Buried in purity!
We here in the Fraser Valley had a challenging weekend with freezing temperatures and snow moving with force for three consecutive days. Reports say, our neighboring Abbotsford and Mission city traffic police had more than 9,000 calls from the public for snow related accidents. We have almost 40 centimeters of snow around our house. Our North Deroche road is not yet cleared of snow hence we cannot move out of the house at least for few days. Our cars and truck are almost buried in the snow. We had to shovel the snow and prepare a pathway to go from our residence to the new monastery and when you walk on this pathway It feels as if we are like the Israelites waking across the Nile on dry ground with the frozen water piled up on the sides!

​​We did not have bookings in December, the only group that booked at the last moment cancelled due to poor weather. We are in trouble if we run out of profane as our heating system depends on this gas. Fortunately we bought the groceries just before the snow storm hit on Thursday night. Another five to 10 centimeters are expected to fall this night, with snow finally tapering off Monday morning. Enjoy a few rare pictures of snow clad Carmel Hill.