At the risk of sounding a bit dis-organized, let me say that when I sent out an e-mail about our 14 year old going to Naknek for 5 weeks, I didn't realize at the time that our other daughter, Chelsie, our 16 Yr old, will be going out on a 10 day missions trip to the village of Tyonek.
Cassie, our 14 yr old, left this past Monday for Naknek and is having a great time.
Chelsie, our 16 yr old, will be flying to Tyonek this Sunday with 10 other people from our church. This trip isn't an ABM event. Our church has a Native Fellowship group that has been ministering to the village of Tyonek for over a year now. The team of youth and adults will be going out to do Vacation Bible Schools, and meeting a very specific need in that village!
So, Kris and I are excited on several different levels. 1. Cassie is out on a missions trip. 2. Chelsie is going out on a missions trip and 3. Our church is active, not only in partnership with us in our ministry, but in giving youth in our church the chance to experience native Alaska in a cross cultural setting.
Continue to pray for Cassie in Naknek.
Pray that Chelsie will have an exciting time of giving of herself to some needy kids in Tyonek.
Pray for the Chelsie and other kids in our church's youth group that God will really open their eyes to the fields, white for harvest.
And pray for Carman. Carman is the youth director at our church. She's involved in a 4 day camping trip and this weekend, and in finalizing the Tyonek trip. She's learning first hand what some of the logistics are in this sort of travel. How much do people weigh, how much does their baggage weigh, etc . . .
See ya! And thanks for letting me e-mail you "a whole mess of times" these last few days!
Gary
