Blueberry Hill (Day 3)

Wednesday morning (Day 3) we took a trek up Blueberry Hill to overlook Anchorage. We then stopped and prayed for the city of Anchorage. Nearly 50% of the population of the state of Alaska live within the frames of this photo. The harvest is here, the laborers are few (Matt. 9).



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Rainy Tuesday (Day 2)

Everyday we would teach a Bible Story.  Today's story was the parable of the Sheep and Goats from Matthew 25:31-46.  It rained, but still the children came.  Because we had the only tent, we had 100% participation in today's Bible story.



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First Baptist Church Wylie Waterbrook Bible Fellowship — at Williwaw Park aka BOC Park.

Day 2 Mission Report

Day 2 End of Day Mission Report - Mission Alaska 2017.  We're tired, but feeling the Spirit of God working. Please pray that our team will have a Genesis 32 encounter with God. We are praying that we see God in such a way that we will forever be marked by His encounter. 

We're ready to go back and continue the harvest. Bring more laborers.

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Pray for Terrance who is homeless

Please pray for Terrance. He has recently become homeless and is seeking a way to go home to DC. I spent about an hour with him and was able to feed him physically and pray for him. He has had a rough 24 hours but told me he has seen God work in him during that time. Please pray that he will find a way home and that we can have more opportunities to show Jesus to him and that ultimately, he would be receptive to His word. 



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Prayers for Williwaw park

Please pray for our time at Williwaw park and the more than 40 children we will be serving



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First Full Day with Graceworks

First full day with GraceWorks Alaska and found the first moose of the trip. Had a great day ministering to kids and praying over neighborhoods as we walked the park. We even celebrated Amber' s birthday with cake and good friends.

Please pray for Christine. We met her today while shopping. She is struggling financially and is having a hard time with her family. She saw our sweatshirts and stopped to talk to us.

Thanks for your prayers as we continue our journey tomorrow working with a church plant.

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A word from Scott Kirby (Grace Works Alaska)

"Hi, I'm Scott Kirby.  Welcome to our web site where you can find out more about volunteer mission opportunities, our ministry, and helpful mission trip resources.  We want to help you or your church group to become more personally involved in missions through short-term volunteering.  Welcome to base camp for mission adventure! If you are interested in a mission trip, go to the "Trips" toolbar at the top of this page.  You can check out our various 2018 mission project offerings.

"Global Partnership Ministries was founded 26 years ago to help respond to the newly opened doors in Eastern Europe.  Over that time, we have taken more than 3,000 people overseas on mission for Christ.  

"Twelve years ago we moved the mission to Alaska and took on the new name GRACEWORKS which is a more effective name for the local ministry we do in Alaska.  We are still legally a 501(c)3 nonprofit as Global Partnership Ministries, but we DBA (do business as) GraceWorks in Alaska.   

"Since moving to Alaska, GraceWorks has hosted more than 7,000 visiting volunteer missionaries in Alaska.   In addition to our Urban ministry, we have facilitated more than 75 mission teams to Alaska Native American villages  — many these only reachable by airplane (or dogsled!). 

"The big, national short-term mission organizations live thousands of miles away and send a few teams to Alaska each year. We live here, know the people and the needs, and host more volunteers than anyone else. Plus, we remain here year-round to work with local churches on followup.  We typically host about 80 church groups in Alaska each year.  The two most common comments we receive are (1) You are so well organized, and (2) the food was the best I've ever had on a mission trip.
"GraceWorks believes that the Bible is God's Word, people are lost without Christ, and it is our responsibility to get the Message to people.  The Great Commission is not just for the World to go to church. It is for the Church to go to the World!  We have also found that we usually have to serve people and demonstrate love before they are ready to listen to what we have to say. They don't care what we know until they know that we care."

Learn more about Grace Works Alaska here:

http://www.graceworksak.com/