Alaska - Day 6

Thought for the day: "Do you see people where they are or where they could be?"

Don and I were privileged to get to share at GlacierView Bible Church this morning. The church has a congregation around 150 people and tends to fluctuate from summer to winter. Since many in the area travel much to work and make a living in Alaska consistency is one of the biggest struggles for the congregation. Marlin has been the pastor for 23 years. They have moved into in the building above in the picture in 2001. Don preached and we were able to share about Off The Wall and stress the importance of discipleship. We also spent time after the service talking with a lot of the young people at the church. Many of them serve at Victory Bible Camp. We also spent some time with the director of Victory Bible Camp and the possibility of speaking and serving there next summer with the Mission's Trip.

We met a man named Dwayne at church who trains missionary pilots to go into the interior of Alaska and into Russia. He offered to take us on a scenic flight in the afternoon but due to bad weather we were unable to go so we spent the afternoon talking about ministry in Alaska.

GlacierView recently planted a church in a nearby town called Chickaloon which holds its services on Sunday evenings at 6pm. We made the 30 minute drive that evening and I was able to share. We packed about 40 people in a small little community center building. It was great to meet and talk with the people and hear their stories. Marlin also mentioned that they have discussed planting another church in a town called Sutton. It might be something we may be able to help with next summer. It was a busy day but God is good and I met some awesome people and saw the huge ministry need here in GlacierView Alaska.