Alaska so far

Things are happening around the clock here with the Iditarod. Here is a quick shot of some of the things are team has done in one day-

2 massage therapist with us (Lindy and Paris) are giving free massages to the mushers
Most of the team worked some part of concessions for a 90 team basketball tournament that runs through today. Proceeds are given back to the community womens shelter and also raising money for an autistic child.
We cleaned the community rec center
We had a crew work community service security from 1am to 6am. The bars here close at 5am and local have wandered out drunk laid down and frozen to death so we are looking out for them.
We had a crew work the graveyard shift at the dog lots taking care of the dogs.
We are prepping to serve a banquet for 800 people involved in the race.

And we do it all again today

This week we have a crew heading out to give bibles in a bucket to some of the other villages. We will fly to do outreach in Kotzebue and Kiana. We are going on a team with Tanya Crevier to do outreach using her basketball show. Pray for those communities as the major issues there are incest (well over a 90% rate) and suicide.

That's so far. You can see pictures as I get them uploaded at facebook.com/lyndale23 and follow updates at twitter.com/lyndale23

Thanks for the prayers!

Alaska Bound

I figured I would dust off the blog and use it for Alaska mission trip updates. You can also follow updates on twitter twitter.com/lyndale23 or be my friend on facebook- facebook.com/lyndale23

Tomorrow we fly from Baton Rouge to Houston, Houston to Seattle, Seattle to Anchorage. It's a 3 hour time difference when we arrive so 14 hours of traveling tomorrow. Pray for the team-

Lyndale
Justin
Ron
Lindy
Jael
Danielle
Paris
Wendy
Marianne

2 keyboards and still no keytar. When will Ed break the keytar out?

Bayou Evenings

Timothy playing at East Bayou

19 fun facts on my 19th Wedding Anniversary

1. Julie and I were married on 8/4/90 and our 19th anniversary falls on 8/4/09
2. I was 19 when we got married
3. Julie was 18
4. Julie graduated High School in May of 1990 and our wedding was just over 2 months after that.
5. No, we didn't have to get married. Timothy didn't come along until a good 4 years later.
6. This anniversary marks the point in time that I have been married for more time than not in my life.
7. We filled up a room at Julie's house with wedding gifts
8. On our wedding day Julie and I sat on the back row of the church and talked while watching everyone else freak out a little.
9. We went to Hot Springs, AR for our honeymoon.
10. We ate at Wendy's on the way there.
11. The people at the "resort" where we stayed were quite nosy.
12. The person that sang at our wedding now has a pretty successful career in music, though at our wedding the song was not good. And I am being nice.
13. We took back enough towels from wedding gifts to buy a microwave and still get $200 back.
14. I think we are still using the same dishes now that we had then.
15. When we were married I worked at Kay Bee Toys and Julie worked at Payless shoes.
16. Our first house was 1/2 a block away from both of our parents.
17. We both had big families and had no idea how to cook for just two people so we had ALOT of leftovers.
18. We both started college as business majors. She finished as one, I however did not. I got a BGS before my masters degree. Obviously because math is evil.
19. I love Julie more and more everyday and am looking forward to the next 19 years.

Don't miss @eastbayou this morning!

The Best Stuff on Earth continues today with Bro. Mike speaking about gentleness. It's week 8 of our series on the fruit of the Spirit.