Alaska Blog Conclusion

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…

Alaska – Day 6 (May 12th)

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…

Alaska – Day 5 (May 11th)

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…

Alaska – Day 4 (May 10th)

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…

Alaska – Day 3 (May 9th)

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…

Alaska – Day 2 (May 8th)

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…