First off, I want to thank God for the opportunity he gave me. I also want to thank Belmont University, and Ryan specifically for putting together such a well-rounded mission trip. There are so many things that I could talk about regarding this trip, but I will try to cover the most important things. First…

By Kailee Bass Wow. I don’t even know where to start with what this trip meant to me. Going into it, I have been waiting to go on a mission trip since my freshman year and I knew God had saved this trip for me. From the beginning meeting and learning about how much the…

By Laura Shoopman In all, not only was this an excellent missions trip that combined serving the community, youth outreach, and cultural experiences together, but the team became much closer than before. Going into the trip, everyone on the team didn’t know everyone. Coming out of it, we have shared many highs, few lows, and…

By Laura Shoopman The team woke up early to catch our flight out of Unakaleet at 9:30 a.m. The incoming flight was packed with relatives coming in town to celebrate graduation. While there were only 13 graduating seniors, the town had many visitors to celebrate them and all of their accomplishments. We touched down in…

By Laura Shoopman Today we woke up and finished some more projects in the community and packed for our flight home. However, it was snowing fairly hard and we were unable to leave as scheduled. We were able to use Pastor Nick’s phone to call our parents and let them know about the change in…

By Laura Shoopman Today was a jam-packed day of activities! We were invited to breakfast at Heidi’s house on the outskirts of the town. Her home was lovely and had many windows to see the snow fall with a view of the village. They served sourdough pancakes, reindeer sausage, coconut chai tea lattes, bacon, fried…

By Laura Shoopman Today, we began the morning with service projects. I went to Doris’ house for the first time to tape the walls. Kristen, Kailee, Grace, and I had never done this before and there was definitely a learning curve. Once we got some practice with it, we were actually pretty good. Something we…

By Laura Shoopman The team began the day with service projects within the church and community. We had a team stay at the church and help with cleaning, painting, and organization of their facilities while a group went to a construction site for a woman named Doris. Her house burnt down in a fire four…

By Laura Shoopman Kailee, Lauren, Laura, Kristen, Grace and Ryan went for a morning stroll to stretch our legs while the boys continued to sleep. This was the first time seeing the mountains in the daylight and we were amazed! With some extra time before our next flight, a few of us stopped by a…

By Laura Shoopman The team met at BNA for our first flight to Denver. We spent the day travelling. Our first flight to Denver was a quick, 3 hour flight with a short layover. The next flight was 4 hours to Anchorage. Luckily for everyone on the team, we had an open seat next to…