Waqaa!
That’s Yu’pik for ‘hello’. Yu’pik is one of the 20 Native Alaskan languages (it’s impolite to use Eskimo). It’s pronounced Wah-ka. Say it 3 times and you sound like a Muppet Baby (Wah-ka,Wah-ka, Wah-ka… ohh, how the standard of humor has sunk!). I suppose I should have learned to say good-bye because this is the last week in the…

Pilgrims
I hope this letter find you well. As for me, I just returned from Anchorage on very turbulent 20 minute flight over the Cook Inlet. Why in Anchorage? Why not drive 3 hours along the most beautiful roadside mountains in our country? Do I do anything other than play? For answers to all this and more keep reading

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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.

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,…