Ministry Family Retreat

For the second year our church has sent us to a wonderful retreat at Port Alsworth, Alaska, hosted by our friends at Arctic Barnabas Ministries during the last week of September. The Family Ministry Retreat provides much needed R &R for Alaska Bush pastors, missionaries and their families. We feel privileged to have attended.


This is the breathtaking view of Lake Clark from the huge picture window of the lodge at Tanalian Bible Camp.


A three mile hike to Tenalian Falls with some missionary friends from the Yukon River area. I look like Moses striking the rock with his rod. (The first time!)


One of the evening meals at MFR is a Prime Rib Banquet where we were served by our dear friend Marylil Spady of Arctic Barnabas.

We enjoyed a sweet reunion with precious friends from Kako, George and Eunice Landlord and their three children. Kevin (pictured here), Melanie and Isaiah. George is now pastoring the church in Marshall.

We spent the weekend following MFR in Anchorage where we met up with our friends the Boettchers.

Mike and Cayla were our neighbors and friends at Kako. They are now missionaries with Missionary Aviation Repair Center in Kenai where Mike is an aviation mechanic and pilot.


While we were in Anchorage we looked up our friend Henry Landlord whom we had worked with at Kako. We attended First Native Baptist Church with him and then went to lunch at the Cattle Company. What a blessing to re-connect with old friends.