Alaska: God is bigger than our lack of understanding

In January, I was in Dallas as part of the Texas Baptists Student Ministry state lead team. At this conference, we went to different prayer stations, and one was for the Pacific Northwest.

At this station, there were two jars. We were to take a rock from the first jar that represented a person in the Pacific Northwest who did not know Jesus. Once we were finished praying, we were to put the rock in the other jar, as a sign that God would save that person. Because I am a visual person, I gave my mental person a name, Amelia.

In July, I served with Go Now Missions on a beach in Alaska during the salmon run. While families fished, I had the chance to do crafts with kids and share Jesus with them. On the beach, I got to pray with 8-year-old Amelia to accept Christ as her personal Lord and Savior.

Now I realize that Alaska is not always considered part of the Pacific Northwest, but I thought that it was considered Pacific Northwest at the time. God is bigger than my ignorance, and Alaska is geographically Pacific Northwest.

Maggie Post, a senior at Houston Christian University, served with Go Now Missions in Alaska.