Alaska - Day 7

Today was one of those rainy nasty days where you want to just sit around and drink coffee. After Marlin was done with his morning bus route that he sometimes drives we spent time fellowshipping together. It was a great morning to talk about life, God, ministry, and sports. Around noon Aaron (youth pastor at Glacier View) came down to the house. He took Don and I down the road to Victory Bible Camp. This camp is absolutely beautiful and I wish we could have seen it on a sunny day. The camp serves around 700-800 youth each summer.

After our tour of Victory Bible Camp we packed our stuff up and loaded it into the car. We decided to head back to Anchorage today because the weather wasn't looking too good and there could possibly be snow overnight. Before we left Marlin & Sharon took us out to eat at the Long Rifle Lodge. I enjoyed a Glacier Burger (it was good!) while actually looking at a Glacier out the window. The view was pretty amazing along with all the stuffed bears and other animals inside the lodge. After dinner we said our goodbyes and prayed with Marlin & Sharon.

We made the hour and a half drive through rain and clouds back to Anchorage. We we arrived we found Dennis and his moose hunting buddies butchering the moose in the garage. It took some convincing but Don eventually came out to take a look. After the initial shock of seeing the inner parts of a moose Don finally became curious and inquisitive of the butchering process and began to take pictures. I believe he has taken over 350 pictures so far this trip. I will try to post some pictures in Day 8. Don is still not convinced to try moose meat but hopefully before we fly back he will try it. We have a really busy day tomorrow so some rest is needed. Check back for Day 8 to hear about the food bank and kids club.