Service Experiences in Skagway/Dyea

Let's talk about some of the service we do here in the area. We walked in the rain about 12 miles to an outside part of the town called Dyea (Pronounced as "Die-E")

It's just outside of Skagway and really the closest neighbor to the town. As we walked along we stopped for a moment and a local was kind (life saving really) enough to tell me that there was a Brown Bear about to walk right where we were standing at the moment. We went back to the Bridge that we crossed and waited. Within about 2mins a Large Brown Bear walked in front of us about 50 feet from where we stood. (See Attached)

Brown Bears are a very very rare sighting this close to the town because the Salmon run isn't particularly good this time of year. We were told the day before that they had been sighted miles up further on the Chilkoot trail but not in the residential part of the town. Well we ran into it.

This will be something we will likely deal with as we have to hike and bike (rhyme) into these wooded areas. But again, we are sure Jehovah will give us the strength to deal with these things. (1 Sam 17:37)

We walked along witnessing to townspeople and sharing with them what we are doing here in Skagway. They seemed to be interested in what we are doing. Again, we are learning to feel people out and respond accordingly to them.

We will begin our 1st full week here in the minstry on Monday.

Talk again with you soon,

M. J. Penfield 

Fact of the Day: US Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. That's only two cents per acre!