My 7:30 am reflection...

It's about 7:30 here in Nome, and I got up early today to continue gathering information about breastfeeding. I'm sitting at our kitchen table in front of a picture window that looks out onto the town, drinking my first decent cup of joe since I arrived. (thanks mama!) From just about anywhere you are in Nome, you can see the steeple of an old church that sits directly in the center of the town. I have a really clear view of it from here, as the church is only about a block away from our apartment. Although the church is no longer used as a church, merely for community functions and show, I was thinking about how cool it is to have the cross at the top of the steeple constantly over the town. I see it every time I am in our kitchen, and I use it as a reference point when navigating around town. It reminded me of that passage in Matthew about having childlike faith. (Mt 18: 1-6) I am constantly looking to that cross for guidance (physically and spiritually, I suppose) When I'm in such a remote place without my faith community around me, it is so great to have this image to serve as comfort, compass, and reminder.