Friday News

Culture Camp

Being a part of Kake's 23rd Annual culture camp has been such a blessing for our team!  Each morning we have been able to join the 12 junior high/high school campers in their survival training throughout the week.  We've seen them clean seal, halibut, deer, and various sea animals for food this week!  We've also been able to help in the afternoons with the 50 "day campers" that come in for a few hours.

We led games and crafts the first day and were invited back to do the same each day!  It's been such a joy getting to know the kids so well and play with them on the beautiful beach each afternoon.  This afternoon we had to say goodbye to the older campers that we've been connecting with all week.  They were sad to say goodbye and kept inviting us to stay for more activities. Vicar Gabe ended our time with a prayer for them. We were thanked for our help by the adults and teachers leading the camp.

While we were wrapping up our final day, a couple of us had the opportunity for an unexpected treat...a Tlinkit language lesson! Ruth, the Tlingit language teacher at the school, shared a few phrases and words with us. We hope to practice and come back next year ready for more! Tsu yei ikwasateen! (I'll see you again!)

Sports Camp

What a blessing it was to come back to Kake and play soccer with the same kids that were part of the ultimate frisbee last year. We saw new faces, tapped into adults who transitioned from the basket ball court to the soccer field late into the evening to make it 3 hours of soccer!! We had about 15 minutes of drills and then break for devotions with interactive dialogue. The devotions were engaging and we shared the message of  Jesus with them, which was awesome. To end the night, we would all play a big game and try to include as many people from the team that we could. It was lots of fun having Rick, John, Steve on the field to make the "big stops" and not let people run around them, while Kaitlin and Elise would trip and take people down. It is a blessed time and the number of kids that show up have increased from four on the first day to 10 kids waiting out side for the games to begin....gotta run!