If I remember my Lord of the Rings trivia correctly that is
the name of the book Bilbo wrote and gave to Frodo to complete. Anyway, we are back in the “lower 48” making
our way back to Texas. We flew into
Seattle on the overnight flight from Anchorage Monday night. I woke up as the plane’s tires screeched the
runway at 5AM Tuesday morning and then drove us from Seattle to Julies’
grandmothers place in Montana. Needless
to say, it was a long day but it was totally worth it in having a place like
hers to recover and recollect our family.
We slept really late on Wednesday, enjoyed the quiet and since there is
no internet or cell coverage it allowed us what seems to be a milder re-entry
this summer.
Our last two weeks in Alaska were packed with great
people. We hosted a great men’s group
from VA (and one token CA guy!) with a ministry called Outpost. They are a great like-minded ministry and we
love to have them, they come and give as much to us I think as we can deliver
to them. It was fun to have them as most
of them live their entire lives in the city and never get out to experience a
glimpse of what life in the backcountry is like. Everything we did was new and it was fun to
see their lives open up to the deep waters of the Gospel over the week we spent
together.
The last week was an adventure for us! We hosted a group of 14 high school kids and
leaders. They came up to help with
building projects on the property but needless to say Julie was elbow deep in
the kitchen feeding a crew that with our family and the help we pleaded and
coerced to come help us pull it off—totaled 25 people. Our house is not that big! But it was a great experience and we loved
having them.
I will upload some picture tomorrow. In the meantime I am going to go to bed and
get some sleep since all of the sights in Price, ID have been seen…thank you
for praying I look forward to providing a more complete update.
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