October 16, 2019
Northern High-Lights 11.0 October 16, 2019 https://northernhigh-lights.blogspot.com/ Rev. Jeff Childs, Mission Volunteer This is my final blog from Alaska (and Hawaii!) It has been quite the missionary adventure. In early July when I arrived daylight lasted for most of the day. The nights were more twilight than total darkness. Now we have four hours less daylight than night. And “high noon is not that high off the horizon. I have been told that in another month and the sun will not reach above the southern hills and there will be only four hours of twilight during the day by the end of December. In July we had high temperatures in the upper 90's and now we have lows in the lower 20’s. The camper I sleep in has only a small heater and I have slept with a sleeping bag, blanket and two comforters to keep warm as temperatures inside dropped down into the lower 40's! I was reminded of a poem I had read in school, and if you do not know it, I invite you to read ...