When Americans bought southeast Alaska there were already 13 nations living in the land—their land. The encounter of our two cultures left the Native Alaskan culture decimated. Very few Native Alaskans are Christians since they associated the destruction of their cultural artifacts with the arrival of Christian missionaries. In an effort to build a bridge to Jesus, we have been partnering with them to rebuild. This summer we will send four teams. The first will prepare for the construction of a carving hut by pouring the concrete foundation. We will also be milling the wood that will be used in the construction in August. The second team will be a benevolence team—fishing and gathering and splitting firewood to provide to the elders of the Tlinget Nation. This team would be idea for families with children high school age or college age. Our third and fourth teams will do the actual construction of the carving hut in Klawock on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska

 

May 3-14: Geoff Miller will lead a team to set the foundation and mill the wood for the carving hut.

June 22-29: Mark Nicklas will lead a team for harvesting and firewood benevolence (College and High Schoolers are welcome.)
August 9-18: Troy Smith & Michael Do will lead the team who will construct the carving hut.

August 14-24: Troy Smith & Michael Do will also lead this team who will work on the construction of the carving hut.