It's official!  Shirleen, baby Thomas, and I will all be heading to Chicago in the fall so that I can finish up my Seminary eduation.  I received the call today informing me that I received a tuition scholarship for the Master of Divinity program to become a pastor.  What does that mean for our ministry and our support?  We plan on transfering our support to AEC's umbrella organization, Covenant Youth of Alaska (CYAK).  While with CYAK, we will be able to continue to do support ministry for front-line youth ministers in Bush Alaska.  Look in your mailbox for an update letter soon for more information.

In the meantime, we will be busy making plans and would appreciate your continued prayer support.

On another note: do you have any unused Alaska Airlines miles?  We are looking for about 35,000 more airline miles so that we can fly to Chicago for the year.  If anyone would like to bless us in our transition by donating Alaska Airline miles, please email me at adam@aecak.org. 

My beautiful wife graduated from college on Tuesday night.  She did a great job.  Here are pictures from her graduation ceremony and her graduation party.  The party was right before the ceremony, so it was a night of fun.  Our guest book showed 80 people made it to the party!!!  We never would have thought that our house could even fit that many people. :-) Shirleen sure has a lot of people that have helped support her.  It was an awesome night.  I'm proud of you Sweetheart!

The beginning of May in Soldotna and Kenai means graduation and year end celebrations!  This weekend was the Alaska Christian College commencement ceremony.  The first picture is the ACC choir and the second is a picture of our good friends Val and Donald who were awarded the alumni of the year awards.  The next 3 pictures are of the Amundsen Educational Center open house for the student built houses.  The students who finished the school year really did an impressive job.  We are very proud of them.  The last picture is Mt. Redoubt on 5-3-09...it's also celebrating! 

To cap off our early May celebrations, Shirleen is graduating and we are having a BBQ on Tuesday.  We are expecting 75 people!  Should be fun...hope it's sunny!