, but sometimes I despair of understanding others. I am, an Island, and a United Nations. Who can recognize either in me except God! --"Uniquely Me" by Alex Graham James. Shortened by Me.

Where to Find me

Well our time for de-equarstation is coming. We are just about a week away. So with that said, I won't tell any stories. But here is info on where to find me.

First i have setup a google calendar that i will try to keep updated. Should be some what self explanatory. http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8f0qisktve84rmjogdrfr6eru4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York (We are in the Collegedale Area from Oct 22 to Nov 2, sorry to the folks out west, I haven't entered data for there yet.)

With that said, there is rumor (My mom says fact, but in the mission field all plans change) that there will be a bonfire at my old house. It will be sponsored by my parent's old Sabbath School class. Bring your favorite soup and/or dessert (and chairs unless you like to sit in the grass.) No drop offs please, as there will be no supervision available. Also (If seeing us isn't enough) we hope to have a hay ride, and the zip line should be up and running.

6:00 PM, October 24th.

We'll see y'all soon!!

Andrew 

I am, a confusion of cultures. I think this is good, but sometimes I despair of understanding others. I am, an Island, and a United Nations. Who can recognize either in me except God! --"Uniquely Me" by Alex Graham James. Shortened by Me.

Mark your calendars for the great disappointment date.

                        09-04-09

            We have finally found a place to go on vacation, after going through many options (varying from the Antarctic, to the Arctic, and even the Moon.) We have settled on a place where the food is good, the language is English, and there are plenty of people that we know.

 

            So here are a few tips if you want to see us: First, we have had plenty of primitive camping. Second, Machupichu in Collegedale doesn't appeal to us anymore; don't even bring it up. Third, if you want to come see us, we will be at Olive Garden for the first three days, Los Potros (or other Mexican) for the next three, and eating thanksgiving dinner for the rest.

 

            For those who can't understand this type of code, we will be in Collegedale from the 22nd for about ten days (No, I don't even know the exact dates). After that, it is off to Texas to visit one grandma, then to California to visit my other grandparents, and on the way back stop for my great grandma's birthday.

 

            Christina's, my mom's and my visa's all expire in October so we were having to leave the country. Also we have some vacation time. My dad will be getting flight reviews, medicals, and different things to keep him up to date.

 

So for my birthday we ordered tickets to come see ya'll! We well see how re-entry is to the States. I will be looking at things from a different angle, one I have never seen things from. I guess that is what being a missionary kid is, changes.

 

I'm not going to give any stories out right now, I should probably get working on finding some pictures to show.

 

'till 49 days!!

Andrew

I am, a confusion of cultures. I think this is good, but sometimes I despair of understanding others. I am, an Island, and a United Nations. Who can recognize either in me except God! --"Uniquely Me" by Alex Graham James. Shortened by Me.