tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88598831793022331482024-03-13T18:12:24.398-07:00brittany.elysia.stevensonbrittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859883179302233148.post-60280500820177187182010-11-25T14:36:00.000-08:002010-12-05T15:03:42.034-08:00<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">.:.HAPPY THANKSGIVING.:.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">I am thouroughly enjoying this holiday. I spent most of my day in my stretchy pants, sweatshirt, and wool socks... and loved it. When I woke up this morning and got the water on the stove to boil for coffee, I looked out the window and it was SNOWING! It looks so beautiful and I am thankful for that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">other things I am thankful for...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.my family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.my amazing friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.my opportunity to be in Alaska.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.coffee.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.oatmeal with cranberries, almonds, and almond milk. yum.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.flannel shirts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.new friends [and roomies].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.Christmas music.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.the office.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.time to relax and crochet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">.:.and the holiday season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">so many things to be thankful for.</span>brittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859883179302233148.post-64292901014307923592010-11-22T22:05:00.000-08:002010-11-22T22:09:04.977-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">Today I decided to take it easy. I just got home from Unalakleet yesterday, and I was planning on taking a long bath, reading a bit, and going to bed early so I could substitute teach today; however, that did not happen. For some reason, after my bath yesterday I was wide awake. I tried to go to bed early but found myself still up at 2 in the morning, which is the opposite of what I wanted to happen. So disappointing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Needless to say, today I was exhausted. I felt kind of sick, and just plain ol' lethargic. So I decided to sleep in, eat a healthy oatmeal breakfast, enjoy a french press of coffee and catch up on my blogging. While I was relaxing listening to music and blogging I got up to heat up some more water for tea and you'll never guess what I saw outside my kitchen window....</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's right friends it was a moose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aLy87g3F0zXYZ9IqddNCd6O34864sSIp0iaJvoUZPWH8a6Y81QaVTlRZrpsjk0FjjbgwYBbiDkja94SLxqNQn9XlIHZM-ljMI2eMe9wShjgrKxhEks6kYnvNFrCvZ31A2oafWpiv61c/s1600/unalakleet+232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aLy87g3F0zXYZ9IqddNCd6O34864sSIp0iaJvoUZPWH8a6Y81QaVTlRZrpsjk0FjjbgwYBbiDkja94SLxqNQn9XlIHZM-ljMI2eMe9wShjgrKxhEks6kYnvNFrCvZ31A2oafWpiv61c/s320/unalakleet+232.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C-tO5RcM13hmI8GndSW4W7T58gx0p8CV0TvD01vCDepOMSXXZFHelBt0ZmCNOjmgdXFh7ozeSr4et9BMe0tZ-eqdYVgtlZ4vm2iwZZSTkZ6M7X_1KXBnJI26BXSpq9aDXCT9szJMpFw/s1600/unalakleet+235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C-tO5RcM13hmI8GndSW4W7T58gx0p8CV0TvD01vCDepOMSXXZFHelBt0ZmCNOjmgdXFh7ozeSr4et9BMe0tZ-eqdYVgtlZ4vm2iwZZSTkZ6M7X_1KXBnJI26BXSpq9aDXCT9szJMpFw/s320/unalakleet+235.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so excited I followed her while she walked around the house to the backyard from my bedroom window. It was pretty amazing for this Midwest girl to see, but I'm sure if I mentioned it to anyone here they would look at me like "what's so special about seeing a moose?" I literally took about 60 pictures of her, even though she just wandered around a bit, eating a few things off the trees, and then moseyed on to the next yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few more pictures for those of you who aren't used to seeing moose on a regular basis,like me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel very confident that I made the right choice staying home today, and I am hoping to go to bed early tonight. Wish me luck. </div>brittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859883179302233148.post-64891302980373263952010-11-22T21:32:00.000-08:002010-11-22T21:34:38.499-08:00...and i'm off again.<div style="text-align: center;">so. I got back from fall blast on November 14th and I planned on just being back at the apartment and subbing for the week. Lauren, Byron, Sue, Mary and Joe were all planning on flying out to Unalakleet on the 19th for the Norton Sound youth worker gathering. Since I was already able to be a part of the Yukon-Delta region one in Mountain Village I was going to stay back in Wasilla; however, after a crazy turn of events Joe needed to stay back and so there was an opening on the plane. On Thursday afternoon [the day before the flight] Mary asked if I would be willing to go and help her with the weekend, you know, doing the background stuff so she could facilitate the discussion. There is no way I was going to say no! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The conference took place in Unalakleet, which is actually the Village where the bible camp is located. I was already dying to get out there and see what it was like, plus Sue and Byron just began moving out there so I was thrilled to be able to go visit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was Lauren's first trip out to a village, so I was so excited that I was able to experience that with her, secretly I have been dying to go anywhere with her because things are always more fun with friends! In following tradition, we took a group photo before boarding the plane.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CSGPkvFMlTyliQcPv6k3HfliWBfvGwKrOpU3MNFY2NGrW4Jc7yOnP6naustjyYlJvr5yOaBmE5vvF1AfOOAw_Z2PJy-Q_TzArO2XPOmrqqB6IFVzMh04A7-3GUbe5ZdCHpUuzgT4LCc/s1600/unalakleet+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CSGPkvFMlTyliQcPv6k3HfliWBfvGwKrOpU3MNFY2NGrW4Jc7yOnP6naustjyYlJvr5yOaBmE5vvF1AfOOAw_Z2PJy-Q_TzArO2XPOmrqqB6IFVzMh04A7-3GUbe5ZdCHpUuzgT4LCc/s320/unalakleet+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lauren enjoying the trip to Unalakleet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHjWZM9FlW82VG2t0vD2nJ0EAzLUQLI2J230yPWRuGdfgUDgTpd1EaFtA8OMCycTDOzzgTdJ-QDGeQ_p25cCP45T4CA7ALwKuqQHDNYnZOY43kSbkEjmmRHacPT9AaCDQboCm1KlVDG4/s1600/unalakleet+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHjWZM9FlW82VG2t0vD2nJ0EAzLUQLI2J230yPWRuGdfgUDgTpd1EaFtA8OMCycTDOzzgTdJ-QDGeQ_p25cCP45T4CA7ALwKuqQHDNYnZOY43kSbkEjmmRHacPT9AaCDQboCm1KlVDG4/s320/unalakleet+017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaving beautiful Palmer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPA0raF4bx_BZZyxdHm2cMWkLCRX5lz2AX_GboYoNeHUbZhcu7ATQp4-Xzwj7hWEOe9EyQLKo2k3-SKg8lPMRVedmebN7q2CErGGQlMhXKZky0bQTtRxrvDTwJTNV_tt366CXPfyYjxw/s1600/unalakleet+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPA0raF4bx_BZZyxdHm2cMWkLCRX5lz2AX_GboYoNeHUbZhcu7ATQp4-Xzwj7hWEOe9EyQLKo2k3-SKg8lPMRVedmebN7q2CErGGQlMhXKZky0bQTtRxrvDTwJTNV_tt366CXPfyYjxw/s320/unalakleet+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting ready to land in Unalakleet. That dark cluster in the upper left corner is the village of Unalakleet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFDa1HeXTMUd1THeEzJbUx30KTRu_UaPLT6qhy5sZlR9V2oe3xpxKJkh5ByIYW3gCEZDIiPJzoYR9Oe6Vcxli_y-a0YjkaVIqPKrrAcD_TKx7nlLoDcMF4GN2Uw7J9TCcLp7XM3tgTwU/s1600/unalakleet+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFDa1HeXTMUd1THeEzJbUx30KTRu_UaPLT6qhy5sZlR9V2oe3xpxKJkh5ByIYW3gCEZDIiPJzoYR9Oe6Vcxli_y-a0YjkaVIqPKrrAcD_TKx7nlLoDcMF4GN2Uw7J9TCcLp7XM3tgTwU/s320/unalakleet+022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We arrived there around lunch time so a group of us decided to split a Unalakleet famous pizza from Peace on Earth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhj0J6dyLmDq8ONnCSYhUYm0SHKG-Xt14k6peeKz9zFpZ8Zn_Wl5UsaVPY-1wiNkZSw4HFCXfrU5KR_AW89CJyHaU0HJ3oMsw59baOVkGhdeYsS-CE22cr-vrra6hPBLGSX7pmbqqAWTI/s1600/unalakleet+040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhj0J6dyLmDq8ONnCSYhUYm0SHKG-Xt14k6peeKz9zFpZ8Zn_Wl5UsaVPY-1wiNkZSw4HFCXfrU5KR_AW89CJyHaU0HJ3oMsw59baOVkGhdeYsS-CE22cr-vrra6hPBLGSX7pmbqqAWTI/s320/unalakleet+040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As a side note: The man who owns this restaurant came down to anchorage with one of his sons to visit his older son who goes to school there. The older son is a part of the young adult group in anchorage called Arriga, so as a special treat on what just so happened to be my first visit at Arriga, the father Brett and his two sons made enough pizza's for the whole crew. They were unbelievable, any type you could ever imagine, and each one more delicious then the one before it, so I knew that when I made it out to Unalakleet I would have to go and see where the magic is made!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was their greek pizza: tomatoes, olives, feta, garlic, banana peppers, and delicious herbs spread around the crust. yum! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_SRnZMJG7lp0Ym1iICi63kDEdp8K-jW6upd20XxwcdcC1rMUfp3ksSy9LV7XApdtd7HjBN7NFnTaiiZYfss-dHZGLFMc-_h-QHP3lvh3ua3MsdQJ5TZwWB4R8mkvuamEerqWrhkANZQ/s1600/unalakleet+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_SRnZMJG7lp0Ym1iICi63kDEdp8K-jW6upd20XxwcdcC1rMUfp3ksSy9LV7XApdtd7HjBN7NFnTaiiZYfss-dHZGLFMc-_h-QHP3lvh3ua3MsdQJ5TZwWB4R8mkvuamEerqWrhkANZQ/s320/unalakleet+027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This pizza was the Bella Ryan special: pepperoni, olives, jalapenos, and pineapple. Bella used to work at Peace on Earth for a year or so and came up with unbelievable combo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the crew dying to dig in:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Lauren.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH9sdfCNFomN-9no6KzHUTyXqguUywfbSkHFsD8b9VwRiH2SQr22eNyag98Emlc3ohP9r62AHUU5GEF3Dbf8ko2I5gAmTvlTdSiuo8JgcnQKMQhuwB9rTSyvX7SFkjeupapbIXmvaQ6s/s1600/unalakleet+042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH9sdfCNFomN-9no6KzHUTyXqguUywfbSkHFsD8b9VwRiH2SQr22eNyag98Emlc3ohP9r62AHUU5GEF3Dbf8ko2I5gAmTvlTdSiuo8JgcnQKMQhuwB9rTSyvX7SFkjeupapbIXmvaQ6s/s320/unalakleet+042.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After gorging on our delicious meal, we made our way back to the auditorium to get set up for the conference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the other youth workers from the other villages started arriving, and in keeping with tradition again, we began each session with prayer and singing a few hymns. Here Nathan Toots lead us in singing 'Up from the grave He arose.' This wasn't everyone who came but atleast here are a few group shots:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Nathan leading, Byron and Austin in the left corner, Adam London, and Lloyd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TyVqhlckQYIyggNYdxFOhZvCJNkca-MfRLCVIkxuD4cl9SOQzz05bnWbkUEGOskH3M4OCD4jFEYnSZTSIh5dTdkxBd80naZjT-5Vn9vclcujaYogEm4BLgJXkvFC4PRPJ_Nm-Djl8Fg/s1600/unalakleet+053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TyVqhlckQYIyggNYdxFOhZvCJNkca-MfRLCVIkxuD4cl9SOQzz05bnWbkUEGOskH3M4OCD4jFEYnSZTSIh5dTdkxBd80naZjT-5Vn9vclcujaYogEm4BLgJXkvFC4PRPJ_Nm-Djl8Fg/s320/unalakleet+053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Going from the Left there is Isabelle sitting down, then behind the couch is Donna, Bella, Ruth, Suzie, Sue, and Mary. Isaiah is standing and then the back of Austen and Byron.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQdpGNbRGG5u4WrjRLVRLjnekvXbvhJPtS6-LricghCh3srYUQYI1jRj-R_KYJ4wqGWRGOa2r-7RQdplPNSaph-o3zXIJf-0fQQga1JbcDm_hBdoFdJv57cw8VlPd2ZmVA7DpGWneTnk/s1600/unalakleet+058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQdpGNbRGG5u4WrjRLVRLjnekvXbvhJPtS6-LricghCh3srYUQYI1jRj-R_KYJ4wqGWRGOa2r-7RQdplPNSaph-o3zXIJf-0fQQga1JbcDm_hBdoFdJv57cw8VlPd2ZmVA7DpGWneTnk/s320/unalakleet+058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nathan conducting, a little bit of Adam, Lloyd, Curtis, and Nathan Hobbs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPx4aPqGBH1Rn6cm-BcERmuwGnKlZcywV4nLyTPTIC79dPkx853gdDFyxcplXuwiVG-oaW17sQdECbe7ZyKQU81Osu2aslgduneR1XwzLDqq0oj0vIONk39ppWOK0fM_qs4I8Q2Nx-S0/s1600/unalakleet+057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPx4aPqGBH1Rn6cm-BcERmuwGnKlZcywV4nLyTPTIC79dPkx853gdDFyxcplXuwiVG-oaW17sQdECbe7ZyKQU81Osu2aslgduneR1XwzLDqq0oj0vIONk39ppWOK0fM_qs4I8Q2Nx-S0/s320/unalakleet+057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a better close-up of Adam, Lloyd, and Curtis.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtXVtQE8KBj0O3zxfXjzU3JHvF7fSE3rcXqMgkvW3XVPIgNI8no-plg8M_ZoeMvtDxwXnW0jiZEO4z6roufld9yCbAhhKNm9318ArpspoRmZjGhZIJOrP-PELLyE2FCuijlvashRQ_v8/s1600/unalakleet+056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtXVtQE8KBj0O3zxfXjzU3JHvF7fSE3rcXqMgkvW3XVPIgNI8no-plg8M_ZoeMvtDxwXnW0jiZEO4z6roufld9yCbAhhKNm9318ArpspoRmZjGhZIJOrP-PELLyE2FCuijlvashRQ_v8/s320/unalakleet+056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While our conference was going on, the village of Unalakleet was also hosting volleyball games at the school. The team from Golovin came in and the team from Elim was also supposed to come in but freezing rain made it too hard for the planes to land. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our meeting on Friday, a group of us headed over to the school to watch the volleyball game. A few of the students I had met at Fall Blast were playing so I was SO excited to see them again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is Roberta (Wassuq) dominating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_VVlNnPad84ftWODlsZwVNPppQ5TTUR9or6pdP32WAI-OBF2m8oEVYsvo4e8jGmIsscHLWZgMsANNQAdUd4cLfJbMZiIkQVamhU_LXIBt2cFUYr_22Lv1ctXYrS40Nnb35CreQjVZHU/s1600/unalakleet+044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_VVlNnPad84ftWODlsZwVNPppQ5TTUR9or6pdP32WAI-OBF2m8oEVYsvo4e8jGmIsscHLWZgMsANNQAdUd4cLfJbMZiIkQVamhU_LXIBt2cFUYr_22Lv1ctXYrS40Nnb35CreQjVZHU/s320/unalakleet+044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Number 22 is Lynda Cooper, she also was at Fall Blast.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZigmYSIK4INdTMWZf8Sfd0RR-uAjrxNOM1XUeE1HeXP7MrTDZ19uLB6vpkyrUK8tjOl9zcXoKIMkKCnP_YY-FE9j7TM3gr85iJ0QHC5nJqWQ2i1YAEKNEzNfM1lmX46TMuee8pqGRAU/s1600/unalakleet+049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZigmYSIK4INdTMWZf8Sfd0RR-uAjrxNOM1XUeE1HeXP7MrTDZ19uLB6vpkyrUK8tjOl9zcXoKIMkKCnP_YY-FE9j7TM3gr85iJ0QHC5nJqWQ2i1YAEKNEzNfM1lmX46TMuee8pqGRAU/s320/unalakleet+049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Thomas jumping to block the ball, he was on the Golovin team and was a part of the Fall Blast crew!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvLzbS8q_33rG2OQv7mpqFSREOs1HgJzI_O0ZMefif6tt1YLBt9i_HDfSzd7cF0V6kXkrr53DPEIcCwIGREltYETG4_nYzA17HVcTdU5QSHcreWlAror0ME3zb2f0G01o60w0fgnR24s/s1600/unalakleet+051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvLzbS8q_33rG2OQv7mpqFSREOs1HgJzI_O0ZMefif6tt1YLBt9i_HDfSzd7cF0V6kXkrr53DPEIcCwIGREltYETG4_nYzA17HVcTdU5QSHcreWlAror0ME3zb2f0G01o60w0fgnR24s/s320/unalakleet+051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were quite a few more from the crew:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Svea is in the sweatshirt, jennie is giving double thumbs up to me, and the others are mixed into the huddle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAuTkTphc_XJviSYdUSPr-9NeYclgG7AotQSC67TMtmLaPY2blXZQDhWYP_YFtFeydSCF4gZrIr4m4BeuPONz87h0Pppbxomyj2pWPA0GQGk0zEiLKlDuiQbiGbBhk2tRBNFItP5kaE8/s1600/unalakleet+079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAuTkTphc_XJviSYdUSPr-9NeYclgG7AotQSC67TMtmLaPY2blXZQDhWYP_YFtFeydSCF4gZrIr4m4BeuPONz87h0Pppbxomyj2pWPA0GQGk0zEiLKlDuiQbiGbBhk2tRBNFItP5kaE8/s320/unalakleet+079.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The UNK team had great team sportsmanship!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPtCcTT07GsaDhLB-v3YE597C5H2XGGmrpYLqh0XDche7m9bjuqZEV1igufTBlTK2cSUTuagitVoGHQvsNOQSC4ffTfqyxjqNdwy9oROQSIKJZZ-YDcUsIyvNHgwCSE-5ye8PrPagCYM/s320/unalakleet+067.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the funniest little girl. She kept trying to scare us in her spiderman costume!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DxEb6n50oeXcDVc_7rQsY_RWHALmwA1ODiY3HvakXqe1yilNR00BGeu0ebAxgMRdPE7FpevRyHDp9uEWIveSRF0E7eTVXtaXndH_2VvGKUMXCNQgVJzZ5ZA402683k9L_2ADFBsD_oo/s1600/unalakleet+086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DxEb6n50oeXcDVc_7rQsY_RWHALmwA1ODiY3HvakXqe1yilNR00BGeu0ebAxgMRdPE7FpevRyHDp9uEWIveSRF0E7eTVXtaXndH_2VvGKUMXCNQgVJzZ5ZA402683k9L_2ADFBsD_oo/s320/unalakleet+086.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many of the little kids kept playing with us. This little guys kept tickling Suzie and I. They also made paper airplanes and were shooting them at us throughout the entire game, with incredible force I might add.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqH62yfULK52IKW08x0Hj91LbnLT5Dw9WuWOPpN-Z-VdaMeTySGLTCbHEcf0byQC9x_JEH1BYIssBphSyq58FKOHthTtzbC132dnBFkFMEXYbjBoxzV18xpITntT__Yso1m4hsZXnilA/s1600/unalakleet+087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqH62yfULK52IKW08x0Hj91LbnLT5Dw9WuWOPpN-Z-VdaMeTySGLTCbHEcf0byQC9x_JEH1BYIssBphSyq58FKOHthTtzbC132dnBFkFMEXYbjBoxzV18xpITntT__Yso1m4hsZXnilA/s320/unalakleet+087.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our way back to the auditorium was quite an adventure. The entire village of UNK was like an ice arena. The streets were completely frozen over, so we had to skate our way back. It was so fun, but SO dangerous. The slightest incline left you stuck in the same spot for quite a while until you could muster up enough momentum to get yourself out. We had quite a few laughs at every one's "almost" wipe outs! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully the conference went great, and I was able to be a part of some amazing discussions. We were so thankful that Unalakleet let us host our retreat in their village, and to be welcome to stay with a number of the families in town. Also, I was so blessed to be able to be a part of their volleyball games and their church service on Sunday. I have no idea when I will have another chance to go back to Unalakleet, but I am already looking forward to that day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One final goodbye to the beautiful village of Unalakleet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>brittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859883179302233148.post-39725625317446478922010-11-22T18:23:00.000-08:002010-11-28T17:03:07.332-08:00.Fall Blast.<div style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></div><br />
Wow, I am so blessed. Since I've arrived in Alaska I have already had two opportunities to go out to villages. This past week I was able to be apart of the planning for the High School retreat, known as Fall Blast. There was quite a bit of writing/ responding to emails, buying/ shipping food, and putting together PowerPoint slides for the worship music! We tried getting everything organized so that the retreat would go off without a hitch, and I'd say for the most part, things went great. <br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was such an encouraging weekend with an amazing speaker named Luda. She is a Russian women who speaks on the KICY radio show, sharing the gospel with the Russian audience. There were also a few college students from ACC who shared their testimonies and what the Lord is doing in their lives as of now. It was very powerful and encouraging. The Lord put together an amazing staff of people who love working with the youth, which definitely added to the success of the weekend. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This was part of the crew. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Nikki Dill, Max Fancher, Me, Julie, Tom [our pilot], Alyssa, Jaculine, and Byron</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This weekend was such an amazing time, and I loved getting to know some more of the students in the different villages. I believe we had a total of 35 campers from villages including: Unalakleet, Elim, Shaktoolik, White Mountain, Koyuk, Golovin, and Nome, basically all of the Norton Sound Region. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">[here is a map so you can see what I'm talking about.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This retreat was for the Norton Sound region,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the Mountain Village youth worker conference I went to before was for the Yukon Delta].</div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRMardXj3DIqKNdjiC2cZMcjK2MDV7W2R5ZQx3nYhYHSpBIJXpFNYseYLhV6tfpsHgwAW4n581mShiedFqTxZdytlldOUNKpaAoKLoda0yShoezx0QvSmOzj66Pk0RRZ8ydCKtn-xqko/s1600/alaska+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRMardXj3DIqKNdjiC2cZMcjK2MDV7W2R5ZQx3nYhYHSpBIJXpFNYseYLhV6tfpsHgwAW4n581mShiedFqTxZdytlldOUNKpaAoKLoda0yShoezx0QvSmOzj66Pk0RRZ8ydCKtn-xqko/s400/alaska+map.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So. I took a ton of pictures but I will post a few so you can get a feel for where I was. We met in Elim for the retreat, so all the students began flying in from their respective villages. As the groups started arriving we mostly set up registration and played games. Basketball seems to be the favorite, but alot of the kids also love, I mean LOVE the game Ninja [which is all the rage at LGYC, too. I thought it was funny that they all play it too]. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is the game ninja in action.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-cZ_0PE1oQS7vxTvH8xOJPwuyOSwQGOVAjE994xhjxrOcB_YNJjdWGFf3sOEw34MGNuEaB9zVKHpCCwjP1AVoN4oiEpPsXYvsll6vSVbGU9jKpPfivt7xJNJhYw0f7GYdJvE6Mg_NUg/s1600/elim+fall+blast+163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-cZ_0PE1oQS7vxTvH8xOJPwuyOSwQGOVAjE994xhjxrOcB_YNJjdWGFf3sOEw34MGNuEaB9zVKHpCCwjP1AVoN4oiEpPsXYvsll6vSVbGU9jKpPfivt7xJNJhYw0f7GYdJvE6Mg_NUg/s320/elim+fall+blast+163.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The guys played basketball every chance they got.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG7pk10AIFHHr-msL7YHDAE_E8K6WL0ME0RGvuUorQebIYAA6cMHKhgXwHcSSK7dXi5d_ESbAx_dZPmPxsB9PKbJ1Ra_YigUQZtOI4NXMgF60nXqvsK3QAm3s2qVLCAoQ8BvYdR46_0w/s1600/elim+fall+blast+509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeG7pk10AIFHHr-msL7YHDAE_E8K6WL0ME0RGvuUorQebIYAA6cMHKhgXwHcSSK7dXi5d_ESbAx_dZPmPxsB9PKbJ1Ra_YigUQZtOI4NXMgF60nXqvsK3QAm3s2qVLCAoQ8BvYdR46_0w/s320/elim+fall+blast+509.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We also played the Alaskan version of sharks and minnows </div><div style="text-align: center;">called Caribou Caribou!</div><div style="text-align: center;">[The caribou are waiting by the wall and there are </div><div style="text-align: center;">two wolves in the middle waiting for the </div><div style="text-align: center;">delicous caribou to cross onto their tundra!]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_T_i59mnXS-wjJNSg7rHEaNjQNnRH7fnQe7jM0wbPqYmuFQXe8EREi2pB3dkHSXCNB_cln2a2AAjcTxt3-cRj0QkHj43m7Hdhxj8vmxU0GjHquYfpMFXXA5tTOfZg0UeBOrEgjx5Olo/s1600/elim+fall+blast+130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_T_i59mnXS-wjJNSg7rHEaNjQNnRH7fnQe7jM0wbPqYmuFQXe8EREi2pB3dkHSXCNB_cln2a2AAjcTxt3-cRj0QkHj43m7Hdhxj8vmxU0GjHquYfpMFXXA5tTOfZg0UeBOrEgjx5Olo/s320/elim+fall+blast+130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We also played a group game called electricity, similiar to </div><div style="text-align: center;">telephone. Everyone links hands. The beginning person</div><div style="text-align: center;">squeezes the next persons hand and it continues on down</div><div style="text-align: center;">the line. Once it reaches the last person they have to run</div><div style="text-align: center;">back to the front of the line and so on and so forth!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvetHgzRipRU1zoVZSSdw883biOdTTR3Y8YRLahYApW_bAVSNqPg93yi3mQEl-h-Wl7-3H9581oX0GfTOqWEUY_W7mBFfOLYyuqa3F0uMP1dcLMwl-huarek8_qT4YM_uredvRh_cHcso/s1600/elim+fall+blast+137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvetHgzRipRU1zoVZSSdw883biOdTTR3Y8YRLahYApW_bAVSNqPg93yi3mQEl-h-Wl7-3H9581oX0GfTOqWEUY_W7mBFfOLYyuqa3F0uMP1dcLMwl-huarek8_qT4YM_uredvRh_cHcso/s320/elim+fall+blast+137.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After dinner on friday we headed over to the church for Chapel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuOOxRzJz9EsH_qWNDO9Nyq8MFJlZ0dk8h1e_in1dq8EDgoRFy8S82HFW9JlQ3x-c-CG1BJN8ylmDf1SZ3DgLPr5kxiU1P823uqH_MPEW2cxixo6rifxI4Gh6A1LGKOOx5_7SIa-URLQ/s1600/elim+fall+blast+533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuOOxRzJz9EsH_qWNDO9Nyq8MFJlZ0dk8h1e_in1dq8EDgoRFy8S82HFW9JlQ3x-c-CG1BJN8ylmDf1SZ3DgLPr5kxiU1P823uqH_MPEW2cxixo6rifxI4Gh6A1LGKOOx5_7SIa-URLQ/s320/elim+fall+blast+533.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was Luda. Our amazing russian speaker.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Listening to her life story, and how the Lord has</div><div style="text-align: center;">used her life to reach so many people was truly inspiring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjunTZZoBiNFVMyo30XODQiERFc7lZZqicyEnyMhmo0OMFjOB38EwlObMspcgqN88Y5Tgm3pQP4N-yePIPk0BYZ00kUGW-mbo9JVvDVdYH0v2K6PdusKyPZmrQzb-pGmAKVnMc3s-Gh0/s320/elim+fall+blast+267.jpg" width="320" /><br />
On Saturday moring, we were greeted by an unbelievable sunrise. Suzie, Tom Mute, and I headed over to the chapel to get the powerpoint set up fot that mornings chapel. Tom reminded us that the Lord's mercies are new every morning! He also reminded us that it is always morning somewhere in the world. So we are promised that the Lord's mercies are always new!<br />
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Great is His faithfulness!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJU_xn86AnuE9Fza5FRzuGBqAc9NXehIK08cnOGpEmiIGIM3rMIWkSjVfNg-ixWl-8Zvq-NhB2lBr0Ir_PMiYRc7NrmRmiOy-InTFk_jSBEaoFy-ZtyD-xSkplzb9rnftQuWOOoq0xMA/s320/elim+fall+blast+172.jpg" width="212" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After lunch, we took the entire group on a hike.<br />
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Once we made it to the top we decided to play a game! For this game we all got in a circle, squeezed real close to one another and one the count of three all sat down. The tricky part was that you really had to trust the people around you. In order for it to work everyone had to fully sit down at the same time, if you didn't trust the person behind you it broke the circle and you fell down.<br />
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The first few times we lost a few people.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but finally we got it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW49-6SIUtHMe6zlvhyphenhyphen6tNJyvx1e7YtVgMU6vAMa-dGb4HsmdlTK-45n5Fzb51BN0KWnf7vabd6CHpoidX9cm3lIXHkanU-Keg-SGCYT21vGoO97wSCANYajEhU3o3X0k_3P2B9iohetI/s320/elim+fall+blast+364.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a shot of the entire group at the top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXf2xOYWpn8AaBsIpawhAnLDm2hSJosjt7MJtiZ_QaQDcrjwSG2Biz1cuDa2dfct9xyoBU5snjbznHjjIS-jdyIj7Difb8Pe5Y3Oz0Z7Y0svhmjEv5KJJNRVnpdpGT8xl1-h8gRa-4Bo/s400/elim+fall+blast+385.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my friend Deborah that I met. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTByUpEiKhBtwC2kB02BXJ2YTRDU2aRWA8vEzec8k2ONwAupG4Ohvo0VeTp5W9P0gNtx5qapghAQptz9BunaWglyCwaNt6dLj-36vAH7ZHiUs_grCAWakvsslN_1DHGoXbdFVbBBEpkxg/s1600/elim+fall+blast+287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTByUpEiKhBtwC2kB02BXJ2YTRDU2aRWA8vEzec8k2ONwAupG4Ohvo0VeTp5W9P0gNtx5qapghAQptz9BunaWglyCwaNt6dLj-36vAH7ZHiUs_grCAWakvsslN_1DHGoXbdFVbBBEpkxg/s320/elim+fall+blast+287.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My roomies for the weekend: Nikki and Julie!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvn28CVxQWljZcdkB0sndegZQZ19G6Uyx_5u-sm2djnOdtn7ZnxR0Sti5rfm6QD8Knb2tSKKPjw5W64SvQChSIJAHpgYhXQjI5ndDdhc0KM2IlfmUu3yc3HCiN6dk8qp8v44Oh14E1pY/s320/elim+fall+blast+421.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a group resting before out descent back down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1xKVEBYz60Dxxp5Vc96ZDacWmI5zxvI2wlMXSQceF6-DIXqov-4-rBPfwOzI4sl_A301gvgVStOYj1tMQxnsvskzBwEoXxkYRr20YFcoyJTJUbyH-cYO2Shp5rIs9HCFYh-bwywGAkc/s1600/elim+fall+blast+269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1xKVEBYz60Dxxp5Vc96ZDacWmI5zxvI2wlMXSQceF6-DIXqov-4-rBPfwOzI4sl_A301gvgVStOYj1tMQxnsvskzBwEoXxkYRr20YFcoyJTJUbyH-cYO2Shp5rIs9HCFYh-bwywGAkc/s320/elim+fall+blast+269.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
When we got back to the bottom I had a bit of time to walk around Elim. This is looking out from in front of the school.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8zi-ZaLPfVSpDFVlwC5S6ghrusu_Fm4GsDVa6UlD-VwLJmBQJjrJ0x6XIunnNhbhuXtxXcx7N4jqOngOx0XCGzbjj1mva_f3ZO_nwJaXONkTCwN78YYBt5siqayo2Sw3UALY_Ddg_r8/s1600/elim+fall+blast+632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8zi-ZaLPfVSpDFVlwC5S6ghrusu_Fm4GsDVa6UlD-VwLJmBQJjrJ0x6XIunnNhbhuXtxXcx7N4jqOngOx0XCGzbjj1mva_f3ZO_nwJaXONkTCwN78YYBt5siqayo2Sw3UALY_Ddg_r8/s320/elim+fall+blast+632.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and this is out infront of the chapel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAK3zq4vgG6keuUkxZsW6QMaHF02xLHN7XKcvWZb_91Nx_Fv0CY7-W52SRDz2cGm6xF9qjDvz_QprmBuhOy0BVVdrpuDIu9aVtKDdmsjiiDUuk_Wn-StjkMWTi5rNBahavoEz8pSr6xk/s1600/elim+fall+blast+532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAK3zq4vgG6keuUkxZsW6QMaHF02xLHN7XKcvWZb_91Nx_Fv0CY7-W52SRDz2cGm6xF9qjDvz_QprmBuhOy0BVVdrpuDIu9aVtKDdmsjiiDUuk_Wn-StjkMWTi5rNBahavoEz8pSr6xk/s320/elim+fall+blast+532.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before I knew it the weekend was basically over. </div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday morning we took a few goup pictures before all</div><div style="text-align: center;">the kids starting heading back to their villages.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our entire group of guys.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVqX8PMT4uw6_BYwric5ThUU9-9rj7FcufYzvn6Ie7pebupJuD5wqylMt91-eC7fIQqWyADaZ7aE45IgqCBD11Gs2JA8O_GSI6clB_t1kK5HASIhYLjIm2qkfE9WZ1IJ3EKeQCutwvKk/s400/elim+fall+blast+615.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the girls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwNCUAwi8smS0RxKXAqF2QhUUVEageAsk5L78XOdIrx6fOoCNrmQ2Yk8kUyg-ZQvLlFF7rwcZE3gJ94dol2HmT_6xDY2hQdt4SgvnEPY336NPf4GH_thZ9xRISiG5ZOZAhKLZuXYCrpo/s1600/elim+fall+blast+604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwNCUAwi8smS0RxKXAqF2QhUUVEageAsk5L78XOdIrx6fOoCNrmQ2Yk8kUyg-ZQvLlFF7rwcZE3gJ94dol2HmT_6xDY2hQdt4SgvnEPY336NPf4GH_thZ9xRISiG5ZOZAhKLZuXYCrpo/s400/elim+fall+blast+604.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and the staff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTHNzLVbmP_faA8okOants-Kqi9m-QAYswEv6fW94VVKesM2H1qCnr0hnFfrBDmR5-4Jv5I0DrYKJaD7iv2-ysPbB2vIvNfsJjeE9sjAG33w6g39RgWPipV9IY3tZQjj9nA9Nz2nArfk/s1600/elim+fall+blast+623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTHNzLVbmP_faA8okOants-Kqi9m-QAYswEv6fW94VVKesM2H1qCnr0hnFfrBDmR5-4Jv5I0DrYKJaD7iv2-ysPbB2vIvNfsJjeE9sjAG33w6g39RgWPipV9IY3tZQjj9nA9Nz2nArfk/s400/elim+fall+blast+623.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
This was such an amazing weekend. I met so many amazing people; both leaders and students. I am so thankful that I was able to experience Fall Blast, this is truly something I love. Being a part of youth retreats where I am able to counsel. Spending time getting to know the kids, listening to their stories, laughing at their crazy stories in the cabin, and worshipping with them in chapel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a final picture of two amazing girls I got to meet: </div><div style="text-align: center;">Roberta (Wassuq) and Jennie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Mom was still in town and we were still getting settled in a bit. We went to church Sunday morning and were invited over to Byron and Sue Bruckner's house for lunch. [By the way, Byron is the founder of CYAK, and his hilarious wife sue works with Lauren and I in the office. She pretty much keeps us laughing non-stop]. After eating tons of chips and salsa and dried fish we were served a delicious lunch with amazing salmon. yum. We decided to go on a hike to make some room for dessert, so we headed down the road a bit to hike the Butte. It was a great hike, and the view is super rewarding. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After snapping a few shots and soaking it all in we made our way back to the Bruckner's. Byron was waiting with ice cream bowls and about every flavor of ice cream you could ever want. Oh and we let him practice his barista skills on us with his new latte maker, they were delicious. So lets see, church, friends, food, hiking, ice cream, and lattes...it was a pretty perfect sunday. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Friday October 29</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Our church hosted an event called Singspiration. This is something that takes place in the villages on a regular basis from what I understand. Basically everyone gets together and enjoys a time of eating, fellowship, testimonies, and SINGING! I believe it is very common for this to go on for a number of hours with congregational singing from the hymns as well as individuals singing for the group. I feel like I have heard so much about singspiration in the villages so I was so excited to be a part of it here on the road system. Lauren, Nikki, and I had a pretty full morning going to Costco to buy all the food for the teen youth retreat called Fall Blast that will be coming up pretty soon here. After loading our carts, packing all the food into boxes, and shipping them out to Elim we headed back to the church to start the preparation for Singspiration. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once we got there we started helping to make the fry bread. This is a very common type of bread, and is probably made a million different ways depending on who you ask to teach you. Every family seems to have their own 'special' way with a pinch of this and a dash of that.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Everything was delicious, and we had way more food then we knew what to do with. Everyone is so generous and spoiled us with tons of fish, moose stew,</span><a href="http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/NPE/CulturalAtlases/VirtualMuseum/Writings/Native%20Food/098D22F2-9971-4588-9A87-680B4FE88955.html"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">akutaq</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">, and tons of cranberry pastries. It was a great time of fellowship and singing, I can see why it goes on for hours in the villages, it is such a blessing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Saturday October 30</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Lauren [have I mentioned she's my room-mate?] and I enjoyed a morning to sleep in, finally. We decided to go for a hike but thought it would be best to enjoy the beginning part of the morning in bed. By about 10:30 or so, when we were completely rested, we ate some breakfast and started gearing up for our adventure. Lazy Mountain is in the Palmer area, and is definitely a step up from the Butte, so it was the obvious choice for my second hike. Lauren had already hiked it before, but we made a decision to stay active all winter and to try and hike Lazy every other week. People hike it all year round, and we really need to the practice so we can work our way up to pioneer peak by summer! It was pretty tough, especially for me. Lauren is from Colorado, so hiking is in her DNA, but for me, being from the flat lands of Illinois, had a few struggles here</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">,</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsynMQ08MFPzPH6gq8iW95CTqvebKd-W-C6MkqX27Ux03QSp6r1KUdCKbIikyPUc14oTAWCDnG2lNn8Xy1L1gAIj1mZVe0coUzxkk7bxK-xOcr9a_R0reZLgkRLSYE9gopr_H5cjE8nU/s1600/lazy+mt.+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsynMQ08MFPzPH6gq8iW95CTqvebKd-W-C6MkqX27Ux03QSp6r1KUdCKbIikyPUc14oTAWCDnG2lNn8Xy1L1gAIj1mZVe0coUzxkk7bxK-xOcr9a_R0reZLgkRLSYE9gopr_H5cjE8nU/s320/lazy+mt.+012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and there</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">,</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMZIgnoJiE_JyQEW81NFLk4sUUYm6-eM-bQIv5nY5Ls8GxPojIMdxA1MZ601287aqzaS0NnItmqOsolVZVPyyjO2NjeaJjTET629LcryiGKId_c_SvQRpoH5ETtagwN-wFTLKrJu_Lv4/s1600/lazy+mt.+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMZIgnoJiE_JyQEW81NFLk4sUUYm6-eM-bQIv5nY5Ls8GxPojIMdxA1MZ601287aqzaS0NnItmqOsolVZVPyyjO2NjeaJjTET629LcryiGKId_c_SvQRpoH5ETtagwN-wFTLKrJu_Lv4/s320/lazy+mt.+018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">but it sure was rewarding once we made it to the top.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">One thing that was amazing to me was that from the top you could see the Butte, but barely. It looked like a little hill, but let me tell you, when I was hiking it before it sure seemed steep. Can you see it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KWM3hmT0HXC5FtxgUkBxpzvwAtrdBsKW0PzFkVIlfNkWtYJ9f2O6eAMwWjX-tcy0gsWdrC-v9JGabf4xemDgCRpBEkGsbfSz3tLieU3Sh42igY8RGsMy0T-DV18_yU8PPzeQQl0kToA/s1600/10.27+078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KWM3hmT0HXC5FtxgUkBxpzvwAtrdBsKW0PzFkVIlfNkWtYJ9f2O6eAMwWjX-tcy0gsWdrC-v9JGabf4xemDgCRpBEkGsbfSz3tLieU3Sh42igY8RGsMy0T-DV18_yU8PPzeQQl0kToA/s320/10.27+078.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">yep, there it is, off in the right hand corner. crazy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Also,on the way down the mountain you kind of run/slip your entire way down. It is a little tough going down carefully so I think next time we need to just hike up with a sled strapped to our backs! </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">During this little excursion I also saw my first moose up close. When I was running down I had that feeling, when you think something is looking at you. Out of the corner of my eye I saw it, standing right there behind a tree. So I did what any girl would do, I just keep staring back at it. That is until Lauren told me not to make eye contact with it! oops. Either way, we just kept talking/praying out loud, stayed calm, and walked back to the car. Fheww, we made it out alive, but it sure was an adventure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Good thing we had osa, our protective guard dog with us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq9w2S5CxzIeVY_3O9-mT5LhvgS6Q0dJ7vwDWvBbn7prpONBj2c1bClfkxhq85DRC_q0ts5iTqjXDhCO9Pec64VTqXcL7ij5ftkn73ZE5To2y6h6cgB_Wn6MYaSLwZ3qpXIFbbjMVftQ/s1600/lazy+mt.+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq9w2S5CxzIeVY_3O9-mT5LhvgS6Q0dJ7vwDWvBbn7prpONBj2c1bClfkxhq85DRC_q0ts5iTqjXDhCO9Pec64VTqXcL7ij5ftkn73ZE5To2y6h6cgB_Wn6MYaSLwZ3qpXIFbbjMVftQ/s320/lazy+mt.+034.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here are a few extra shots.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><strong>Sunday October 31</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Happy Halloween, well actually we didn't really do too much. There was a little harvest party at church so we stuck around there for a bit to eat lunch and watch a few of the kids games, but we were very happy to head home and enjoy the night in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">We did however make delicious turkey pumpkin chili and watched benny and joon. And there you have it, my kind of party. A big bowl of hot chili, a flannel shirt, sweatpants, and a warm quilt. </span></div>brittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859883179302233148.post-30823107226732479282010-11-01T00:20:00.000-07:002010-11-01T00:20:36.323-07:00..:.mountain village.:..<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My first weekend in Alaska I was able to join some of the CYAK team at a youth worker training weekend in Mountain Village. This weekend was put together to let youth workers in the Yukon Delta region get together and talk about what is going on with the youth. This was an amazing opportunity for me for so many reasons.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">1. I was able to see what a village is like.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">2. I was able to hear first hand what is happening in the different villages.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">3. and I was able to meet the youth workers in person.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">It was such an amazing experience to be able to sit in room and dialogue with such a diverse group of people. We brought together people from various villages and various ages to come together and openly talk about the struggles, pain, and sadness many of them were enduring. We had a number of people from Scammon Bay, Marshal, Hooper Bay, Soldatna, and Bethel all talking together, both youth and elder, with the common desire to share the love of Christ with those suffering. It was a truly invaluable experience. Even though it was overwhelming at times to hear about the alcoholism, drug use, depression, and suicides happening in rural Alaska, it was encouraging to hear how the Lord is truly at work through the hearts and hands of these youth workers. It was empowering to be reminded that even when things seem hopeless, we know that God is faithful. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Always loving and always with us.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Here is a little run down of a few events from this amazing trip.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">We boarded the MARC plane with great anticipation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHiiUKlCTGfRJlarG9M6ATDtVQBvsyIvjiIPAR7RW_CNksjeY46HmsbIZE-gcdVcdpR322KQbO3zxSy85SJO5sNAcM8WXtD2914hrBzmWl4yiQbVX2ZL9QKc14qK33EaZAa2Xyha4FIg/s1600/mountain+village+etc+1058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHiiUKlCTGfRJlarG9M6ATDtVQBvsyIvjiIPAR7RW_CNksjeY46HmsbIZE-gcdVcdpR322KQbO3zxSy85SJO5sNAcM8WXtD2914hrBzmWl4yiQbVX2ZL9QKc14qK33EaZAa2Xyha4FIg/s320/mountain+village+etc+1058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and enjoyed the beautiful view</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeIgo8uDTlybSqIyTdG9zUbS9IkH1zBWCgjUKw7HYCqfMYajqke04Bz1mT3-2u126fWX1mtbfNZufUaIH1LVJFJxsga68NrsHlMbG86SsjQl85njenRZSsXIM7ydXVGhLWTK5Yl-GuQI/s1600/mountain+village+etc+1071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeIgo8uDTlybSqIyTdG9zUbS9IkH1zBWCgjUKw7HYCqfMYajqke04Bz1mT3-2u126fWX1mtbfNZufUaIH1LVJFJxsga68NrsHlMbG86SsjQl85njenRZSsXIM7ydXVGhLWTK5Yl-GuQI/s320/mountain+village+etc+1071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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We were blessed with amazing pilots from MARC [missionary aviation repair center], who kept us safe and made our flight so fun!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndTOsaXNpFwtCM9kaibyH20IB6SiBOStTBoPWkua3CuM3mQp5uJoXbpxPoFDC76RnGTpR5ZUG53HY9JPZ3pwTiH_RAxqpUiuk201AQU7Aw7DcM8jpv6oVQ_Sql5X9iQFUOpo0-RSYyUI/s1600/mountain+village+etc+1344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndTOsaXNpFwtCM9kaibyH20IB6SiBOStTBoPWkua3CuM3mQp5uJoXbpxPoFDC76RnGTpR5ZUG53HY9JPZ3pwTiH_RAxqpUiuk201AQU7Aw7DcM8jpv6oVQ_Sql5X9iQFUOpo0-RSYyUI/s320/mountain+village+etc+1344.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The weekend went by so fast, but you can't help but fall in love with the native people in the villages in Alaska. They have the biggest hearts and seem to just shine with the love of Jesus. I hope I get another chance to get back to mountain village soon!</div>brittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859883179302233148.post-34177892506442037882010-10-31T22:49:00.000-07:002010-10-31T22:49:56.251-07:00Welcome to Alaska.<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">October 14th was a pretty great day. My mom and I had our airline tickets for Alaska in hand, our bags were packed, and we were ready to go. We flew Alaska Airlines nonstop from O'hare to Anchorage departing at 6 pm and arrived in Anchorage at 10:30 [although the flight was a bit longer then that, we gained three hours in the air]. By the time we landed it was too dark to really see that we were completely surrounded by beautiful mountains the entire time we were driving into Wasilla. Even with all the excitement about this new adventure, we tried to get a good night sleep so we could go explore in the morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">That next morning we headed into the CYAK office to go through a little orientation, and to meet some of my new office mates! We took a little break and headed over to Pandemonium to get some coffee and meet a few of the team members who work out on the road system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As part of our orientation we got to go on a 'mini fieldtrip' to this place called hatcher's pass. It was beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Ellen and Nat told me about this organization called CYAK, which stands for Covenant Youth of Alaska. So after praying about this opportunity, I called the founder to learn a bit more about what they do. That phone conversation turned into me filling out the application, the application turned into a phone interview, and that interview turned into a plane ticket. I felt truly at peace about each step and was amazed at how the Lord just seemed to go in front of me and work everything out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Once everything was all set up it came down to logistics. Buying a plane ticket... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And there you have it, all the great things that lead up to my new adventure in Alaska. </span>brittany.elysia.stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075694447815709519noreply@blogger.com0