Today has been great! The whole camp hiked to the waterfall and then went to the lake for tubing and wakeboarding.

Continue to pray that God gives the leaders strength and perseverence for the rest of the week. Several students have talked about getting the gospel for the first time. Pray that this is real heart change.

All 65 of the Jr high students arrived in planes yesterday. We had a great 1st day getting to know the students. Some of them were a little shy the 1st day, but many haves warmed up by now. For the 1st part of the week we have been going through the gospel. I have covered all the way up to the sin problem. Tonight, we will be focusing on the hope that is possible because of God’s offer to restore us. Pray that God will work in the students hearts and help them to see their separation from God as a bad thing and want to be reconciled to Him.

Pray also for our team to have strength and energy for a full week ahead!

Ken

We’re getting ready for the kids to arrive tommorrow…making cabin welcome signs. Everything is going great. Be praying for our team as we welcome our students tommorrow.

Were getting ready to catch our bush flight out to port alsworth.

Today has been great…

This morning, after a good breakfast, the guys moved a few loads of wood from our host home’s (my brother-in-law) back yard to a wood lot…meanwhile, the girls napped. 

After lunch, we ran some errands.  The most important store was our yearly pilgrmage to Sportsman’s Wharehouse…which is even better in Alaska.  After buying necessities like camoflauge coffee mugs and chocolate that looks like goat droppings, we made our way to downtown Anchorage to see the infamous Ship Creek and enjoy the local flavor of shopping and gift shopps.  After looking at an empty Ship Creek (all the King Salmon have already passed through the area), we looked in a book store, got ice cream, and were amazed at how many different articles of clothing you can make out of animal fur…including fur bikinis.

This evening, we will enjoy a spaghetti dinner (we had King Salmon last night) and spend some time as a team preparing for the week ahead.  We fly out in the morning and are really looking forward to this opportunity to serve at Tanalian Bible Camp.

Please pray that God give our team unity and for unity with the staff at camp from other churches  so that we can do the work of the Gospel together.  Saturday and Sunday at camp are really important for coming together as a team and preparing for the kids on Monday.

-Ken

We’ve arrived and our preparing for a great week.

About to head out.

Our team of 15 will be leaving in 3 days…Thursday morning.  We can’t wait to take this trip and be used by our great God to serve the students at Tanalian Bible Camp.

We will be posting occasional posts to update anyone who wants to read this while we are gone.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to post every day because of a busy schedule and a slow internet connection in remote Port Alsworth, Alaska.

Check out the camp website to view their webcams while we are at camp:  www.tanalianbiblecamp.org

Be praying for us!

Ken