God Provides

A few post back, I posted that September becomes a month of waiting and waiting!  Well Keith headed out to hunt on Thursday afternoon, with our friend Brad Fox. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! We could not ask for nicer weather. Clear, Sunny and in the 40's. It was a quickly planned trip but with such a short notice, Keith realized he didn't pack as much junk that was not needed. Tent, water, food, sleeping bag, and hunting stuff. The two men headed off to the great wilderness of Alaska.... Sounds exciting doesn't it? =) The boys and I sent them off with hope that they would not have to be out till Tuesday, which is the last day of Moose hunting season. So the boys and I went through our Thursday and Friday just like our normal days. We even got out a big puzzle to work on while daddy was gone, thinking that they were not to be back till Tuesday. Well Saturday morning rolled around and I got a phone call. My breath caught, "Hello?" "Hi Tabitha, It's Danya" Breathe out, nope it wasn't Keith... After a few moments I hung up with her and was about to head to the next room and the phone rings again. I was thinking maybe Danya forgot to ask something so I answer it "Hello?" and what do I hear?.... a very static filled phone call! At this point I get excited because Keith's phone ALWAYS has static, plus i hear the boat engines behind him.  "Hey Love, can you come pick me up at the boat ramp?' I start screaming "YAY!!!!!! HE GOT A MOOSE!!!!" Kaden and Isaiah start doing a little dance. So then we madly get dressed and run out the door and hook up the boat trailer and head down to the river.When we arrived at the boat ramp, we could see the antlers sticking out of the boat, it was then that I let out the pent up breathe that I was holding all month. RELIEF!!! Praise the Lord he provided a moose! PRAISE THE LORD!! What a blessing! This moose will provide meat for both Brad and our family, plus some others who needed meat for the winter coming up. RELIEF!

This is the Sunrise a few hours before he shot his moose on Friday Morning.

 The very small camp they set up. Small was good because if they would have added more weight to the boat after putting a moose in it they would not have made it home.

 The moose

 And the mighty hunter

 The other mighty hunter Brad.

 Getting this moose shot, cut and carried out was a partnership that both men said was HARD and pushed them to their limit of exhaustion!

 

 The WORK begins.... They had to skin it, quarter it, cut all the meat out and then pack(which means CARRY) it all out to the boat which was a distance over rough terrain. It took them from morning when they shot it till about 8 PM to get it all to the boat! I said it was HARD! Both Men looked BEAT when they got home the next day!

 50 inch moose. Not sure how they measure it but I think it is big!

 I am very proud of the guys! Keith told me Sunday morning that he also felt relief knowing that he provided for our family.  What a Blessing God provided us with.

"And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in Glory in Christ Jesus" 

Philippians 4:23