{"id":3421,"date":"2015-12-18T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T11:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2017-02-18T21:29:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:29:35","slug":"another-coffee-break-40-years-below-zero-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-40-years-below-zero-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: 40 YEARS BELOW ZERO, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#171717;--awb-margin-top:5px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:0px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-flex\"><h2>ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: 40 YEARS BELOW ZERO, Part 4<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=WordSection1><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>December\n18, 2015<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#663300'>Last week, I scanned lightly over the events that followed the\nstupendous fishing miracle, but alluded to some phenomenal events that\ntranspired during the building of the churches and establishing of ministries\nthroughout the arctic.&nbsp; We really need to pick up with our arrival in Nome\nin November, 1944.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>One\ndetail that I erred in was that we spent the winter of 1944 getting established\nin Nome -- not actually building the new church building.&nbsp; I realized\nafter I'd already published Part 3 that the Alaska Steamship's last sailing for\nNome would have been in September, and there simply wouldn't have been enough\ntime for Dad to have gotten the supplies on the ship to build that fall.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Dad\ndid secure a piece of property on the main road that came into Nome from what\nwas then March Air Force Base, roughly a city block from the Nome Public\nSchool.&nbsp; The spring and early summer of 1945 were spent preparing the\nground for building the church.&nbsp; Construction in the far north has always\nbeen an interesting proposition.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Either\nyou use a hot steam rig to thaw the ground sufficiently to drive piling in\nanywhere from six to nine feet (more in some places), or -- if you are on the\narctic coast -- prepare a set of pads approximately three feet square laminated\nout of 2 X 12's, and put your foundation posts on those pads, on top the\nground.&nbsp; (That's the way we built in Barrow, Wainwright, Point Hope and\nBarter Island -- and later at <span class=SpellE>Nuiqsut<\/span> and <span\nclass=SpellE>Atqasuk<\/span>.)<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\nwas shy of my fourth birthday when construction of the church began in Nome, so\nI got to watch -- NOT swing a hammer.&nbsp; <span class=SpellE>Hehehehehe<\/span>.......&nbsp;\nThe building supplies -- along with a year's supply of groceries (basic\nstaples, of course, not fresh food) -- arrived by Alaska Steamship in late July\nor early August.&nbsp; Dad had one or two helpers from the community who\nweren't really carpenters, but they were\nable to help him swing foundation timbers into place and help get the basic\nflooring in place.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Building\na church in Nome, Alaska in the 1940's meant a lot of improvising and coming up\nwith ways to keep costs down while still coming up with a structure that would\nwithstand the elements.&nbsp; Dad decided to do something that -- so far as he\nknew -- had never been done before.&nbsp; He'd seen brick construction, of\ncourse, with the staggered bricks which provided strength and stability to\nwalls.&nbsp; With WWII just coming to an end, certain building supplies were in\nshort supply.&nbsp; What was plentiful were 2 X 4's.&nbsp; So Dad decided on\nbrick-like construction using 2 X 4's and laminating them together as he\nwent.&nbsp; It provided virtually air-tight walls.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>One\nproblem.&nbsp; When there are just two or perhaps three people working, your\n&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;construction project doesn't move along\nat breakneck speed.&nbsp; Time was of the essence in getting the building up\nbefore the snow began to fly.&nbsp; The roof had to be tarred to make it\nwater-proof, but you can't pour and spread tar in freezing temperatures.&nbsp;\nHe had a very few weeks at most to get the building up, enclosed, and the roof\ntarred.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>With\nthe flooring in place, the month of August nearing an end, and snow expected by\nmid-September, he faced a humanly-impossible task.&nbsp; A transport with a\nhalf-dozen soldiers from March Air Force Base (<i>in those days, airmen were\npart of the U. S. Army Air Force: it wasn't separated from the Army and called\nthe Air Force until 1947<\/i>) were driving by one afternoon on break.&nbsp;\nThey'd been to the local taverns and were feeling no pain.&nbsp; Seeing Alvin <span\nclass=SpellE>Capener<\/span> working on this church building, they decided to\nstop and offer assistance.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Smelling\nthe alcohol on them didn't particularly lend their offer any real confidence,\nbut Dad was undaunted.&nbsp; &quot;Do any of you have carpentry\nexperience?&quot; he asked.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&quot;Sure,&quot;\nthey replied.&nbsp; &quot;That's what we are doing at March Air Force\nBase.&quot;&nbsp; Wow!&nbsp; Just like that!&nbsp; &quot;We're due back and\nhave to report for duty, but we'll be here tomorrow to help,&quot; they said.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>You\nknow how it is with people who are alcoholics?&nbsp; When they're inebriated,\nthey often say things they'll promptly forget.&nbsp; These guys were\nsoused.&nbsp; Dad had no idea if he'd see them again, but sure enough, they\nshowed up the next morning, tools in hand.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Their\ncommanding officer, Air Force Colonel Marvin &quot;<span class=SpellE>Muktuk<\/span>&quot;\nMarston, was a legend in his own right.&nbsp; He'd been a miner in northern\nOntario, moved to the U.S. and enlisted to fight in WWI.&nbsp; His record in\nWWI was one of distinction, but also of controversy.&nbsp; He was known as a\n&quot;doer, not a talker,&quot; and frequently cut corners to get things done.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\nErnest <span class=SpellE>Gruening<\/span> became the Territorial Governor of\nAlaska, he'd heard of Marston's exploits (though theoretically retired from the\nmilitary, Marston had re-enlisted to fight in WWII, and his familiarity with\narctic conditions commended him to <span class=SpellE>Gruening<\/span>) and\nlobbied in 1939 to get Marston assigned to put together a &quot;tundra\nArmy&quot; using native Eskimos.&nbsp; The success of that &quot;Scout\nBattalion&quot; became legendary.&nbsp; When his military superiors were slow\nin providing them with rifles, Marston commandeered a dog team and drove that\nteam under inhuman conditions to Fort Richardson, got the rifles himself and\nreturned -- again, by dog team -- through blizzard conditions to Alaska's\nwestern coast to supply his men with rifles.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>This\nstory isn't supposed to be about Marvin Marston, but if you want some\nfascinating reading, go to<span style='color:#663300'>:<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.alaskool.org\/projects\/ak_military\/men_of_tundra\/men_of_tundra.htm\"><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>http:\/\/www.alaskool.org\/projects\/ak_military\/men_of_tundra\/men_of_tundra.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#663300'>.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My\npoint is that Colonel Marston came driving past the construction site where Dad\nwas directing these soldier-carpenters a day (or perhaps a couple of days)\nafter they'd begun helping.&nbsp; &quot;What the ____ are you doing?&quot; he\nsaid.&nbsp; (Marston's speech was always peppered with colorful metaphors!)<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Dad\nwalked over and explained.&nbsp; Marston began to hee-haw.&nbsp; &quot;You're\ngoing to build this church and have it enclosed by the time the snow\nflies?&quot;&nbsp; Already being versed in having command of the weather, Dad\nmade a bold declaration -- a prophecy, if you will.&nbsp; &quot;The Lord has been\nwith us in this endeavor all the way,&quot; he said, &quot;and the snow will\nnot fly until we have this building enclosed and the roof tarred.&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&quot;Well\nI'll be ___ _____, &quot; he exploded.&nbsp; &quot;You're NEVER going to make\nthat goal.&quot;&nbsp; He stopped for a minute, then resumed.&nbsp; &quot;Even\nif I were to assign these men the task of helping you see this to conclusion,\nit's simply not possible!&nbsp; There's too much to do, and too little time\nbefore the snow flies.&quot;<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Dad\nrepeated himself.&nbsp; &quot;The snow will not fly until we have this building\nenclosed.&quot;<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Though\nhe never talked much about it, and I don't recall his ever preaching on it, he\nclearly understood the authority of the believer.&nbsp; He KNEW without\nquestion that when God orders something, He stands behind it 100%.&nbsp; That\nmeans that whatever you have to do, and whatever you have to say to implement\nthe authority and power of God to accomplish what He's given you, you do it!<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Dad\nfrequently quoted Hebrews 10:38<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Garamond\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#663300'>:<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Now the just shall live by faith, but if any man <span class=SpellE>draw back<\/span>, my\nsoul shall have no pleasure in him.&quot;<\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Faith\nwasn't some mysterious, ethereal religious thing to him: it was nothing more\ncomplicated than believing whatever God says and then acting on it.&nbsp;\nThat's exactly how Alvin <span class=SpellE>Capener<\/span> lived and worked.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&quot;Right,&quot;\nsaid Marston.&nbsp; &quot;Tell you what I'm <span class=SpellE>gonna<\/span>\ndo.&nbsp; I'm assigning these soldiers to stay with you until the snow\nflies.&nbsp; I dare you to complete this construction in that time.&nbsp;\nYou've only got days -- maybe two weeks at most before the snow flies, and more\nthan a month's worth of work to finish.&nbsp; It can't be done.&nbsp; You owe\nthese men their wages if you don't make it before the snow flies.&nbsp; You\nmake it on time, and their pay is on the U.S. Army, compliments of Uncle\nSam.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"337\" title=\"dec18aa\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18aa.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18aa-200x92.png 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18aa-400x185.png 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18aa-600x277.png 600w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18aa.png 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=WordSection1>\n  <p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><\/div>\n  <p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>They\n    did it in eleven days. That building went together in record time. Those six (sometimes seven) soldiers were there every single day like\n    clockwork, working from sunup to sundown.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"330\" title=\"dec18ba\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ba.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ba-200x87.png 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ba-400x174.png 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ba-600x262.png 600w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ba.png 757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=WordSection1><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span style='mso-no-proof:\nyes'><!&#091;endif&#093;><\/span>\n    <o:p><\/o:p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\n  building was enclosed, the outside of the building had tar-paper fastened on\n  with slats, and the roof was tarred.&nbsp; The whole crew, Dad included, had\n  taken the last of the tar pots off the roof and was surveying the job when the\n  air temperatures dropped below freezing and snow flurries began to fly.&nbsp;\n  Before the snow stopped flying and that storm had passed, Nome was buried under\n  snowdrifts, some as many as eight-to-ten feet deep.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Colonel\nMarston, who had never been much of a believer in spiritual values, found\nhimself admitting to Alvin <span class=SpellE>Capener<\/span>, and that crew of\nmen he'd assigned that &quot;I reckon God must be on your side.&nbsp; Looks\nlike He held the weather for you, just like you said.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"298\" title=\"dec18ca\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ca.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ca-200x82.png 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ca-400x164.png 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ca-600x246.png 600w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dec18ca.png 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=WordSection1><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span style='mso-no-proof:\nyes'><!&#091;endif&#093;><\/span>\n    <o:p><\/o:p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-no-proof:yes'><!&#091;endif&#093;><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>\n  <o:p><\/o:p>\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Dad\n  had to wait until the following summer to put siding on the building, but the\n  church was open and worship services were being conducted that winter of\n  1945-1946.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n  <o:p><\/o:p>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Our\n  family often talked about the way that God took advantage of Colonel Marston's\n  dare.&nbsp; He had enough brass and guts to keep his word -- never mind if it\n  fit within the framework his command of the forces in western Alaska.&nbsp;\n  Marston was a bold, daring individual, and his lack of concern for strict military\n  protocol often crossed swords with his superior officers, but he was there\n  strategically at a critical moment in time.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Those\nsoldiers who worked so hard with Dad took Marston's dare as a personal\nchallenge to them and their abilities.&nbsp; Before it was over, Dad had led\nmost, if not all of them, to a personal commitment to Jesus Christ.&nbsp; Two\nof those men maintained their contact with Dad and Mom for many years\nthereafter, even after we had left Nome and headed to Barrow.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Despite\nthe Colonel's often cross-wise nature with the military command, God honored\nhim in the years that followed, and Colonel Marvin &quot;<span class=SpellE>Muktuk<\/span>&quot;\nMarston eventually became Brigadier General Marston.&nbsp; Schools and\ngovernment facilities throughout Alaska bear his name to this day.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Two\nweeks from now, I'll share with you some of the stories of individuals whose\nlives were changed by that first ministry that Dad &amp; Mom pioneered --\npeople who went on thereafter in their own right to become influential in\nbringing change to Alaska's landscape and setting the stage for a move of the\nHoly Spirit in the years to follow.&nbsp; That move of the Spirit would easily\nrival anything you'll read in the book of Acts.<\/span><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Next\nweek, because it is the Christmas season, we will take a break from this series\nto do something a bit different.&nbsp; 10 years or so ago, I wrote a piece on\nthe historicity of Jesus.&nbsp; It may not be exactly \u201cChristmas\u201d in its theme,\nbut I\u2019d like to reprise that piece next week.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>I remind those of you\nin need of ministry that our Healing Prayer Call takes place on Mondays at 7:00\nPM Eastern (4:00 PM Pacific).&nbsp; Our call-in number has changed to<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 775-7035.&nbsp;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>The new Access Code\nis:<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:red'>323859#.<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For Canadians who have\ndifficulty getting in to this number, you can call<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(559) 546-1400<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>.If someone answers &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and asks what your original call-in number was, you can give\nthem the 712 number and access code.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of <span\nclass=SpellE>Ekklesia<\/span>, our Sunday worship gatherings are available by\nconference call \u2013 usually at about 10:45AM Pacific.&nbsp; 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