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Summer Shift
Although the snow is still visible across the high mountain peaks, the green grass and trees, along with the abundant dandelions and lupine blossoms confirm that we have indeed shifted gears into summer here in Alaska!
I'm also reminded of the change as it's midnight while I'm writing this note, but yet it's still not dark outside yet. Thankfully Karin made some wonderful blackout shades recently, so we haven't been noticing the lingering sun and early morning sunrises quite so much as we did last year this same time.
At MARC, the gears have definitely shifted into higher gear as kids Bible camp and work team flying has started in earnest. Hopefully you saw the flyer we prepared and recently sent out talking about Bible camp flying. If we had to pick a favorite ministry highlight, I think it would have to be camp flying.
Kids growing up in remote Alaskan villages have an incredibly challenging life, and we love being able to provide transportation for them to "escape" to Bible camps across Alaska during the summer. Please take a moment to read the camp flyer, if you haven't already.
You might find this hard to believe, but MARC expends more than $100,000 each summer in fuel expenses for camp flying. For the remote villages we support, it averages about $378 to get each kid to camp. But... that's Alaska: there are no connecting roads to most villages, the distances are vast, and the terrain makes all other forms of transportation other than air extremely difficult... or actually impossible in most cases.
But trust me... it's so worth it! What a great thing it is to see the difference a week at camp makes for so many kids. If you can, please help make a donation to MARC's "Kids to Camp" fund. It's a great way to become personally involved in making a true spiritual transformation possible here in Alaska. Every small gift helps make a difference... and what a great way to help a kid spend part of their summer!
On a different note, I hope you'll take a moment to read just a bit further below about our new business venture. We mentioned this in passing previously, so we wanted to make sure everyone knows what we're up to. See below for the full scoop.
We hope your summers are going well for you so far, and we hope some of you will join us for a visit here in Alaska soon (while it's warm).
Thanks for keeping us in your prayers!
Love,
David & Karin | 
