Made it to Glennallen :)

Praise the Lord!!! We made it to Glennallen this evening. The whole day was just amazing. All we saw along the highway was mountains and trees!!!! The scenery was breath-taking!

On our way to Glennallen we stopped at Victory Bible Camp. I don't believe that there are enough to accurately describe the beauty of the camp. The whole set up is different than anything any of us are used to as far as camps go. The two youngest members of our team are fortunate enough to be able to return there on Monday to be campers for a week at Frontier camp. Both chose to stay in cabins instead of teepees...hmmmmmm. While at Victory this afternoon we met up with the other team from our church for lunch. It was pretty neat to eat with them and see what they have been doing all week. After lunch we took a tour of the grounds.

VBC is about a mile and half total from one end to the other. It consists of five different camps...Rancher camp for horse lovers, Frontier camp for the middle schoolers, Alpine camp, Wilderness camp, and S.A.L.T. (a leadership training for high schoolers.) Also, at Victory is a very big lake. The teens as well, as Ken and Ivan took a swimming test in 50 degree water. Our bodies were numb and cold, but it was alot of fun. The braver members of the team tried out and Alaska Lake thing..."BLOBBING!" They jumped unto a blowup tube thing in the lake, and someone else jumped onto the other end and sent the first person flying into the water. It was pretty intense.

Overall, we had a fabulous day. Praise God! God is Awesome! All the Time! Continue prayer for strength and good health. God Bless!

Love, The Alaska Team

We Made It!!!!!!!! :)

Well, we made it to Alaska with minor difficulties. On Wednesday, we left Meade shortly after 1:00 p.m. We traveled to Denver and had a blast doing it. We spent the night in a hotel, where there was plenty of fun to be had in the pool, visiting to be done by the adults, and of course, a full nights rest.

God gave us a great wake-up call on Thursday morning. Everyone in the hotel awakened to the fire alarms going off at about 7 in the morning. So, eventually the building was slowly evacuated. Turned out to be nothing...:)

We arrived at the airport and managed to clear all 20 of us through security. Praise the Lord! Hahaha who was worried? We boarded the plane and flew to Seattle, then from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska.

Currently, we are in a hotel in Anchorage. Tomorrow morning we will begin traveling to Glen Allen. We are making a stop at Victory Bible Camp along the way.

The beauty of Alaska is breath-taking. There are mountains right outside my window. You can see God's hand in creation everywhere you look. It is definately a change from our wonderful Kansas plains, I mean, they have snow here in the mountains. It is incredible...We serve an awesome God and Creator :)

Some prayer requests are for strength as we are all weary from travel as well as the three hour time change. Another is for health. A few members of the team are fighting colds and other health issues. Pray for the people we are going to meet and encourage. Pray that lives will be touched. Pray that our team will grow closer to God together as well as closer to each other.

Thank you all for praying! We are having an amazing time and it will only get better :) We love everyone and we thank everybody for the prayers, encouragement, and support!
Love,
The Send North Alaska Team 2010

7 Days Till Take-off

We are the Alaska Send North Team from the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Meade, KS. We are flying out of Denver on July 29, 2010. While in Alaska we will be serving SEND missionaries from Alaska and Northern Canada for a week while they are having a conference. We will be cooking for them, putting on VBS for the missionary kids, and leading them in praise and worship. We will also be doing a work project for a few days at Alaska Bible College (ABC). In addition we will be traveling to Victory Bible Camp to do a work project and some sight seeing.

A little more information about us. We are a team of 20 people. Pastor Ken Harder is the team leader. Many ages are represented on this team. Our youngest is in grade school, there are 11 teenagers, and the rest are parents or young adults. We are all very excited for this trip and we cannot wait to arrive in Alaska. Please pray for us all that we will have team unity, safety, and good health. God Bless!