Slaviq

We were invited by our friend Moses to participate in the Russian Orthodox Christmas Celebration called Slaviq. It takes place the week following our traditional Christmas.

The celebrants follow the star from house to house for feasting and singing of Christmas Carols in Russian, Yupi'k and English.

A meal of traditional Eskimo food is served to all the participants and a gift is given to each one by the host. The symbolism is the Star of Bethlehem stopping at the home of the Savior and the Wise Men bringing gifts. The most precious gift being that of the Savior, the Lord Jesus.

Winter at Kako

Fred Bourland de-icing the wings of the 206 before
he left to go home to Friday Harbor






The day we cut our Christmas Tree. Margo is
learning to drive a snow machine.




Our friends and co-workers, the Sharps.
The children ride on the sled, with bungy
cords around them, and Cindy rides
on the back of the snow machine, holding the
baby.



This was taken around 10:00 am on a December
morning as the moon was going down behind
Kako Mountain



Our little house at Kako with the snow on the
roof suspended in space with the freezing temperatures

Biblical Counseling Training

Our week long conference in December was taught by
Clair and Clara Schnupp from Native Youth Ministries
in Dryden, Ontario



Our class



Our Graduates

By This Name

Our November Bible Conference was a 40 hour course that took the students through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, following the theme of God's plan of redemption through Jesus.



Our teachers, Dennis and Tom
from Good Seed in Spokane



Julian, Henry and Clarence



Peter, Lucy and Lena



Ray



Saying good bye to our
friend Jane, who was
weathered in at Kako for three
days following the conference

Bridge Building

The washed out culvert on Kako Creek



The guys finishing up the new construction



The quality control test



Successful crossing!

Atmauthluak

Hi Friends,

Dave and Gary have been praying about the possibility of reaching remote villages with little or no exposure to the Gospel. They took off yesterday in the 206 headed for the village of Nunapitchauk which neither Gary nor Dave have ever visited before.

The purpose of the visit was to make a contact with someone in the village to introduce the work at Kako and invite people to attend our retreats and camps. Dave landed in a remote village that he thought was Nunapitchuk and left Gary there. Dave flew on the the village of Kasigluk, where he was doing the same thing.

As it turns out, Gary was actually in Atmauthluak, but he didn't discover that until he was visiting with the Postmaster there. He asked her if he could send her some camp registrations and information about other Kako events for her to make available. She was glad to do that and gave him her name and address.

Next he went to the school where he met a couple who have been the only teachers there for many years. He invited them to our Teachers Retreat next weekend. They were friendly, but gave no indication that they were interested. He left some Kako brochures at the Native Store and the lady there was glad to display them.

The only road from the air strip to the village was this long boardwalk used by pedestrians and 4 wheelers alike. So, that was Gary's first experience going into a village by himself to make a contact. He was very excited about it and said the Lord gave him courage when he was way out of his comfort zone. He doesn't like going alone, but that's the way Dave prefers to work.

Dave had a successful visit and invited a guy to come spend a week at Kako because he said he wants to get his life straight with God. He agreed to meet with Gary for Bible Studies every day for a week. Please pray for him. His name is Oddrick and he doesn't know the Lord.

We are very happy to be back at Kako together after Margo's surgery. She will have the cast on until November 13 when she will make a quick trip to Seattle to have her arm x-rayed and the cast removed. Hopefully she won't have to make a follow up visit.

Love,

Gary and Margo

Sheldon's First Moose

Sheldon shot his first moose near Kako on September 15. Gary, not having his resident license this year, helped dress, bag and butcher the thing. He was as proud of Sheldon's moose as Sheldon was. We'll show you Gary's first moose next year!