MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 10-14-2008

Greetings from Homer, AK! Things are going well in Alaska so far. We finished up the missions conference in Anchorage with Pastor Stanley Roach and Independent Baptist Church of Anchorage. I got to preach in multiple services, and the last night I preached, I got to see a kid I knew from the last time I came to Alaska get saved. He grew up in church, and like me for the first twelve years of my life, had played a good religious game without Christ. He nailed that down forever last Tuesday, and it was great to see it.

We took the kids to the Alaska Fur Exchange while in town, where they deal in native furs and crafts, as well as the standard souvenirs. They have a sizable collection of big game trophies, such as brown bear, wolf, moose, lion, Cape buffalo, and so forth. We picked up a pair of fur-lined moccasins for Gaelin, who is always cold. It makes him look like some kind of barbarian, so I've started calling him Lothar of the Hill People. He responds like you'd expect – "I not Lothar!"

We drove down to Homer, about five hours south of Anchorage on the southernmost tip of the Kenai peninsula for a missions conference in Homer Independent Baptist Church with Pastor Glenn Harbaugh. We had another great week, and got to do a lot of soulwinning in the area.

Tonight, we literally ship out for Kodiak, AK for a meeting in Lighthouse Baptist Church with Pastor James Cratty. Our boat leaves at 10:30 PM and is an overnight trip. Pray for us as we minister on the island of Kodiak, that God will work in the meetings, and that we'll be an encouragement and a blessing to the church.