Alaska happenings.

BY HEATHER HANSEN

The Alaska Mission team is in the midst of a busy summer season in Naknek. A huge thank you to those who have supported us financially and in prayer. We have been incredibly blessed by the body of Christ. Here’s a look at where we’ve been and where we’re going.

At the Net, the Christian hospitality coffee house, the boxes of cake and cookie mixes, sugar, and more just keep coming in. Thanks to Loren and Sharon Tungseth for coming up to deep clean and get us ready to start off the season. The Net was ready for locals and visitors starting on June 9, and we’ll be open through July, serving up comfort through cups of coffee, sharing Jesus, and donating warm clothes! The ministry here will be run by volunteers from the lower 48 states and Mexico for the entire season.

We have a team of nine people for vacation Bible school. We will send out two teams in one week for the first time since 2017. The team will go to seven different villages, and we will drop off VBS goodie bags at two other villages. The team is 100 percent supported financially.

We have accomplished several radio station projects this past month. In Dillingham, Rod Scheel lowered the small FM tower and got the damaged transmitter antenna at the Moravian church functioning again. This station is now fully functional and running well. He also upgraded the power switching equipment, a fan unit, and a heating/cooling option for the UPS power in Igiugig. Dave Perkins updated three computers with new SSD cards, making the system run faster, along with other projects. Dean and Dewey from Fergus Falls, Minn., replaced the cable support fence in the backyard at KAKN. This ensures that the cables from the transmitter room to the tower are well protected for the next several years.

The FLAPS planes will get lots of airtime flying the VBS teams to villages and kids to a Christian camp. We are thankful for the team from Mission Aviation Training Academy that came up in February to do routine maintenance to make sure the planes are at their best for summer flying.

We have many reasons to be grateful. We’re thankful for many volunteers who have and will come up to serve. Between May and August, we will have more than 50 people helping with ministry. We’re thankful for the quilts that have been sent up for us to pass out at villages this summer, too. We thank God for the many financial supporters who make projects and missions possible. And we thank God for the prayer warriors who make sure there isn’t a battle or setback we can’t face. We are thankful for a God who is able to use each and every one of us for his glory. We will continue this good work that he has started.

Hansen serves the Alaska Mission as a missionary working with children.