COVENANT YOUTH OF ALASKA Volume 18 | Issue 5 December 2022
Special Edition: Celebrating 2022!
There is no time like the present to celebrate all that we have been able to do this year through Christ and your partnership! Be blessed as you take a glimpse! As we bring 2022 to a close, we sit and smile at the work the Lord accomplished this year. We were physically in person for most events this year! One personal experience takes a full circle this year. Just over a year ago, I served on a team to Elim. Although circumstances were undesirable, it was a way to connect with the community. Walking thru tragedy with someone brings you together. Each of the three weeks that I was at camp, I got to be a part of watching these relationships blossom as we recognized each other. Second glances were moving to smiles and hugs. It blessed my heart to see these kids flourishing at camp. They were away from home, away from the normal, and away from the daily grind that weights on them. They were free to let go. Heading back to Elim almost a year later for the same reason, my heart, while broken, was different. I knew even amid tragedy, I had formed relationships that would bring a different depth this time. I would bring comfort in consistency and being known. When we showed up in November, many of the youth knew each of us in some way or another. We made the connection! Jaime Nanninga Comms and Marketing Director