march ~ april 2010 newsletter

birth through three years

old. What a privilege it is

to be a part of each of these

girls lives as they are

making life-altering

decisions for their future.

I have spent countless

hours praying with and

mentoring these young

women through each of

these decision-making

processes. I believe that the

development of these

relationships will extend

far past their days here at

the Bible college.

I look forward to hearing

about their new adventures

this fall when I return after

my short stint of home

service this summer.

After many months of

prayer, conversations &

questions, one of the gals

from the dorm recently

accepted Christ as her

personal Lord and Savior. It

was such a blessing to see

how God began to draw her

to Himself, using life's many

challenges and difficulties.

This doesn’t take away those

challenges and struggles,

but it has given her new

hope and joy she hadn’t

known before.

This news comes on the

heels of the healing and re-

covery of our beloved

Professor Gene Horst as he

has returned home to

continue his recovery efforts.

God is still at work on our Campus.

Michael Meanderings

Lisa Michael serving with Alaska Bible College, Glennallen Alaska

and InterAct Ministries, Palmer Alaska

Volume 5 Issue 2

March ~ April 2010

Praise

† My daughter Amber’s recent

visit during her Spring Break.

† 6 New Team members.

† Personal relationships with

students are growing closer to

God and each other.

† 21 additional team supporters

to join me in doing the mission

here at the college.

† Open doors for more

opportunities to raise the

remaining support needed here

on the field in a timely manner

† Home service May ~ October.

Arrangements for this to in-

clude travel plans and

transportation needs.

† Helping hands to work on the

mobile home this spring &

summer so that I will have a

place to live this fall upon my

return from home service.

Prayer Requests

He and his wife Pam, have

been able to join us in

several chapel services and

he attended his first faculty

meeting since the accident

in February.

God continues to work in

and through our students

here on campus. Two of our

young gals are using the

tools they have learned to

minister in other areas of

the world. One of the girls

has been accepted to Bethel

nursing school this fall, and

is looking forward to sharing

her faith with others in the

medical field. The other will

be spending this summer in

Kenya working in a

orphanage, for children ages

Personal Correspondence:

PO Box 289

Glennallen, AK 99588

lmichael@akbible.edu

Cell# 334.268.9703

907.822.3201

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TALENT, NO TALENT NIGHT

April 16th ~ Annual event highlighting the

talents or lack thereof preformed by students,

faculty and staff billed as a night of fellowship,

laughter and entertainment.

TOURNAMENT ~ GAMES

April 17th Faculty and staff play students in

bracketed games of pool, darts, ping-pong etc.

Competition is HIGH amongst players!

END OF YEAR PICNIC

April 30TH ~ Everyone gathers for an afternoon

of outdoor activities and a barbeque before fi-

nals start the next week

Alaska Fun Fact:

The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times!

Human Pyramid. Video scavenger hunt activity by students

attending College Days.

each & every month in order to

bring my support up to 100%.

That’s an average dinner out

for a family of 4!

Because my support shortage

still continues to be critical, I

am making plans to return to

Alabama this May in

Praise the Lord for

the additional

team members

recently added, 2

new prayer

partners and 6

new financial

members! Would

you pray about

joining my team as

a prayer partner

or financial partner? Both

are greatly needed in order

to remain on the mission

field.

What remains to make up

this slice of the pie? ONLY

21 team members who are

willing to commit to $50.00

preparation for a

more concentrated

time of additional

support raising

efforts. Please

continue to pray with

me as I must return

to ABC by early

October. What an

answered prayer it

would be to return

fully supported! Will

you join me in prayer

for these plans and arrange-

ments? God’s work here in

the last frontier is far from

being complete, but it takes

people like YOU to fulfill His

great commission! It is HIM

to whom we give all the glory

and honor and praise. Amen !

students to be able to see

how well Gene was

progressing. Saturday

was spent tubing,

snowboarding, playing

broom ball and

board games,

and enjoying

more food than

we could imag-

ine! It was a

wonderful time

for the faculty,

staff and stu-

dents to enjoy

the brief break

from classes.

Approximately 40 mem-

bers of ABC’s family

attended this year’s

retreat located for the

first time at Birchwood

Christian Camp, about

30 min. north of

Anchorage. Friday was a

day of shopping, bowling

and visiting with one of

our faculty members who

had been in the hospital

since early February

after a fall from the roof

of his home. What a

treat it was for the

Winter Retreat or Spring Break?

Pie Makers?

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Michael Meanderings

Volume 5 Issue 2

This year’s annual winter

retreat had to be moved

from February to early

March. Due to a wonderful

personal gift and answered

prayer, my daughter Amber

decided to spend her spring

break in Alaska! She joined

us for a real Alaskan spring

break experience.

Direct all financial contributions to: Alaska Bible College, PO Box 289, Glennallen, AK 99588.

Make note on check: for Lisa Michael