Evangelist In Town

Sunday evening Sept 6th, we attended a kick off service for a four night evangelistic outreach to the village of Emmonak. It was held at the Yukon Delta Assembly of God church with the three remaining services being held in the Emmonak City Complex (the same facility we went to for the native dancing stuff). The evangelist was Tiff Shuttlesworth associated with the Lost Lamb World Tour. He has visited some 26 countries over the past several years providing an excellent concert and gospel message. Here are some pictures of the first evening at the churh. Tiff is the red headed fellow holding a mic singing. We will being going back tomorrow evening for the last concert and have invited several folks from the school.

Native Welcome Dance

On Friday Aug 28th, we were treated by the village with some traditional native dancing. The purpose was to honor the new and returning teachers and staff at the school. Tradition calls for gifts to be given. We ended up receiving as a family, a jump rope, a bungie cord, 2 bath towels and a fleece blanket!! Our grandson, Lucas, was right in the middle of things and seemed to really enjoy himself. The following pictures show the elders playing the drums while the women and girls of all ages danced. The one picture with the old gentleman sitting in a chair, is the oldest elder in the village. Come rain or shine he walks the entire village each day and visits all the public locations like he is checking things out. Even thou he only speaks Yupik, he does a great job communicating via his facial expressions and actions.

The Alaskan Adventure

The Alaskan Adventure

The adventure is on!!!
Just as a way of introduction and explanation: our son Bob accepted a contract to be the vice principle in a school (K thru 12) in Emmonak, Alaska. His wife Jodi was subsequently offered a teaching position in the same school. The only problem was who would care for their 2 year old son Lucas? That is where Evie and I came in the equation. Not wanting to see them pass up a good opportunity, we volunteered to move up with them and care for our grandson. Since I have had experience teaching (Univeristy of Mass) I offered to do any substitute teaching if the the opportunity was available. That offer was excepted, so off to Alaska we went. On Monday the 27th we went to diner with our dear friends Barb & Dean and Deb & Steve. One of the parting gifts we received was a cute Boyd's Collection Moose. I thought it would be cute to "follow the moose" in his travel adventures to Alaska. So let's follow Mr Moose.

Looks like Mr Moose was thinking of traveling somewhere other than Alaska...

It wasn't until we notice the Chugach Mountain Range that Mr Moose realized he was heading north and not south.