Emily Brink's Summer 2013 mission trip to Alaska

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Gardens

everyone in Rampart has a garden so we weeded a lot of gardens at first we dreaded it but we soon realized weeding was so easy compared to the other things we did like hauling lumber or stacking wood.

VBS

Saturday through Wednesday we held Vacation Bible School for the kids. We had a average of ten kids each day. The first day we scared them the second day the brave souls who came back realized we weren't so scary. We taught them the 4 most importent things in the world: God loves me, I have sinned, Jesus died for me and I need to decide to live for God.

Shelby and Gary doing the countdown and helping with the bible story

We had a parachute and a football and the kids loved to play with them.

Monday, August 5, 2013

The potty's

These are the beautiful bathrooms that we were privileged to use. They were extremely dirty and smelly and you might have heard about the mosquito's. The bathroom was their favorite hang out and they will bite you anywhere and everywhere. I will never complain about dirty bathrooms again, I have learned that a dirty bathroom is better then no bathroom at all. The "toilet" is made of styrofoam with hole in it. We were told by the villagers that no one uses that outhouse because it is so bad. So I am not exaggerating. Thankfully, 2 days before we left they opened up the bathrooms at the shower house!

The best :)

I'm pretty convinced that they had best TL's ever and they had the best team ever!
Boat ride after long day of ministry !

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Rampart update from Last Frontier 7/13/13

Rampart update. Today a local villager arrived with a barge full of building materials for his family's new home. I think Sam said it was 25,000 lbs worth of lumber. The team was able to serve this family by unloading all of it. This project took them a good five hours. The family was blessed with amazing helpers and our team was blessed to be able to serve in such a great way and to share Gods kindness with others. The family eagerly invited Sam and Rob to stay at their home whenever they revisit Rampart. The villager said they will always make room for them! Thanks Rampart team for making a great impact!