FryLake

Last week, Daniel and Stacie had several of their friends over for a big bonfire. They all seemed to enjoy it and the party didn’t start breaking up till 4 in the morning!!! They are hoping to do more of them. Never a short supply of wood around here! Come back and visit, see if you can build a bigger bonfire! It not only was fun for them, it helps cleanup around here. George(Julie’s dad), stacks the wood in piles as he cleans up and mows. Daniel took his truck and Dave’s trailer and piled the wood on to burn.

About a week ago we put in a cattle guard at the front gate so we could let Julie’s horses roam free instead of being penned up. Our neighbor, Spider came over and helped do some welding for us. It is officially in and Laddie and Bud are loving roaming the property and eating the grass! Thanks Spider and Nadine for all your help!!! You guys are awesome!!! To the right there is a link to Nadines art site and as you can see from the picture she is also a welder’s helper besides an artist!

We had a lot of rain last night but the dam repair held up well. We have the bulldozer (BRUTE) on standby and a pile of dirt available but didn’t need it yet. On the west side of Oklahoma city It caused some problems including a washout or sinkhole that swallowed a pickup truck

There is incredible pain there but we know that God can heal go to prayer power for this and more

When we got Fry Lake, there was a floating dock that had come loose and blown to the north end of the lake. It had become mired in the mud while it deteriorated. During the heavy rains last year the level of the lake rose enough to re-float the dock and we were able to move it to the south end of the lake and secure it near the boat ramp.

We recently pulled it out of the water, up the boat ramp and George(Julie’s dad) is disassembling it and salvaging the usable lumber. We hope to have enough usable lumber to build a smaller floating dock with a ramp to make it accessible to those guests who may be wheelchair bound to fish or board boats or canoes. We have two floats with brackets for the new dock and want to locate or build a small pontoon-type boat that we can match the height of the dock to so a wheelchair can be wheeled aboard easily. Someone had the idea that we may be able to build a deck on a set of hobie-cat style pontoons so if anyone has knowledge of a set of those sitting in someones back yard, we may be able to put them to good use.

With all the rain last year, our dam was starting to give way.  Dave has worked the last 2 days making repairs to the dam.  We are so thankful for the right piece of equipment that was donated to be able to fix the dam.  The track loader was the perfect size - big enough to move the dirt needed for the repair and small enough to be able to get out on the top of the dam.  It was pretty scary watching Dave take the tractor out on the dam.  He was able to not only repair the dam, but make it wider and taller than it was before.

We arrived at Fry Lake in July 2006 with our dog Angel. Dave can really stack the stuff in the back of a pickup truck! No rocking chair on the top, but he did manage to get his motorcycle in. Lots of riding space where we are! It was a long trip with 3 blown tires. I followed along in our Highlander with 2 dogs and 2 cats! Boy were they glad to finally get out of the car. We are waiting for the rest of our stuff to show up. We are excited to see how God will use this incredible piece of property He so graciously gave to us.

We would like to get a sign made for Fry Lake and this design was submitted by Daniel Wyatt.

Our site is still under construction as is our facility. Both are being developed with efforts by volunteers and if you want to volunteer on either front, we welcome any help you can give us. We believe that as God adds His blessing to our humble efforts we will see great things happen. We are excited when a relationship is strengthened. We love to watch as God heals a wounded marriage. Although we trust God to help us apply the wisdom found in His word to promote healing and reconciliation, we hope that we can be instrumental in protecting and strengthening marriages and thereby preempt as many wounds and painful alienations as possible. Will you pray about what God would have you contribute to this effort?