Alaska VBS Mission Trip- Denise Johnson

Summer Mission Station---
Alaska VBS- Part One-

 I had the privilege of going to Alaska

 this summer to do Vacation Bible School 

in Deering and Teen Bible camp in Fairbanks, Alaska. 

 In Deering, Alaska there was an incredible

 Vacation Bible school team.  

It is a privilege to serve with them. 

There was a record attendance,

 a record number of perfect attendances

 and the baptisms of two wonderful young ladies. 

This was our 9^th year of doing V.B.S. 

in Deering, Alaska.
One would think that after
9 years,
the people in Deering
would just expect us to come.
Amaingingly, most of the children
expect us to come back.
But, the adults are genuinely surprised
each time we arrive.
On the day we first arrived one of the dads
saw us and said to my husband,
 "You came back?"
This was just one of the conversations 
in the village.
Isn't it wonderful
when we are able to bless people 
with a heart and body journey of return?

Denise Johnson serves with her husband 

at St. John's, Conover, NC. 

She is a "field reporter" for Journeys of Faith.