The Carson’s in Western Interior Alaska.
Hello from the “Land of The Midnight Sun”. We have 24 hours of measurable light at this time of the year. On June 21 we will have much light. Some can't sleep with so much light but the simple answer we have for them is to not go to bed! You do not get so tired when the days are so long. Now if we could just get winter darkness balanced out.
Hello from the “Land of The Midnight Sun”. We have 24 hours of measurable light at this time of the year. On June 21 we will have much light. Some can't sleep with so much light but the simple answer we have for them is to not go to bed! You do not get so tired when the days are so long. Now if we could just get winter darkness balanced out.
We have been posting on the village web messenger board and through that we have been invited to start preaching in another village. Only one problem; no airplane or boat to get there. The river is often too low for boat travel. We have found a boat on Craig's List in Anchorage and committed to buy it sight unseen. This is a cost of $3500.00 of which we have no budget for. Any help in paying for this boat would be a huge blessing. It is scheduled to be flown out on an airplane sometime in the next couple of weeks. We pray it floats! The motor is untested so a couple of paddles are in order. Fuel in the village is currently just over $7.30 and expected to go up to $8.50 to $9.00 per gallon as soon as the barge arrives with the years worth of fuel. It can cost $100.00 in fuel for one day of visits up and down the river in the boat. Many villagers are going to their fish camps and to outlying areas for the fish. We hope to get the boat in time to start making visits up and down the Kuskokwim and Takotna rivers. If the boat and motor prove to be sea worthy, we will endeavour to make a trip to the Stoney River villages. We get calls for various villages all the time. We try to be available and helpful no matter the need.
The ground is thawed out to almost 3 1/2’. We will pour concrete as soon as we can dig 5’ for the base of the radio station tower. We have the call sign for the station: KOGR—Kingdom Of God Radio. All preaching recordings, in any format, would be most appreciated. Please mail to the McGrath address.
I head for the Meadow Lakes Bible Camp in a few weeks to continue the work there. I had bid on a piece of property down river from McGrath with the idea of building a Remote Bible Camp but someone outbid me. So we will continue to look and pray towards this end. Most all the land is Native Corporation land and it is a rare find to be able to bid on a piece of privately held land.
Payoff for the Meadow Lakes Bible Camp is now $9,600.00. We are required to pay it off by the first of September or lose it. That is not an option! Please pray about this financial matter and let us know if you can be a part of this very important project.
We preach and pray and continue as the Lord leads.
Thank you very much for the prayers, care packages, financial support, and encouragement. You are a blessing to this preacher.
Please continue to pray for the ministry here in McGrath, outlying villages, Bible Camps, Radio Station, and other ministries as they unfold.
Your Missionaries in Alaska - Joe & Holly Carson
Acts 16:9-10 “..immediately we endeavoured to go... to preach the gospel unto them.”
We are going to try this “Blog” thing. I have started a free online blog and will attempt to write a short piece every couple days or so. If this is a blessing to you or if you have ideas or question, this will be a way to be more responsive and timely to all interested in our ministry. There will be much more daily “stuff” that you would otherwise not hear about. (You could read the one about our “crib” - aka septic tank- collapsing! Yahoo!!!).
http://parsonjoecarson.blogspot.com/
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