Update from Akutan

Hello Everyone!

We wanted to take a few minutes to give you all an update on us here in Akutan.  With the approach of the Christmas season, we have been extremely busy.  Besides the decorations and baking, Peter has been preparing the Christmas Eve service message and Kelly has been organizing a group of people into a choir for Christmas!

Peter will be taking a break from his Creation Science Series and focusing on a few messages that emphasize the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  For those who may have been trying to access any of his recent sermons here, we just haven’t had the bandwidth to upload them…sorry.  At some point, they will be up, but it may not be for a while.

We still struggle with the mail issue.  We just never know when we will receive anything.  Conflicting stories circulate as to what has been finalized for mail contracts etc…  We are thankful to the leadership at Trident Seafoods, especially the kitchen staff, in supporting us with food supplies.  Others of you from our home church in Virginia have been gracious in their giving as well for personal needs.

Right now there is a decrease in the amount of staff at Trident due to the season.  It will start picking up again in January.  Meanwhile, we still have a dedicated few individuals who come to services, work permitting.  It appears that many from the village leave the island this time of year also.  As this will be our first Christmas here in Akutan, we are learning how things go.

The children are doing well.  David and James are doing OK in school.  We are a little frustrated with the school district regarding James’ Special Education.  We just had a meeting (by video conference) and realized that we are half-way through the school year and we still have not had two specialists out here to see James yet.  A lot of this has to do with the transportation issues that remain unresolved, but we remain hopeful.  You can certainly be praying for us in this regard.

Rachelle is working basically full time as a teacher’s aide at the school.  Although she wants to start taking college classes, we are still looking into colleges that she can do online (remotely) when her schedule allows.  Any suggestions here would be appreciated!  ;-)

Well, enough for now.  Thank you all for your support!  Pray for a good turnout for our Christmas Eve service.  We are having a choir singing and candlelight service as well as a salvation message.  From what we hear, it is one of the more attended services.

Till His Nets Are Full,

The Fox Family