Dear Pastor and praying friends,
We are excited to write to you from the mission field. Getting here has been quite a journey of faith and resilience from my family, support from you all, and the grace of God.
In our last report, we mentioned our determination to go straight to Hoonah; however, every door that seemed slightly open, CLOSED. Nothing at all was available for us to live there. Our focus was then shifted back to plan A, which was living in Juneau.
Making it to Alaska was not a walk in the park. Our new cargo trailer developed brake issues along the way. We left it in Washington and plan to retrieve it in the fall once the summer rush is gone and there is space on the ferry of the Alaska Marine Highway.
Securing lodging in Alaska during tourist peak season was not easy, but we learned that God has the final word. We are writing from our apartment in Juneau, and all we can say is: praise the Lord for what He has done. We thank Him for opening the door that He wanted us to walk through.
We have not been in Alaska long, and most of our efforts here have been, quite honestly, trying to rest after a 6,000- mile road trip followed by a 7-hour ferry ride. We have been busy getting furniture and making this apartment family-worthy.
Before and during our trip, we joined churches for soul-winning, passed out tracts and Bibles, and witnessed to people, seeing two individuals saved. During our trip, we helped a church in Montana put together and distribute John & Romans booklets around town. In Canada, we passed out a few Bibles and witnessed to a Jehovah’s Witness lady; she rejected the Bible we tried to gift her, but we prayed for her to find the truth.
Before going to Hoonah to establish relationships, we plan to settle as a family and acquire the essentials for Alaskan life. We thank Lighthouse Baptist Church in Juneau for making us feel at home and helping us navigate this new world.
Thank you all for making it possible for us to be here. May our presence in the Last Frontier have a strong impact for eternity.
Gratefully,
The Villafranca Family
