Malia Wolcott's Blog
adventure in alaska / 08.04.08, 02:51 PM
From traveling this summer on a mission trip to japan- a world of consolidation and miniatures i am now currently in alaska…a land of giants and wide wilderness. yet, gods beauty is so through and saturating even unto the farthest corner of the world. Its staggering, the majesty and holiness of creation, yet the difference. I come from a tropical background, an exotic and powerful combination of elements. While traveling to japan i felt a cultural and historic beauty- a deep appreciation for one’s home and history. Now traveling to Alaska I’m witnessing a timeless beauty… a place where the snow draped mountains and endless forests are respected and untouched.
All of these places show me the variety in the personality of our god. He is only goodness, but how many infinite types of goodness and beauty he is! And there are many many countries i have never seen, many facets of gods creation i have never experienced yet.
On this trip me and my family have seen two or three glaciers. All the glaciers in alaska are melting (except for one) and receding from the places they were originally. On the second day of the trip, my step mom got a scripture 2 peter 3, i think… talking about how god will set the heavens on fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. we all got to see firsthand the universal power of the scriptures, and the prophecies being fulfilled right before our eyes with the glaciers.
Also so far we’ve stayed in an eskimo pastor (and his wife’s) cabin. They told us stories of angels, people they helped, and gave us old eskimo teachings. They were sooo cute! two little old people so in love and energized by christ!! This is the second time I’ve gotten to enjoy christians with major cultural differences than me. Its so cool to talk to someone with a life soooo unlike your own, but to recognize the same light of christ shining through.
unreal. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand its getting me ready for american winters. whew i think even the inside of my nose is frozen!
praise the lord!
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malia,
excited for your adventure and journey now and to come in atlanta. thank you for sharing, you have a pureness of heart, a beauty that is exuded as you write. thank you for representing Christ’s love, joy, hope, pureness, and beauty!
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