Amazing Grace — the prayer of a young man’s heart…

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????As we drove down my parent’s forested driveway my heart was warmed as I saw smoke rising out of the chimney of their little humble cabin home, the home of my childhood. I knew my mother would have something wonderful cooking and memories flooded my mind. My younger brother had died a tragic death some years before and I was now their only child. You can just imagine how happy they were to see their grandbabies and us on that snowy November evening, just one week before Thanksgiving.

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Amazing Grace – the prayer of a young man’s heart…

 Al-Can4

The very next morning, we were off. We said our good-byes, shed our tears and began our journey northward.

The trip up the Al-Can was amazing. The scenery, the herd of animals grazing on the roadside – all was as picturesque as you can imagine and the children squealed with delight as they viewed God’s creation up close. My husband and I talked and drove late into the night as we recalled the wonderful things God had so recently done. We sensed that this was the beginning of an entirely new phase of ministry in our lives.

But trials came…

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