One of the biggest blessings and highlights from our time in Alaska was spending time with the Baptist Boys Home. There are 10 teenage boys in this home right now. They are all there for different reasons. They may have been in trouble for various reasons, but there are others who were taken from their homes due to abuse.This is the place that broke our hearts the most, gave us the most joy and that gives us so much to be praying about! We just love these boys!The first day we went to spend time ... Read More about Alaska – Baptist Boys Home
Alaska – Food Bank
2 of the mornings we were in Alaska we spent at the Food Bank of Alaska in Anchorage.This is a very large warehouse that services lots of food pantries and other organizations all throughout Alaska. We truly enjoyed our time here! We had a wonderful lady, Mariko, who told us all about Alaska hunger problems...how most of them are children and elderly. She gave us a tour of the food warehouse, which again, is huge. Their freezer is bigger than our house I believe!While we were at the food bank, ... Read More about Alaska – Food Bank
More Alaska Pictures
Today David was able to go with some of our team to help with the mushers...a dog sledding team here called Jonrowe Kennel. This apparently is a pretty famous place that we were priveleged to be a part of today! They had a lot of fun! And they did a lot of hard work today!We also had our first official day of VBS, it was a wonderful and busy day! Please be in prayer. So many people turn away from anything spiritual in this area, it is so easy for us to see after only having been here a few ... Read More about More Alaska Pictures
Alaska Statistics
Tonight we had several of the leaders from Alaskan mission organizations come and speak to us. It was a very interesting night! Here are some things we learned about Alaska from these leaders.*In Alaska, 95% of the people are lost*In a survey taken from the newspaper, 22, 000 out of 300,000 Alaskans in the city of Anchorage attend worship on any kind of regular basis at all. However, this also included other denominations that we would not consider Christian.*In distant villages (the bush) they ... Read More about Alaska Statistics
We are here!
Just a quick note from ALASKA! It is beautiful! We arrived safely and are already enjoying the beautiful mountains and snow! ... Read More about We are here!