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In the house of the righteous is much treasure -- Prov 15:6a (KJV)

Redgy and Joy met at Oak Hills Bible College located right outside Bemidji, Minnesota in 1989. February 22, 1991 they were married. In July of that same year, they moved to North Pole, Alaska to work at KJNP - a Christian Radio and Television station. They have continued to work at KJNP as volunteers/missionaries, and the family raises their own support from family and friends as there is no payroll at KJNP.

September 22, 1994, Ashley Monique, their first child was born.
September 13, 1998, Kimberly Joann was added to the family.

In his spare time Redgy enjoys snowmobiling, hunting, fishing, and canoeing. He also stays busy doing wood working and remodeling the house they live in. Joy's hobbies include sewing, song writing, making web pages, and anything to do with home schooling.

A Typical Day in Our House

    It is 4:00 a.m. when Redgy's alarm goes off, and by 4:35 he is ready to leave for work. In the morning he works on production work for the automation system, programs, paperwork, and small projects that can be done without a lot of tools. Around 7:00 am he goes back home to eat lunch and take a short nap. he then works form around 10:30 am till around 3:00 pm doing larger items that take an extended time, or other people to help with them. After getting home from the station he spends around 45 minutes exercising, either in the house or outside a lot of the time. The rest of the evening is spend doing chores around the house.

    Redgy is also on call 24 hours a day seven days a week. If one of the radio stations goes off the air, it is his job to fix the problem as soon as possible — whatever the time or weather. Occasionally Redgy does some traveling around Alaska while he is working. We have translators in Barrow, Fort Yukon, Circle, Dot Lake, Tok, and Delta Junction. To get to Fort Yukon and Barrow (the northernmost town in the nation) you need to fly. The rest of the translator sites have roads that go to them. We also have a station in Houston, Alaska called KJHA that went on the air in July of 1998.

    Redgy also receives several trade magazines that he reads to keep informed on current broadcast equipment and practices. This is to keep current on the record keeping requirements for the technical aspects of the station, and also so that equipment can be replaced (as it wears out) with up to date items that are going to be more efficient for KJNP's operation. He also needs to hook up the equipment, and learn how to operate it so he can train others how to operate the new equipment.

    Joy works 4 hours a day, Monday through Friday. Most of Joy's work time is in the record library. All the albums that come in need to be listened to, to see if they are appropriate for air play. All the songs are color coded and checked to see if they are timed right, and then the information is entered into the record library's computer. Joy is also working at transferring some of the popular radio programs and records to CD so that they can still be used when the station goes digital.

    Joy also helps out at the front desk as a receptionist. During this time, she answers five incoming phone lines, greets visitors, answers the calls on the two-way, makes sure the AM, FM and TV are all on the air, plus several small jobs like making coffee. She also does some work for the record library while she is working at the front desk.

    Ashley and Kimberly are able to go to work with Joy. Other mothers also bring their children to work with them, so they have friends to play with.