We have already been in Akutan over a week, and the time has just flown......but the planes haven't, so we're still waiting on boxes of fabric to arrive. We have lost count of how many students we have started, but we have 16 plastic bags (thank you dear Patsi!) of started projects sitting along one of the pews in the church, so we know it's at least that many. People are coming and going all day long, from 10:30 or 11 in the morning, until after 10 at night. We are working with them as they come, and at whatever stage of the quilt they are at. With the Trident work schedule, we are catching them before or after their shifts, at all hours. Trident operates 24/7, so it is not possible for us to have a set class time. Francisca came last night after working an 11hr shift. Her husband, Raul, came in the early afternoon to do some cutting for his on his way to the gym to work out. Now you know why they say, "Quilters always make it work!"
This afternoon we will have the school kids again. They are having so much fun using the machines and just trying different things with the strips and pieces left over from the adult classes. It is exciting to see them get so pleased with themselves over their creations.
The weather had been rainy and windy since the day after we arrived. They have told us that the ONLY two days of sun have been the day our plane got in and the next. We are enjoying the coziness of quilting with the rain driving against the windows, and seeing the surf crash onto the rocky beach. Who could ask for better!
I hope you have been able to see the pictures we've posted on FB. I think they tell the story even better than words.
Thanks again for all your prayers and good thoughts.
Love,
Kitty and Carol
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