Wasilla, Alaska – Day 2 of 2018 Trip

The heart warming congregation of Christ First UMC welcomed our team during their worship service. We all enjoyed a potluck dinner and fellowship time with the congregation afterwards. After much needed rest we accepted the invitation to a cookout at a friend and member of Willow UMC.

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Alaska Day 7

Day 7 Due to our flight being cancelled Saturday night we enjoyed a bonus day in Anchorage Sunday. We all enjoyed the day experiencing different restaurants, visiting exhibits, taking in…

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Alaska Day 7

Today was bittersweet as we bid farewell to our wonderful host families and headed to Anchorage to spend our final day before catching our 9:00pm flight. We visited the Alaska…

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Alaska Day 5

Day 5 VBS 2017 ended for Christ UMC today with Robbie the robot getting a voice that reminded the children that God loves them and carrying the torches leading them…

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Alaska Day 4

The children of Wasilla and Christ UMC returned for their 2nd day of VBS. They were given homework to color pictures with the heading of “God Loves You” and bring…

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Alaska Day 3

28 children helped kick off VBS 2017 at the Christ UMC today and it was a huge success. Belinda Ruffel and Judi Whitton are sharing with the children about how…

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Alaska Day 2

Monday our team got started with cutting down trees and clearing brush behind the church. We also started working on the parsonage tearing up carpet and preparing it for new.…

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Alaska Day 1

We arrived safely in Wasilla around 12:30 Sunday morning where we were greeted by our host families! We attended worship and the team had a very nice lunch at a…

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