Our dear partners,

After some thousands of miles (Grand Forks ND, to Preston CT, to Rush NY, to Quebec City Quebec, to Sept-Iles Quebec, to Schefferville Quebec) we are home in our little house in Schefferville near the Naskapi community of Kawawachikamach.

We drove our car until arriving in Sept-Iles (7-islands), and then boarded a train after conducting some business transactions: We purchased a ’93 4×4 Toyota 4-Runner in fair condition (lots of rust and about 260,000 km on the odometer) to use as a vehicle here in the North. We loaded it with groceries and put it on the train.

Snow greeted us along the way: As the train rolled through Labrador the ground was completely snow-covered on August 27. Here in Schefferville some light snow remains on the hilltops, But the blackflies are still here (but not for long)!

But we are content to be here too. Bill has been in the translation office and the team seems eager to get moving on the language projects and translation checking. Norma Jean and Beth are making plans to complete their first Naskapi literacy book and start on some others. We still have firewood to gather and some outside work to do before winter REALLY comes.

The Internet service is intermittent here, so our replies by e-mail may be delayed by a day or more, but we do have a phone and the postal service is still reasonable. Here is our address:

Bill and Norma Jean Jancewicz (and Beth)
C.P. 2363
Schefferville, Quebec G0G 2T0 CANADA
phone: (418) 585-2664

Thanks for your prayers and partnership with us.

Serving with you, Bill and Norma Jean