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Today is the big day! Boxes are strewn and stacked everywhere around our 2-bedroom apartment. The boys are with friends for the day; now we can pack and load the Alaska Marine Lines moving container that is parked outside, ready to receive all our earthly belongings. Our friends from church, Paul Brockman and Brad McInnes, show up to help us load. It’s time to disassemble the kitchen table, the bunk beds, and computer desk. “Are we taking this entertainment center for the TV?” Mike asks. I examine the large, particle-board cabinet. “Hmm. I don’t think we’ll have room for it.” Some lucky person at the local thrift store would be getting a great deal on a nice piece of furniture. We took one more drive around the neighborhood that we had called home for the past 2 ½ years. “Can you believe it?” Mike grinned, giddy with excitement and conjuring up nostalgia. I really could not believe it, in fact. We had waited, prayed, and worked for what seemed like ages. In the scheme of things, it was nothing short of miraculous. The numbers showed one year of funding to embark on the church-planting mission in Hoonah, Alaska. A voice echoed in our hearts, “Peace. Provision. Safety.” |
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In case you all are wondering, we have not fallen off the face of the earth! We are alive and well, taking each day as it comes with hope of new discovery and opportunity in Hoonah. The opportunities for ministry were plenteous and back-to-back this summer! |
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This update from Hoonah comes to you on a blustery Chichagoff wind. Today we see the blue sky in patches, marbled with white and reflected on the surface of the ebbing tide. In these deep waters hide creatures of notable mass, fishes in silvery number, and countless life forms that float and drift. Everything has its cycle—birth, growth, harvest, replenishment. The waters over which the Spirit of God hovered (Gen. 1:1) are still vast but are no longer without form, nor are they void. The water teems with life and supports the world’s population with sustenance. This water symbolizes baptism “…that now saves you also…It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven, and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities, and powers in submission to him.” (1 Peter 3:21,22) |
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Hello from the Borg Family in Hoonah! Justine here. It is hard to believe it’s been two months since our last “E-News”. So much has happened. Hmmm. Where to begin?  Our Easter celebration was amazingly joyous and meaningful. We hope yours was, too. An interesting thing happened during Holy Week: Mike was talking to the people about the traditional service times and was trying to get their input about Good Friday, i.e., what time we should do the service. He explained the different times that Good Friday has historically been observed: 12:00 noon (when Jesus was crucified), 3:00 PM (when He gave up His Spirit), and 7:00 PM (just before sundown when they buried Him). The people responded by asking why we couldn’t do all three?! So, Mike eagerly obliged them, and we met for all three services. We truly welcomed Easter Sunday as the Spirit of the Resurrection filled our hearts with relief and joy after meditating so solemnly upon His suffering and death for our sins. Every parishioner in attendance expressed how this had been the most meaningful Easter they had ever experienced. It was their first time observing Lent and Holy Week. Praise the Lord!
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 Salutations in Christ’s love from Hoonah! We thank our Lord Jesus for every opportunity to share about ministry and life in the land “where the North wind does not blow”. Hoonah is situated on Port Frederick off of Icy Straits, on Chichagoff Island. Its position shelters it from the fierce Northern winds, which places like Juneau continually endure. It is calm here most of the time. We are enjoying a gentler side of the Alaskan elements lately; a real tropical “heat wave” has sky-rocketed our temps into the 30’s and nearly the mid 40’s for the past couple of weeks. The ice has turned to slush and everything is very wet and muddy. It’s funny to us how we are now perfectly comfortable in jeans, a sweat shirt, windbreaker, and rubber boots to go outside in these conditions that we once thought to be so cold in Oregon. Once you experience subzero snow storms, everything else seems so warm.
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