From there we had lunch and learned our tasks for the day. We did roofing, lawn care, chopping wood, whatever task was found. After supper we usually went for a hike or exploring of some kind. At night we had a bon fire to recap our day. The 1st question was always, "what God moment did you see today?" Thought provoking. The camp wanted to make sure we were not "task" oriented but "experience" oriented. They wanted us to soak it all in. Our last night there, it was asked, "what 2 words are you going to tell people when you go home? What captures this trip?" I'm stealing someone else's answer because it just hit home for me. "Perfect Interruption." The trip was the perfect interruption to daily life. To stop, slow down and reflect. To listen to what God is telling us. At home we are BUSY, in Alaska we slowed down. We helped others, but sometimes our "help" was listening to that person. And in that conversation we could see God. I have pages of journaling from my morning times with God to after the bon fire conversations. It was wonderful and thought provoking to read God's word and then at the end of the day, hash through it.
A friend of mine has been to Eaglecrest before. He has told me many stories, but until I got to experience it, I didn't fully understand. He texted me a couple times when I was there, and I was like, "WOW, I get it!" I want everyone it get it. If I could transplant my family, friends and career to Alaska, I would. They are content. It makes me look around and say, "what's wrong with us?"
A friend gave me a book to read while in Alaska. It was about orphans that had never been told of Christ. It explained visions they had, and things they would say that, were very obviously, from God. When I saw her last night, she said, "why don't we see that?" I strongly feel it's because we don't allow God the time. We are too busy. This morning I got up, did my devotions, and I greatly missed my 45 minutes by the river. I went to work and I greatly missed the traffic of Alaska and the beautiful scenery. But it doesn't look like moving is in my cards so I will try to implement all I learned to my life here in Michigan.
Overall, it was an eye opening experience that I got to have with my daughter and many new friends from church. We have a great group at Central Ave and I'm honored to call my church home. God Bless!
