I thought I was finished traveling for the summer, but God had a different plan. Some icebergs caused a jam in the Yukon River, forcing an abrupt back flow and causing flooding along hundreds of miles of the river. Many villages were hit hard by the water and icebergs, and the damage was devastating. FEMA decided to try a new program paying for volunteers to travel to help with the relief efforts. FEMA contacted the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, who got in touch with Abraham McIntyre, my boss and friend from serving with Bahamas Methodist Habitat, and Abe mentioned it to me because he knew my school term started later this year. At first I thought it wouldn't be possible, but I ended up telling Abe that my cousin Michael (who had a gap before starting a new job) and I were "considering" making it work. Two days later, Michael and I get an email from the Pacific Northwest UMVIM coordinator telling us we were "signed up on Team 3." Two weeks after that, we were here: a small "tent city" on the airport runway in Galena, Alaska.
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