In January, Lattis was invited to accompany Tim Sergie, one of the Native
Leaders in Alaska, to Togiak. Togiak is a village on the Southwest coast of
Alaska about 400 miles southwest of Anchorage. It is only accessible by air or
sea (in the winter you can reach it by snowmachine if you are brave enough and
don't mind getting a little cold). The population of Togiak is predominately
Yupik. Yupik is spoken fluently by most of the older population of the village
and is being taught to the younger population. Much of the church service is in
Yupik.
While in Togiak, the windchill reached around 40 to 50 below zero, but the
people were warm in their reception of the concepts of Local Church Leadership
Development. The church is strong in spite of not having a credentialed pastor.
Part of the purpose of the visit was to identify and help develop local
leadership for the church in Togiak and across Western Alaska.
Videos from Togiak
Flight to Togiak
Togiak Worship Service
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Tim and I flew to Togiak from Dillingham
aboard this small aircraft |
Beautiful scenery along the way and
Togiak from the air |
The village of Togiak and surrounding area -
notice there are no trees |
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The church building and part of the
church (the church is people - not a building) |
Beautiful hats and coats |
Beautiful Children |
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The people love to sing - especially in Yupik
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...and sing |
...and sing |
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...and sing some more |
They are also great musicians - Nashville
or Branson doesn't have anything like these guys |
They also love to testify and exhort |
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...and testify and exhort |
...and testify and exhort
The average service lasted around 4 hours |
This is Tim's mother - She is 92
And this is some of the youth of the church/village |
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Joe and Lucy Andrews - Lay Leaders of the
Church in Togiak and doing a wonderful job |
Togiak is located along the shores of
Bristol Bay
It was about 30-50 below chill factor while we walked along the shore and
while these boys played outside |
While visiting the Seventh-Day Adventist
outreach, we saw this homemade bass |
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Tim Sergie - a wonderful Native leader
with a heart for God and for Homegrown Leadership Development |
On the way home, in the airplane, it was
so cold we had to dress very warm |
The Augustine Volcano was errupting on
the way home - although it was getting dark and hazy, this photo shows the
plume and its tail - look in the very middle of the photo |
