Alaska

I had wanted to be posting entries more often than we have. So many interesting and exciting events have transpired. Once we are home I hope to get some pictures of Thailand up here and more of our stories. For now, we’re in Alaska! With our New Zealand school completed, we were wanting to join YWAM staff. Before making any commitments, we chose to visit our preferred school location, to make sure it we could felt at home there with the community, staff, and facilities. So we’ve been in Alaska for a week testing the waters. The YWAM base is in Homer, which is the southernmost tip of the Kenai Peninsula. This week has been amazing. All of our potential concerns with joining a new base have turned out to be of no concern. The current staff are great and took so much effort to get to know us personally. They will be a wonderful team of people to join. The only unmet desire was for a house to live in, rather than the typical dorm situation. As the base is very new and expanding rapidly, they are looking for more housing options. So who knows, we may yet get a private residence. While here, we “just happened” to run into one of our long-distance supporters at the airport. One that Calalily had never met before, so that was a blessing. And we took in the Alaska state fair while staying with one of BearHunter’s college friends. Her two month old baby was the sweetest to hold. Then, another God moment; we dropped by a realtor’s office to get a map and ended up getting to know the agent personally; she asked to become one of our monthly supporters!