Hey everyone good morning I am in Alaska still and it's right before we start our day

So I have a few minutes to share some thoughts on what's going on in Afghanistan I just wanted to say it is absolutely gorgeous here my wife and I are loving it I feel

like everyone should go to Alaska at some point in their life we feel like we hit the

jackpot because right now the cruise lines are down because of COVID and so prices are very deflated.

They're usually a lot more expensive to come here.

But you might want to check, maybe it's still that way if you're

trying to get over here. Of course now it's starting to get colder, but I'm going salmon fishing

for the first time in my life today. I'm very excited about that. The salmon streams

yesterday we went by this river they are just salmon are everywhere and it's

it's incredible I think because of last year they didn't have as many fishermen come through

they did not have as big of a catch that means there's more salmon this year so I'm

excited about it's a historic opportunity but But as we are enjoying things here, I am not

ignorant of what's happening in Afghanistan. I just wanted to share with you a few

thoughts, hopefully quickly here. I wrote a post on Monday about some of my thoughts. I'm going to use that. I'm grieved

over what's happening in Afghanistan and I really am. It's the inevitable result of poor decisions.

And I am praying for all those in harm's way.

I can't even imagine.

I've seen the shots you've seen of people clinging to a plane

as it's taking off from the capital city and some of them falling to

their death it's it's absolutely heartbreaking I saw a post on Monday and this

really got me to reflect of a missionary couple in Afghanistan ready to die at peace.

They're working in the underground church and they know because they're foreign and

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