Cold Bay is literally the only town of its kind in Alaska. Located some 800 air miles south-southwest of Anchorage, Cold Bay was originally built to serve as an Air Force Station during World War II. Our small town still boasts the 4th largest runway in the state and therefore it serves as a small hub for the other villages in the Eastern Aleutians. Cold Bay is one of Alaska’s many bush towns in that it is only accessible by air and sea.
Living in Cold Bay presents its challenges as well as its rewards. Because of our distance from any urban area, most of our food and supplies must be flown in from Anchorage or barged in from Seattle. The Anna Livingston Memorial Clinic provides for the medical needs of the community and provides emergency care for villagers from neighboring communities and commercial fishing fleets. However, the more relaxed pace and freedom from city life is not without benefits. World class salmon and halibut fishing as well as waterfowl hunting are a stone’s throw from our front door. Berry picking, hiking, and bear watching are all just as close as we are surrounded by the rugged and breathtaking Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
October 11, 2010 Pastor Monte Chitty was able to start traveling to False Pass and begin ministry. Services were held in the False Pass Community Center. Ministry was conducted once every two weeks and had to end November 6th for winter and we hope to return in the Spring of 2011.
August 9-13, 2010 Beverly Blackwell a visiting Missionary from Jamaica helped lead our children in VBS. The children had a great time learning about the Armor of God.
After a week of hard work and only one accident the team left us with a dried in house. Lots of work was yet to be done.
The mission work team consisted of Lanny Loe, Lance Newsome, Jimmy Sledge, Chris Tanksley, Dennis McClure, and Preston Hicks. These men worked hard all week.
On July 12th 2010, a mission team from Jonesboro, Georgia, began raising the walls on our new parsonage. They hit the ground working and on the first day they had three of the outer walls standing.