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Everything happens for a reason

2012-01-27T15:22:00.001-07:00

Sue Folger (r), Team Leader Our team has realized through our experiences with LAMP that everything happens for a reason. This year, we had problems securing a place to stay. There happened to be a family in town for a funeral that also needed housing, so they were given the place we were to use. Afterwards, we realized that we were better able to connect with a community member who let us

BC Mission Trip 2011 - We've Arrived!

2011-07-26T12:25:00.001-06:00

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } by Sue Chan Acuna on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 10:45pmSunday morning, 10:10 a.m. We awoke in camp this morning and knew immediately why this part of the world is called "Misty Rivers." A fog hung over the camp, but there was clearing for a few feet above the river. By about 8:00 the fog had completely cleared, leaving us with a beautiful - though chilly -

BC Mission Trip 2011 - VBS, Day 1

2011-07-26T12:22:00.000-06:00

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BC VBS, Day 2 - Tooooooooooosday!

2011-07-26T11:45:00.000-06:00

BC VBS, Day 3 - WINDSday!

2011-07-26T11:41:00.000-06:00

BC VBS, Day 4 - Thrillsday!

2011-07-26T11:37:00.000-06:00

BC VBS - The Wrap-Up

2011-07-26T11:33:00.001-06:00

by Sue Chan Acuna on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 11:40amTuesday, 8:30 p.m. As much as I'd like to write about Friday through Monday separately, I'm afraid it would get rather long. I'll recap the highlights instead! On Friday the Kitwanga team was visited by some of the kids from the village, and together they worked on the VBS craft. Craft time is often the best time to have one-on-one

Anyone know Alex?

2010-09-15T15:22:00.001-06:00

Reading through old LAMPLighters, I can across this awesome note from 10-year old Alex that was posted in one of the early editions. It makes me wonder if he ever volunteered with LAMP? Here's the letter, copied as written: Dear L.A.M.P., I am going to work with you when I am a grown-up. I am 10 years old. I am a student at a Lutheran School, and my dad is the pastor at our church.I love the Lord

VBS No. 1, 1970

2010-09-03T11:00:00.001-06:00

The community of Chipewyan Lake, Alberta relaxes in quiet isolation 230 miles north of Edmonton. About 200 Cree First Nations people lived beside the small lake back in the 70's; presently the population shows to be about 90. Chip Lake was a Christian community; although there was no resident clergyman, the people gathered regularly in the small log chapel for worship. In August of 1970, the

Director's Report from the Field (reprinted from the LAMPLighter, Volume 1 No. 1, September, 1970)

2010-08-27T13:53:00.002-06:00

Getting a fledgling missionary society into the air is a thrilling experience. It seems like God is going out of His way to show us His approval of this venture. I see His hand in the interest of so many Christians who want to support the work and hear more about it, in the $2,500 grant that the AB-C District Lutheran Women's Missionary League is now gathering for us through Mite Boxes, and in

How was your mission trip? Tacoma team leader response...

2010-07-25T22:08:00.001-06:00

I will be asked this question many times in the next few weeks. It's harder to answer than you might think. For those who are looking for the short answer, I can do it in four words: "Awesome. Best trip ever." And they will be satisfied. But for those who've been on mission trips, or for those with whom I have a spiritual attachment, that won't suffice. So I'll have to gauge how much of their

Kitsegukla - Team from Tacoma, WA - Sun, 11 Jul 2010

2010-07-22T17:13:00.001-06:00

Hello, Friends and Family, We arrived here almost without incident - we had one near miss, but I'll tell you The Tire Story in a moment - and had camp set up by 10:30 last night (when it's still really light up here). Though the rain clouds were ominous, they apparently went AROUND us, and we saw only a sprinkle. This is what Pastor Bart Metcalf, our wonderful liaison in Hazelton, calls "the

Team from Tacoma - Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:02:53 -0700

2010-07-22T17:12:00.002-06:00

Hello all, First of all, last night was the windiest, coldest night I've spent in my 5 trips up here. All tents have tarps over them, and those tarps were flapping like sails all night. Some of us had trouble sleeping through it, but not yours truly (Lori gave me some earplugs, so NOTHING bothered me). I'm happy to report that all the tents survived the storm (which, thankfully, did not include

Team from Tacoma - Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:53:34 -0700

2010-07-22T17:11:00.003-06:00

Hello all! It was a wonderfully exhausting day! But first off, I want to apologize to the Lighthouse parents because my stories will be so heavily biased toward Kitsegukla. I am trying to get stories from the Kitwanga team, but they're all so tired that all they say is, "It went great." Garett did say that it was funny to see little Amber beat all the little boys out on the soccer field. And

Tacoma Team Report from Hazelton Campground - Wednesday, July 14

2010-07-22T17:10:00.002-06:00

Subject: VBS, Day 3 Hi Friends, It's actually Thursday, and we're getting ready to head out to the villages for Day 4, but it's my first chance to update. Yesterday was a really awesome day for us in Kitsegukla. My team - 15 of us from the Tacoma area plus 2 leaders and 3 youth from Edmonton, Alberta - has really jelled. Not only are they working together well, but they're really having a lot

Tacoma Team Report from Kitsegukla - Days 4 & 5

2010-07-22T17:09:00.004-06:00

Dear Friends, It's over, and as usual it went by way too quickly. Despite the rain in camp yesterday morning, once we got to Kitsegukla the roads were dry and we had no rain. We finally got a handle on the kids (big and little) playing soccer in the gym, so it was much quieter when we were doing our skit and lesson (no soccer balls bouncing in the background). Our theme yesterday was how Jesus

Tacoma Team - It's a Wrap #1

2010-07-22T17:08:00.003-06:00

Hello, Friends and Family, We're home! But between Saturday morning and Monday night we still had time for a few more adventures: The Logging Road On our way into town on July 10 I'd noticed a street called "Bulkley Canyon Road." It sounded like it had potential for awesome views, so on our free Saturday (July 17), I invited people to join me on a little driving exploration. A few leaders -

Tacoma Team - It's a Wrap #2

2010-07-22T17:07:00.002-06:00

Hello again, One of the hardest things about being middle-aged is acknowledging how long it takes to recover from big trips. Here it is my second morning at home, and even after two 8-hour nights of sleep, I'm still a little groggy. Thirty years ago my husband and I could drive the 22 hours to Los Angeles straight through, with a few breaks to eat, and it would take one day to recover our

Used Clothing and ... Frozen Food?

2010-07-14T12:29:00.000-06:00

I just read the LAMP email and thought I too would like to share my experiences from days gone by. I used to belong to a small rural congregation near my home back in the early 1980's, and volunteered to collect clothing, etc. for LAMP. The items needed to be taken to Thunder Bay, where Pastor/Pilot Gary Sartain would collect it and distribute it on his flights to the northern villages. I never

Memories from long-time supporters Rudy and Ruth Ann Domke

2010-06-22T10:59:00.002-06:00

Your recent letter brought many memories to mind as I recall how my late husband, Rudy Domke, was really “turned on” for LAMP after meeting Pastor Les Stahlke. Rudy met Rev. Stahlke in the 80’s at the Northwest District Convention, probably in Portland, Oregon. There was discussion at that time regarding LAMP coming to Alaska. As you know, LAMP came into Alaska with many different pastor/pilots

LAMP Offering Stolen, then Replaced Over and Above

2010-06-01T12:25:00.001-06:00

This report was received from Bill Reinhardt, long-time LAMP supporter and LAMP Rep from Calgary, Alberta. Bill remembers the Prince of Peace, Calgary, Sunday School children taking a bus out to the airport to see Les Stahlke and his plane shortly after the inception of LAMP in the 70's. Recently, the Sunday School children from Prince of Peace launched another LAMP campaign, showing the current

40th Anniversary Reunion

2010-05-19T10:07:00.000-06:00

My name is Michael Newman and our family has had a long history with LAMP. In the early 70”s my family was living in Cold Lake Alberta on the Air force Base. The wasn’t a Lutheran Church close to the base so my father Bill Newman arranged for Pastor Les Stahlke to come into Cold Lake once a month or so to give communion to the Lutheran families on the base. Sometimes Pastor Stahlke would fly in.

40th Anniversary Greetings from Pastor Pilot Gerry Mitchinson and wife Dr Doreen Mitchinson

2010-05-10T10:46:00.000-06:00

I regret that neither I nor my wife can join you for the 40th anniversary celebration of LAMP's ministry. I was a pastor pilot based in High Level, northern Alberta and my wife was a medical doctor there for over ten years in the early 70's. We have many fond memories of the special experiences during the time of our ministry there. I always appreciated LAMP's theology of stewardship. We were

Memories from former pilot Cam McNeil

2010-05-06T12:39:00.004-06:00

The first time I met the gentle, pastoral Pastor Les, I wondered how he was going to fare in the rough trade of bush flying - until I flew with him in the C310 and realized that he was as good and professional as any of the pilots I had flown with in the RCAF. I remember vividly flying the first VBS team north to Ontario in my newly acquired Mooney and having to land in North Bay on the way back

Time has flown!

2010-04-20T10:42:00.000-06:00

My goodness, how time has flown. It seems only a few years ago when a young minister named Les Stahlke, who was our former Pastoral Advisor for the ABC District Walther League Executive, floated past us the idea of having a “flying ministry” for the remote communities in northern Alberta. God blessed the endeavour and the rest is history. As a young man in the 70’s pursuing grad studies and