Alaskan Adventure - June 30, 2014 - Central Mission Assembly of God Church

Pastor Sung (we call him Pastor Dave) preached about Work. Working for The Lord is a form of worship.  Our men have really been working for the Lord this week.  We pray that this building will be a blessing to all that come, and will receive Christ as their Savior.

    Curtis passing up flooring sheets.  We are so thankful for strong men from the Mission.

   Al and Yong Ray (Ray's son) waiting for the next sheet of flooring.  Glad they have good balance!

 

    Stairs to the second floor were built this morning.

    Header board in place.

   Making sure all is aligned properly.  Arlen, Ray, and Bob from the Mission.

  Just what is that used for you ask?

    Glenn's design to knock the floor boards in proper alignment position before nailing.

   Playing with boards before he nailed his fingers together.  No worries, he's ok.

 

  

A lot was accomplished today and the men worked hard, so, I think that calls for another trip to the Chena Hot Springs to soothe sore muscles.

Maybe ole Mr. Moose might show up again...

Or... Maybe another furry friend.

Sleepy time.

Alaska facts:

Chena Hot Springs are located 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks.  The hot springs became famous for curing crippled prospectors of their aches and pains as long ago as 1905.  In 1904 a U.S. Geological survey crew saw steam rising from the valley somewhere on up the upper Chena River.

In 1912, the trail to the springs took only 20 hrs from Fairbanks. A great improvement from the one to three weeks traveling time prior to 1911 when the trail was improved.  

It takes about one hour traveling today.

Alaskan Adventure - June 28, 2014 - Central Mission Assembly of God Church

Today, Saturday, we took a trip to Denali National Park by Alaska Railroad.

     Ginger and I at the ticket office.

    All aboard!

It was a fun trip and we saw some beautiful sights even though the pictures through the window was not the greatest.

   Trappers house. Used between 1920-1940. 

   Along the Nenana River.

  Arriving into the Denali National Park.

We did see a few moose along the way but no pictures.  

However, I did capture a couple of pictures of some wildlife living in the park.

We took a free shuttle as far as Savage River.  As far as we can go on the free shuttle.

   Whatcha lookin' at?    At the Savage River turnaround point.  We did see Elk down along the river.

They were watching people climbing on this huge rock formation.

We saw some cute wild flowers in the park.

We only had a few hours in the park before meeting the 4:00 pm train back to Fairbanks but I had a nice time and it was a chance for Glenn to rest his bad knee.

    Waiting for the return trip.

   Here she comes!

Work continued back at the church.  We both had a sunny day from the rainy days for a change.

   

Laminated support beam.

   

    

A very successful day!

Alaskan Adventure - June 27, 2014 - Central Mission Assembly of God Church

Today started out as a pretty day.  The sun shone brightly in the morning, but soon the rain clouds rolled in.  However, work continued. The church hired a few young men to help.  Their strength was greatly appreciated.

    More walls were built.

    Dirt pile is gone, and more lumber delivered.

   Installing the headers.

    View from above as you can see, more walls built. 

There were not many pictures taken today.  Mostly we just tried to stay out of the guys way and let them work.  The progress may not be as visible as in the early part of the week, but the men have been working hard.  Rain has been a little bit of a hinderance.

This evening, we went bowling.  

Night Bowling.  

    This was the first darkness since arriving in Fairbanks!

    Arlen, That is one bright shirt under all the black light.

Alaska facts:

Alaska is a geographical marvel. When a scale map of Alaska is superimposed on a map of the 48 lower states, Alaska extends from coast to coast.