Hey gang! It's been awhile since I last posted, but amazing things have happened since then. Here's an update (bear with me, it might be a little long but amazing things have happened!)
Day 1) We left Nebraska last Tuesday (the 18th) and continued on our trek to Alaska. We'd gotten about 5 hours away from Nebraska when we started experiencing car troubles. We drove for about a mile or so to see if the problems would wear off..well, they didn't. We thought it was maybe a problem with a fan belt, so we decided to go to the next town we could get to so we could get it looked by a mechanic. That town ended up being Kadoka, SD. So we dropped the car off thinking it was the fan belt, went and played some frisbee until the mechanic had a verdict for us...well..we got it. It ended up being a melted piston!! If you're not at all familiar with automechanics, that basically means 1) buy a new car..or 2) $$$$ up the whazoo to fix it. So there we were stranded in Small Town, South Dakota. One of our project members family was so awesome enough to drive up another vehicle to us. Blessing #1!! So through random conversation with our mechanic, it turns out he'd gone to bible college with my pastor back home!!!! It was so awesome and crazy how that worked out. Later that night, he and his wife would invite myself and the four others that were with me to his church to listen a choir that was performing (the church happened to be the one that my pastor back home preached at!!) It was so awesome to meet some of the old congregation that my pastor had worked along with!! And this is only day number 1! So I ended up sleeping in a random van me and another found in the auto mechanics scrap yard, while two others slept in our van.
Day 2) We reached Canada!! For some reason, I was excited because I actually got to put my passport to use. Canada was quite interesting. We pulled many a illegal traffic violations late at night and it's by God's grace there were no police (or mounties?) around. We got lost in about every city we encountered. Edmonton, Calgary, and every which one we went through. We did so much driving that I'm in a daze about which cities we hit when.
Day 3) We hit a narly snow storm atop a mountain and had to wait it out for a couple hours only to find that it was clear as day a mile down the mountain lol. The wild-life was crazy in a small town sort of way. In the U.S. we see deer or rabbits or even a coyote standing on the side of the rode.. In Canada, you see bears, moose, elk, or buffalo just standing on the side of the road grazing. It felt like I was at the zoo but only I didn't have a protective glass pane shielding me, but only my common sense to not open the door!We're here!!! We finally got to Alaska!!! We stopped and ate an an amazing mexican restaurant with a view of the bay and mountains in the background!
Day 4) We get to Juneau and meet with out project director Robert and another staffer and they show us around a little and point out spots to where we can stay and stuff. So we're camping out and enjoying some good ole' man time (the girl who drove with us stayed with a project staffer).
Day 5) We start to explore the town Juneau and start the job hunt! The job outlook in Juneau looks quite promising. There are so many awesome places here in Juneau! I'm stoked to see which one I work at! We explored and ended up playing a real legit game of ultimate with most of the staffers, that was probably one of the most fun games I've played so far because of the atmosphere and the fact that there was a huge mountain around me every direction I threw the frisbee.
Day 6) we spent the day filling out job applications and met up with some project guys and so yea..now..now we wait for tomorrow when project officially starts..awesome..!
So thats a lengthy, but still short compared to how much I left out, update thus far. I ask that you all continue to keep us in your prayers as we set out to begin Project Golf. Thank you and have a fantastic evening!
In His grasp,
Andrew
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