Happy Butterflies
Tears came to Tamir’s eyes. He wanted to play the violin and piano, and he didn’t give up. He asked again the next year when he was 6 years old. He asked when he was 7 and then 8. He asked when he was 9 and then 10.
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Amazing Alaskan Adventure
Matrona and the others did everything that they could to get the boat unstuck from the sandbar. They got out of the boat and, standing on the sandbar, tried to push it back into the water. The boat remained stuck.
Big, Big Prayer Request
“We are interested in adopting the child,” Robin said. “Yes, we are,” Frank agreed. Joy promised that she would give Frank and Robin’s contact information to the mother. She cautioned, however, that one or two other sets of parents also were interested in adopting the baby.
A Changed Heart
Now, helping out at Vacation Bible School was a friendly teenager named Isaac. Isaac was 16 years old and he had flown to Bethel to help the grown-ups teach the kids about God. He kindly told Nelson that his behavior wasn’t appropriate. “You can join Vacation Bible School and have fun, but you need to behave yourself,” he said. “Otherwise, we’ll have to send you away.”
Mysterious Light
The boat riders kept praying as they headed in the direction of the camp. Finally, two islands appeared on the navigation screen. The islands were located right in front of the shoreline with the camp. The captain steered the boat between the islands and slowed down the engine.
Missing Camper
Liam stopped smiling. He didn’t like being corrected. As Adiv was talking, he ran away again. But this time Adiv knew where he had gone. He and another camp counselor, Jacob, went into the bushes and saw Liam scamper up a tree.
Tag, Climbing, and God
Kesia didn’t want to disappoint Josephine, but she didn’t want to go. It was still summer, and she wanted to stay outside to play tag and hide-and-seek and to climb on things.
A Day at Camp
But no one was going to eat ground squirrel for lunch at the camp. If Kingston was disappointed, he didn’t show it. He joined the other children in heartily eating baked potatoes, brown beans, macaroni and cheese, and garlic bread.
Homesick but Not Alone
Other girls wanted to pray for their parents and families. Some wanted to pray for themselves. They had friends back at home who took drugs, and they didn’t want to get mixed up in that.
“Deep and Wide”
She would snuggle in bed at 10 o’clock at night. It was a little difficult to fall sleep because her older sister was still up and wouldn’t go to bed until midnight. Many people go to bed quite late in Savoonga, and they also get up quite late in the morning.
God Loves Siberian Yupiks
As Great-Grandmother Harriette grew older, the church also grew older. It began to fall apart, and water dripped down the walls when the snow melted. Finally, the church was closed.
“Ohhh-Ohhhh!”
“Well,” the boy said, “someone in our family will probably get sick and die, or die in a car accident. You never know how it’s going to happen, but someone will die in the next month.”