Hi everyone

Wow, life has been very busy as usual and here we are in the middle of summer already!

The yukon summer is a real contrast to the winter. The flowers are out and everything is in full growth mode! The days are very long and it doesn't really get dark at night, just kinda dusky for a few hours before the sun comes up again at 3am. We have had beautiful hot weather for a few weeks ago it was 30C here today and blazing sunshine. If you want to come and visit now you know when to come!

Church life continues as normal and Yukon Bible Fellowship is a dynamic and exciting place to be. God continues to do amazing stuff in peoples lives.

So I hope things are well for you & your family. If you want to see some more pictures of the north, check out my facebook page or go to my flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonayrton/

Grace and peace to you all

Simon

Sunshine!!!

It has been a very long time since i last posted and my apologies for that. I need to better at doing this regularly!

Spring has finally come in the yukon and we are starting to see some flowers come out and everything!  The sun is shining and everyone has gone into a mad spring frenzy! The evenings are also getting much longer and it is still just about light to around 11:30pm

Church life continues to be busy and interesting. Zoe and I helped out at the good friday service for the churches of whitehorse. Musicians from lots of different denominations gathered to play and it was a great time.

Other than that we have had lots of opportunity to get outside and enjoy the scenery. We have travelled to Skagway in Alaska a few times for a day trip. It's a beautiful drive (around 2hrs) i'll post some photo's some time.

Hope you are enjoying the coming season wherever you are!!

Simon

Yukon Quest

Had a great time this morning watching the start of the Yukon Quest dog sled race. The racers start from Whitehorse this year and embark on a 1000 mile race to fairbanks Alaska. It has a reputation as the toughest race of it's kind in the world.

The start area was packed with people all excited and there was a great atmosphere. The racers were saluting the crowd on the way out and shouting thanks to all the well wishers.

I had fun taking some pictures and if you want to see a few more check out a few I have put on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=330484&id=539230489&l=6c2e8a3175

Hi everyone, just a quick post to wish you all a happy new year. We are doing well here and have enjoyed the season despite missing you all back in the uk and vancouver. So I hope that you have a blessed 2011! I think it's going to be a good one! I'll post some more soon. Grave and peace. Si

Saw something cool today by our house. The sun reflects off the ice crystals in the air creating a rainbow effect. They call this a sun-dog, we've seen a few but this is the first time I have got a decent picture of it.

Have fun!

This fella was outside our house yesterday with a couple of his mates, they seemed pretty chilled about me being around so I popped off a few shots with my camera. It was nice to have some visitors!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

I hope all of you in the UK are enjoying the snow despite the havoc it causes!?

Our northern weather experience still continues to grow, we experienced the coldest day so far at -37C yesterday. We also today are experiencing the day with the shortest daylight. From here on in the days grow longer now, woohoo!

I have included a couple of pictures above. One of us in the woods before my camera froze up and the other of a old car we found. It's outside someone's property and decorated with christmas lights, pretty cool.

I hope that you all are having a good season, we miss you lots and miss all the little things about the UK that we used to take for granted but life is full of new experiences at the moment and we hope to connect with many of you over the holidays.

Many blessings, grace and peace.

Simon