Brothers and sisters

With only 3 weeks left, I can’t believe my time in Alaska will end. But there is so much to do… especially with all the transitioning going on at the church and being gone a week. I have missed seeing some of our kids, and am anxious to continue encouraging them these last few weeks.

The Short

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Howdy, howdy
Did you each have a lovely 4th of July? I still anxious to hear the stories of y’alls summers when I return. As for my 4th, it was spent climbing on a glacier and witnessing the absolute madness of Mount Marathon. Most 3 mile races aren’t anything to write home about, unless it includes a 3000 ft ascent,…

Friends
Has it been a week already? Will Wednesday conclude the end of the first month in Alaska? Whoa. Time needs to calm itself down. And so does this weather! We’ve had 4 days or rain a week since I’ve been here. Thankfully, the rain didn’t cancel one of my friend’s baseball games or the youth raft trip. But the…

Greetings
It’s another Monday afternoon (morning for me) inbox-surprise to make Monday brighter…. well, at least I hope. If not, may these Halibut Fishing pictures will brighten your day. Make sure and read this week’s Alaska facts. I’m sure it will make you want to move up north forever.
The Short:

The pastor is back (he’s an Aggie so devout that…

It takes on average 28 hours of fishing to catch a King Salmon on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers in Alaska. I feel sorry for the 4 people who will have to fish 60 hours to even out the success of our trip in June 2006.