Rainbow Season I got to thinking that in Alaska we haven’t seen a rainbow for about 8 or 9 months. But now is the season for warm temperatures, sunny skies, and rain clouds with rainbows. Every spring from early April to early June Alaskan’s are on edge about flooding along rivers and in low [...]
Our goal for more than ten years has been to reestablish an Adventist presence in the Inupiat Village of Ambler. The first Adventists to pioneer a work here were John and Naomi Topkok in the late 1960s. Their efforts there spanned more than 30 years. They had obtained two townsite house lots; one for their [...]
Alaska in early March experienced the enduring pain of the frostbite of mid-winter, but the promise of Spring warmth is also in the air. Now with the rapidly advancing daylight (11 hours/day), and gaining more than 40 minutes a week, we know that in approximately 30 days the accumulated snow will be melting furiously at [...]
We have been planning for several months to fulfill an agreement to distribute essential protective equipment and cleaning supplies to 11 Interior Alaska remote villages. In late December we received the first shipment, consisting of approximately 4,000 lbs. This material was stored in the local ACS (Adventist Community Services) Warehouse pending receipt of the remaining [...]
Among Alaska’s 225 native villages, in spite of state and federal infrastructure upgrades, many are still without public water and sewer systems. You can imagine the challenges of trying to follow public health measures and recommended hygiene practices in this context... Click to continue reading Visit Donate Page Visit [...]
2020 has been a catastrophic year all over the world and unfortunately it is neither getting better, nor is it over yet. In a number of places natural disasters are adding huge burdens to an already stressed and stretched population. Earthquakes, wild fires, floods, and landslides continue to have large impacts in certain places.... Click [...]
Along with most other locations in the United States and beyond, the Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging both the urban and remote villages alike. Cold winter weather has driven the citizens of the far north indoors, where in the remote native villages many times there are 3 and 4 generations of a family crowded under one [...]
Today is the 19th of October and the second snow of the season is drifting down. It’s been about three weeks since we said goodbye to the family of Sandhill Cranes that have for years nested just across our runway from our hangar. We won’t see them again until sometime in May, next spring. In [...]
Earlier this year when ACS received a special grant for food security for vulnerable populations, AWA participated in the food distribution with several flights to remote villages. AWA-Alaska enjoys a mutually beneficial relationship with Adventist Community Services. We praise God for the opportunity to serve people in need through this connection. The Fairbanks area ACS [...]
Pictured is the Kobuk River in front of the village of Shungnak. Shungnak is a village of approximately 270 Inupiat Eskimo people and less than ten nonnative folks associated with the K-12 school. This village has been a site for Adventist mission ministry since the late 1960s. But the tenure of our mission personnel [...]
