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Edna Estrella

Selawik Arctic Mission Adventure worker

By Edna Estrella

  • Summer Camp The Alaska Way

    August 26, 2021, by Edna Estrella et al.
    After a year-long hiatus from youth camp, kids eagerly anticipated loading the car with all the essentials for a week-long Alaska Camps adventure. For many in the state, as well as the Lower 48, parents drive their children to camp. After turning ...
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  • Eagle River Gives Aid Just in Time

    December 02, 2020, by Edna Estrella et al.
    Eagle River Adventist Church members in Anchorage wanted to do a food drive for isolated Arctic Mission Adventure villages, but going door to door was not an option due to COVID-19. A couple of weeks later, out of the blue, a thought came to membe...
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  • AMA Volunteers Provide Calm in the Storm

    June 06, 2020, by Edna Estrella
    Until recently, there was no mention of coronavirus in Selawik, Alaska. Edna Estrella, nurse and HIV specialist working as an Arctic Mission Adventure (AMA) volunteer, and her husband, José, were worried to see the lack of knowledge and leadership...
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  • God Plans Ahead

    April 11, 2019, by Sharon Frost et al.
    Arctic Mission Volunteers serve in villages where the cost for basic food items is double, sometimes triple, what one pays in the Lower 48 because bush Alaska is not tied to any road system; all supplies must be flown or barged into the villages. ...
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