A Peek into the Parsonage

A Peek into the Parsonage will take you on a fascinating journey. Experience life as it is lived in a parsonage. Encounter all kinds of people and situations. Deal with fear, blizzards, blessings, death, terror, fun, sadness, joy, tragedy, love, mystery, and beauty. You will travel thousands of miles in two countries, ten provinces and three territories. Join us in crossing the Arctic Circle. Hitch a ride as we drive as far as the roads go in the “far north” of Canada. Fly in a six-seat plane across the vast tundra to Tuktoyaktuk and view the place where over a hundred species of birds fly north each year to nest and raise their young. Skim the ocean, walk on glaciers, fly by a broken pingo, sail on ferries, drive through buffalo herds, dip your toes in the Arctic Ocean, follow the Viking Trail, knock on 700 doors in Yellowknife, check out glacial erratics sculpted by salt and ice in Wood Buffalo National Park, the world’s largest national park. Then, enter the lives of Cops as you come into restricted areas of Hurricane Katrina and outrun Hurricane Rita. 


Elaine lives near Jerome, Idaho, with her husband Mel. Her life as a pastor’s wife, living in a parsonage, her travels, and, in retirement, volunteering with various organizations has given her broad contact with all types of people. From these experiences she has many stories to tell of God’s love and faithfulness.  


Out of her love of books and in thankfulness for sixty years of marriage and a lifetime of enormous blessings, profits from this book will be used for printing, in various languages, A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories, Luther’s Catechism and other books. Through this, God’s Word will be read and studied in many countries around the world, thus making God’s love and salvation known to many.