Spring Folio: a season of renewal

I’m so happy to offer this new study…     Spring Folio: a season of renewal   This seven-part study for the spring focuses on the theme of renewal and the topics of wisdom, listen, trust, embrace, beauty, compassion, and opportunity.   Each topic begins with Scripture and a devotional, followed by “Renewal in Process”

See, Hear, Share: Missions in the North

Read any travel magazines or literature and you’ll find listed the many advantages of traveling to new places. Lists will include benefits such as challenging oneself, learning about the world, expanding one’s perspective, building and strengthening relationships, and experiencing new opportunities.   But what if your travels were for expanding your Kingdom perspective?   What

A Few Words From Our Volunteers…

  This summer we had lots of volunteers in Alaska, helping SEND North.   Have you ever thought about volunteering for a week? Here’s what some of our volunteers from this year had to say . . .   In the tiny classic book, The Practice of The Presence of God by Brother Lawrence of the

Called to Faithfully Serve

  How does one judge the “success” of a short-term mission trip?     Our Alaska teams were blessed with walking alongside and supporting missionary families who work in remote and difficult situations in North America.  One team, of which I was a part, wrote and hosted a Vacation Bible School – type program for

Camp Flying

  Imagine your first ride in a small airplane when you are only two weeks old and going home from the hospital!   That’s the only way to travel home to a village in 86% of the villages in Alaska.   Now, you are old enough to go to Bible camp and, again, the only

Great Alaska Sporting Clay Classic of SC

5th Annual GASCC of South Carolina Fri., April 13, 2018 The Clinton House Clinton, SC Five Year Anniversary! $5 Unlimited Mulligans Gun Raffle Listen for Steven’s interview and our GASCC radio spot on Greenville’s HIS Radio 89.3 Schedule for the Day 9:00 am Check-in and Breakfast 9:30 am Welcome/Safety Meeting/Group Photo 10:00am Shotgun Start 12:30pm  Lunch/Awards/Gun Raffle

Steering Clear of Regret

Today I am writing at the Lifeway Women‘s site: https://blog.lifeway.com/womenallaccess/2018/03/05/steering-clear-of-regret/ Blessings! ~ Natalie

The Extraordinary

  “Business! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business: charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.” ~ the Ghost of Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Stop for a Moment . . .   Buy gifts Pick out tree Decorate house Plan party Mail cards Planning and shopping

Guest Post by Emma Hall

I’ve been thinking about seasons a lot lately, about how there is continual change and rhythm in nature. I think these thoughts have been brought about by the mere fact that I live in a place that really has four seasons. That and because I think fall is the clearest season of all. Fall is

Evidence Not Seen – A book review

Evidence Not Seen: A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War I A book review   “More than ten years ago I began to write the story of my experiences during World War II for Bruce and Brian, my sons. I wished them to know, if ever difficult circumstances came into their lives,

The Gift of Summer Camp in Alaska

It’s summer and kids across the US are gearing up for camp – even in Alaska! It’s an incredible thing for a remote village kid to leave his/her isolated and often spiritually dark village, get on a plane, and fly out to a week-long positive experience at camp: swimming and singing and sports and campfires.

A Simple Note

Thank you so much for visiting The Arctic Travelogue! Here’s a special offer to our readers: Natalie is currently sending out a personal letter each week A Simple Note –  to those who’d like to receive it.  This short, weekly letter includes: a brief and sincere reflection – a thought for the day a prayer

Our Mission Today . . . And Every Day

Our church recently adopted the slogan “Life is Mission!” I love this, because it speaks truth. If we follow Jesus’ example, our life should be missional every single day. What is it to live missionally? It’s really not that difficult. It’s simply this: sharing the love of Christ. Mission happens in our everyday coming and

Unexpected Joy

It was almost time to leave. We’d been in SC for several weeks and had seen so many people but, as it always seems, had missed seeing so many more. Just a day before our departure, I was waiting in the car while Steven quickly ran in the church. She suddenly appeared at my window,

Following in Faith- Part 2

Brenda became an honorary member of our family when we first met her in the summer of 2015. Following the Lord’s leading, she moved to a remote community in northwestern Alaska where she worked as a travel nurse. Part 1 of her story is here. This is Part 2 . . . 1.Briefly describe a

An Opportunity for You – RIGHT NOW

MKs (Missionary Kids): How you can be a significant part of their lives As parents, our first year on the mission field was tough . . . and for our kids it was even tougher. Our children left everything familiar to them and moved to a small, isolated community of strangers. And though we were

Following in Faith-Part 1

Brenda became an honorary member of our family when we first met her in the summer of 2015. Following the Lord’s leading, she moved to a remote community in northwestern Alaska where she worked as a travel nurse. This is Part 1 of her story . . .   What first interested you in mission

A picture for your weekend

Alaska, 1938 Letter from Vincent James Joy, Pioneer Missionary to Alaska “Each Sunday forenoon I go across the Copper River to the natives on the other side and tell them the Story of Christ. The Copper is not frozen full length but every fifty yards or so there is open water, moving at the rate of