Author: jz
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Pierogi/Grammy Z’s Recipe
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We Zdepskis, who identify as Ukrainian, have the curious oddity that our grandmother Eudokia (Gula) Zdepski use many Polish words for food. So we ate Pierogi and Golwumpki and not…
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19. Marriage and Young Family
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Marriage and Family I returned to Karluk where I continued with my missionary work until I returned to New Jersey to marry Ruth. I came by plane and then went…
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18. Ditched
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The climax of all my experiences in Alaska came on March 17, 1945 while I was visiting Joe Brown. It was about 10 p.m. I was preparing to leave for…
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17. Jack of All Trades
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One day I was shopping at the only general store in Karluk. Joe Brown, the store keeper, approached me about caring for the store while he would be in…
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16. Fishing in Karluk
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We were in Karluk only a couple of weeks when Jacob Laktonen, the lay priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and an elder fisherman came to our cabin and…
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15. Alaska!
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In August of 1942 I graduated from Moody Bible Institute. I had decided that the place for me in the Lord’s work would be in Alaska. I knew that…
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When you are the product
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I came across this when shredding papers. We all get the emails from the Nigerian Prince, but one Mr Olivier Denis did me the courtesy of sending me a long…
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Pierogi for One
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I had lots of occasion to sit and visit with Mom Zdepski. I heard lots of stories about New York and life on the farm, exhausting most of my recollections…
