MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 10-20-2008

Greetings from Kodiak, AK! We have had a great pair of meetings in Kodiak. We were in Lighthouse Baptist Church with Pastor James Cratty from Wednesday through Sunday. I preached in all the services, and the LORD blessed. I got to speak to their Teen Bible Study on Thursday for about 20 minutes. Their high school here lets the students out for lunch, and several come over to LBC for lunch and preaching. I spoke from John 3, and four got saved!

On Sunday afternoon, I got the opportunity to be in Primera Iglesia Bautista, the Spanish church that was started by Lighthouse Baptist. Pastor Israel was gracious enough to let Anna and I present our ministry in their church. They are going to support us. Now I really will have to learn Spanish.

We had a great time on the island, the second largest in America after the Big Island of Hawaii. We took the kids on a hike along the coast, over hill and over dale, along cliffs, and down to a beach with a wrecked ship for them to explore. We got to go out on the bay and see sea lions in the wild, and lots of other aquatic critters.

After driving out of town every day looking, I finally managed to get a look at one of Kodiak's enormous brown bears, from a safe distance.

Kodiak is a beautiful place, with no end of ministry opportunities, and it was a great privilege to be here with Pastor Cratty and Pastor Israel.

We ship out in a few hours to return to the mainland, so pray for the voyage. Anna got violently seasick on the last ferry ride, so we intend to dose her good with Dramamine. Pray it does the trick, and that she and the kids sleep well tonight.

I finally got the tire situation straightened out. The company we purchased from is shipping a Michelin X-Ice from Portland, OR up to Whitehorse, YT at their expense. I'll be selling the Canadian tires back to the guys I bought them from, and getting my American tires put back on before we head down to Juneau on Saturday. This way, I'll have warrantied tires that I can still use down in the lower 48. it's the best possible solution to the problem, so it's good that it worked out this way, and was an answer to prayer.

Pray for us on our continued voyages here in the North country.