June 2014, the Carlsbad Fusion High School group traveled for 10 days to Soldotna and Anchorage Alaska. Soldotna is a town of 5000 on the Kenai Peninsula along the southern reach of Alaska. Working alongside the Alaskan Christian College, the students did a variety of labor-intensive work projects to improve both the college and local schools and non-profit agencies. The mission of the Alaska Christian College is to empower Alaska Natives through biblically-based education.
Completing the first leg of the trip, we then traveled to the 1st Covenant Church of Anchorage to put on Kids Camps over 4th of July weekend reaching out to local children in one of the older areas of the community. The statistics in Alaska are staggering - 75% of Alaskans experience domestic violence, with rape 2.5 times the national average. The violence towards children is also way above the average. The governor of Alaska says, "It really is the secret evil that is rotting us from the inside. It is something we don't talk about too much. It is done in the secrecy and privacy of homes." He said he's praying just for Alaska's rate of crimes like child sexual abuse -- which has been the highest in the nation -- to fall below the national average. He wants people to know that it's OK to talk about what's happened to them, wants them to have the courage to speak out.
Alaska 2014 Slideshow
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
New blog coming shortly. In the meantime .... WE ARE AT THE AIRPORT IN ANCHORAGE - HEADING HOME!
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