I awoke yesterday morning numerous time. At 4 I was wide awake. I think my body has an internal security system that doesnt let me sleep past 8 or 9 oclock eastern time. So I fought with it for the next two hours because Seth was completley out and there was no one else was up. At 6 o'clock I just gave up and got out of bed.
The Richardson family is such a blessing for hosting me. When I got in the night before, I found a large sign decorated in markey lying on the bed that was designated to be mine saying "WELCOME (home) JOSH!!!". I also found this gnarley little tub for all of my bathroom gear on the window sill of the bathroom. It had my name written on nit with Duct tape. pretty sweet. no one in the lower 48 has ever done that before.
Yesterday we went to church. Seths dad Dennis is a pastor there. I love Mountain View Church. They are little church of about 50 members. But they ahave a service where homeless people come off the street and get breakfast and coffee and hear the gospel. They are really doing the Lords work.
After church seth and i went to Kincaid Park, a recreational area with lots of trails, freisbee golf course, and trees that smell really good. Kincaid has a trail that leads down to the beach which is pretty sweet. Anchorage is on an inlet and the water is usually a sweltering 55 degrees. perfect for swimming.
seth and i tried slacklining at Kincaid. if you dont know what slacklining is, basically it consists of attempting to balance on a rope that is hung between two trees. the rope is wicked tight and the object is to walk across it. it is quite difficult, but i am committed to becoming a slacklining master jedi by the time i leave alaska. Seth has already achieved this status in the slacklining world.
then we came home and had some pretty awesome vegetable muffins and stuffed shells for dinner. i like the richardsons because they eat really healthy. there isnt really any junk in their house. Probably because Dennis thinks junk food is an abomination or something.
then around 9 seths old friends from high school came over and we had a fire on his porch and made smores. i liked his friends. they all look very earthy. all of them wore chocos. you could tell the loved alaska. seth has got a view of the mountians from his porch. pretty epic.
they all left at midnight. the sun was just starting to go down by then.
i was tired and jumped into bed. i have made a goal only to get 5-6 hours of sleep while i am here. sometimes in life, i think sleep is utterly a pointless waste of time. this is one of those special occasions.
well, to all in the lower 48 reading this,
have a blessed day.
JN
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