How We Came to Be so Far Linda Jiheng, who grew up as a jungle girl in Borneo and now lives in Alaska would like to share her story.“I was born an Adventist in an Adventist village/longhouse that was totally separate at the side of the big pagan village from which my pare... Read more
Something for Everyone Found at Alaska Camp Meeting Approximately 600 people attended the 26th annual Southcentral Alaska Camp Meeting held near Palmer June 15–19. This was the first time camp meeting was held in June rather than the traditional August date. A full schedule of age-appropriate progr... Read more
Meet Ken Crawford Alaska Conference President After Ken Crawford completed his bachelor of theology degree in 1974 and spent five years in other work, he and wife Colleen moved to St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, in 1979 and helped raise the Savoonga area membership from four to 25 baptized membe... Read more
Alaska Conference Executive Committee Members 2004-08 1. Ricardo Cabero—Anchorage Spanish/Kodiak Church pastor2. Doug Becker—Anchorage layperson3. Neil Biloff—Palmer pastor4. Tami Burrell—Nome teacher5. John Calvert—Wrangell layperson6. Joe Chythlook—Dilllingham layperson7. Francine Lee—Tok layperson... Read more
Dillingham Member Spreads Message in Remote Villages Jim Bingman, a Dillingham (Alaska) Church member, felt the need to visit an old friend’s son in Togiak, Alaska, a growing village of approximately 1,200 people, in the spring of 1999. Although a church member, the son was no longer attending, and ... Read more
Alaska High Schoolers Join Milo Students for Mission to Guatemala Brent and Ryan Cole, brothers and Craig (Alaska) Public High School students, recently returned from a mission trip to Poptun in eastern Guatemala. The mission trip was a school activity for Milo Adventist Academy students, who welcomed them "with... Read more
Alaska Students Enjoy Field Trips from Land of Dead-end Roads There are no roads to Nome, Dillingham, Juneau or Sitka. These towns, along with the majority of small Alaskan villages, are all accessed exclusively either by air or water. In fact, Juneau, Alaska’s capital city, has roads that only go 40 miles n... Read more
Sitka Student Claims Jesus as His Friend "One of the things I’ll miss about the school is the learning about Christ and His doings,” Phillip Dumag said during his graduation speech. “Before I came to this school, I thought that Jesus was just Someone who people followed 'cause they have ... Read more
