Happy Summer from Alaska. August 12, 2011
We have had a far too normal summer - rain almost every day. The temperatures are now in the low 40’s and dipping into the high 30’s at night. The flowers are almost finished for the year. We anticipate a huge snowpack winter coming. We have had to dig out the front of the cabin about 5 feet deep to work on the buried logs holding up our cabin. The roof leaks, the basement leaks, the walls leak - everything leaks!
Praise The LORD: The Radio Station equipment is actually on it’s way (we have been assured). The tower must be up before the ground gets too hard but we can’t get it up until the equipment arrives on site. All hand digging and mixing of concrete the village way. Does a shovel fit your hand????
Praise The LORD: The boat we bought off Craig’s List in May is scheduled to come to McGrath on the next chartered airplane.
Praise The LORD: The small Ministry House we have that is down by the Kuskokwim River is now jacked up and on blocks ready for the move to the front of the property at our cabin. We have been waiting two years for a village man to move it; he is the only one with a loader big enough to pull it through the village to our lot. We now need to raise the $2500.00 it is going to cost to move the house. Please pray about this special need.
Praise The LORD: Northland Baptist Bible Camp is paid off!!!!!!! The deed is suppose to come in the mail soon and we are anxiously awaiting to see the real deal in the mail.
Praise The LORD: It is time to announce our new Youth Program Holly and I have been designing and building. “Honor Scouts” will be for preschool through 21 years of age. We have churches lined up to begin using it in the Fall of 2012. There will be Mandatory Church Attendance, Bible Passage Reading related to the Honor Badge the student is attempting to earn, Bible Memory Verses, Mastery of Skill in over 50 different badge options with more being added all the time, and Badge Skill Proficiency Testing and Review prior to the awarding of an Honor Badge. We are focusing on common sense skills such as Bible, First Aid, Archery, Rope Craft, Canoeing, Cooking, Camping, Sewing, Carpentry, Electrical, Electronics, Plumbing, Winter Survival, Small Engine Mechanics, etc. The Bible Section, when completed, will be the equivalent of a full Bible Institute curriculum. We believe this will be a powerful tool in the missionaries hands on the foreign field as well as here at home.
As today is my birthday, I sense the need to keep going, even harder than before. Time is short and making use of the gift of life is an imperative. Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Please pray for our Ministry, Health, Finances, and Wisdom.
We thank you for your care, thoughts, prayers and support.
We value and thank the Lord for your steadfast part in this ministry.
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Joe and Holly Carson Acts 16:9-10
