DAY 21 JUNE 7 SABBATH REST

Day 21. We were up late listening to boats on the Chena River (right beyond our campsite) while the sun was shining down on us at midnight. The night was chillier than we thought it wold be but warmed up nicely in the morning. We attended contemporary worship at Zion Lutheran Church. It was very similar in format to Christ Memorial's. Afterwards we went to the Pioneer Park in Fairbanks for an afternoon of relaxation and phone calls to family. This evening we discovered that our campground has phone line internet connectivity so we're able to update the blog before the public library opens tomorrow. Tomorrow we visit the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska and have dinner with Glen and Karen Eiler (Bud and Eunice Eiler's son and daughter-in-law). Tuesday we meet with Anna Frank for our Fort Yukon orientation and then head out for Valdez. Valdez is on the Gulf of Alaska and is the terminus of the Alaska pipeline. Through Valdez flows 1/10 of all the oil used in the United States--quite and operation. Friday we head of Anchorage to meet our daughters who will be flying in from Chicago and St. Louis. It should be another busy week! The sermon this morning (Trinity Sunday) was on the Holy Trinity. How thankful we are to know the God who made this remarkable world, the God who redeemed it and us at such great price, and the God who invites us into a relationship with Him , a relationship that will have no end and that anticipates the renewal of all creation in the age which is to come. Our God is an awesome God...