- [Paul] It's just a village of 900 people,
but fentanyl, alcohol,
just all kinds of other drugs.
People don't have jobs, you know,
I mean most of them try to make a living fishing,
but fishing has been in turmoil for the last 10 years.
If you don't know Christ and things aren't working,
the tension and the anxiety, it ratchets up.
It's just a cycle that only Christ can break.
(gentle music)
- The dream is to try to get the gospel
into every community in Alaska,
and most of those communities in Alaska
are off the road system.
In the past, our churches that have been engaged
in rural Alaska ministry have focused
on summer missions, vacation Bible school,
one week trips to the villages
with very little follow-up available
and very little ability
to maintain a constant contact
when they're not present in the village.
So Starlink really gives us
a very open door opportunity
to invest in the villages
without having to always travel to the villages.
(gentle music)
- I did not do any of this.
I'm just a worker like you.
We just got plugged in where God was working,
and that's how Starlink came about.
I'm thankful for the first Starlink message that we had.
It was great, and you know, God is great, God is good.
My prayer is that it starts with a facilitator,
and then God moves in the hearts of the people
that are hearing the word,
and God calls them,
and they start serving and being involved
and developing relationships.
The next village we want to go to is Twin Hills.
There isn't a church over there.
So for churches in Alabama to give
for mission work in rural Alaska.
(Paul speaking foreign language)
Thank you very much, thank you, thank you.
There was how many of those kids,
I didn't have a chance to count them,
but we have their names that raised their hand
and prayed the prayer to accept Christ.
There's your reward.
What better way to share the gifts that God's given
than to tell them about Christ
and for them to come to know Christ?
Thank you.
- [Jae] It doesn't go without notice
that cooperation is essential for us to be able
to accomplish the goals of the kingdom of God in Alaska
and Alabama, across the United States,
and all across the world.