St. Lawrence Island Adds to Christ's Kingdom In mid-March, Arctic Mission Adventure volunteer Petu "Chris" Koonooka, elder of the Gambell Seventh-day Adventist Church, started Bible studies with Ina Koonooka, 19, and Ila James, 17. Fear of the COVID-19 pandemic inspired them to study in prep... Read more
Radio Ryan I am here in Nome, Alaska, for Arctic Camp Meeting on this last Feb. 21–23, 2020. Blue sky with daytime weather +5F and nighttime at -22F. What an enjoyable spiritual time. Read more
Baptisms Go On Despite Pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit with full force and mandates for church closures were announced, churches across the nation closed their doors. The impact the pandemic made on evangelistic meetings that were in progress, baptisms that were schedule... Read more
How Indigenous Alaskans Await the Resurrection The diversity of traditions among indigenous people groups regarding care of the deceased and interment are an interesting study. In Alaska, great care is taken with funeral preparations, casket making, grave digging and after-care of the gravesite. Read more
Drive-in Church Gets a Welcome Visit The dark, unfamiliar SUV pulled into the line of cars getting positioned for the start of Anchorage Northside’s drive-in church at the Anchorage Junior Academy parking area. This vehicle had never seen before. Being able to quickly recognize a var... Read more
AMA Volunteers Provide Calm in the Storm Until recently, there was no mention of coronavirus in Selawik, Alaska. Edna Estrella, nurse and HIV specialist working as an Arctic Mission Adventure (AMA) volunteer, and her husband, José, were worried to see the lack of knowledge and leadership... Read more
Ladies in Alaska Help Girls in Africa Ladies in Fairbanks, Alaska, worked together to sew and assemble 100 hygiene kits for girls at a boarding school in Malawi, Africa. It all began when one of our church members, Michelle Henry, visited a friend in Washington over Christmas 2019. He... Read more
Bus Driver Goes Above and Beyond COVID-19 has drastically changed how each one of us interact within our community. While a challenging time, it has also spawned amazing stories of how people have come up with creative ways to continue outreach and mission to those in their commu... Read more
Sitka Students Build 'Aquaponics in a Suitcase' For the last six years Sitka Adventist School children have harvested carrots, peas, potatoes, rhubarb, rainbow chard and kale from school's garden. Read more
