God's Splendor

Hebrews 4:4 says: And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."

We are having such an awesome adventure seeing all of God's creation here in AK! Most of the team went on a 4-hour whale watching cruise from Seward (located approx. 4 hours south of the camp). We departed LGYRC at 6am and experienced the most beautiful drive to Seward on Alaska Hwy 1. We stopped at Bird Point for the scenic photo and then again at Canyon Creek before arriving in Seward for our 12 noon departure on the Alaska Explorer. We traveled through Resurrection Bay and viewed the most awesome of God's handiwork in the intricate carvings, shapes and patterns of the rocks and mountains that jut out of the water, the waterfalls that come from nowhere, the conifers that grow out of these slabs of slate, majestic bald eagles, a pod of killer wales, including a mother and calf, seals, porpoises, Dall sheep, various birds and...as if the trip was staged, after three hours and 55 minutes of our 4hr WHALE watching tour, the name was misleading, no whales! But then right on cue, as if he had heard me...a humpback whale appeared! God even takes care of the little requests!!

A few Team Alaska members playing in the snow at 10pm...yes, 10pm!!! L to R: Rebecca Gillette, Judy Vaughn, Rachel & Ken DeMoliner, Hannah Lorenz and Bobby Peebles.

Psalm 95:4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Mountain view from Resurrection Bay

We arrived back at camp at 11:30pm, tired and our senses overwhelmed at the sights we tried to take in. When someone tells you there is no God...that atoms crashed together to make the mountains...laugh, because you KNOW God and what His hands created. I am in awe of how this team is working and praying together, and how this camp touches so many lives...even our own.