Katie's Alaska Adventures: 2014

Alaska trip 2014!

The Alaska trip this year was amazing! Because this was my second trip, I believe it was MUCH easier in the park! We were in Penland Park last year, and we were fortunate enough to get Penland again! Last year, I described Penland as a concrete slab with a small grass field behind it. Penland was the same this year; the only change was that the Port-a-potty was chained to the fence so the kids couldn’t tip it!

The kids that I saw last year were there again too. Although there were some new ones and a few from last year that never showed. In my last blog post, I talked about JoJo and Shina.

They were both here again. I was able to minster to them as well as others. I ministered mainly to JoJo, a little girl named Tracy, and another sweet princess whose name I had never heard before and I sadly have forgotten. I did minster to Shina, but not as much as last year.

JoJo, the boy in the red, was much more grown up this year. At first I didn’t recognize him because everyone called him Joel. I talked to him later and he told me to call him JoJo because he liked that name. The shirt he is wearing in the picture, “I was made 4 football”, was not a new shirt… I saw him wear the same one last year along with other clothes he wore throughout the week.

The girl in the purple is another one of my “Best Friends ForeverJ”. Every day she would hug me and cling to my side. Although she didn’t come on the last day and we did not have a proper good bye, I will remember this sweet little girl forever. I am hoping she will be there next year.

Along with ministering in the parks, we saw some amazing things as we drove through this beautiful state. One night, we went “moosing”. Moosing is when you set out driving the roads of Alaska looking for a moose. I was more than thrilled when our moosing trip was a success! Here’s a picture of the moose we saw, named “Gucci”, with a little edit I createdJ.