{"id":4250,"date":"2019-07-05T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2019\/07\/05\/gods-pursuit-through-sustainable-ag\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:17:47","slug":"gods-pursuit-through-sustainable-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/gods-pursuit-through-sustainable-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#039;s Pursuit through Sustainable Agriculture\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<div> Gabby Gonko made Jesus the Lord of her life and was baptized in Talkeetna, Alaska, on July 1st. Gabby came to Alaska earlier this summer to intern for the Great Land Christian Church&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2arctic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gateway to the Arctic Camp<\/a>. She found the internship while looking for opportunities related to sustainable agriculture. Although she wasn&rsquo;t a disciple at the time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/glccalaska.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Land Christian Church<\/a> hired her and sisters in her hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota began studying the Bible with her before she left. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2702.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2702.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2702-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2702-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2702-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> After arriving, Gabby continued to study the Bible with disciples in Alaska and pursued a relationship with God. While studying the Bible, she was able to participate in Jesus&#8217; ministry of service alongside disciples on a daily basis. In addition to the work in sustainable agriculture she came to do, Gabby has spent the summer serving people with special abilities and even helped run a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopeww.org\/alaskahvc2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOPE Volunteer Corps<\/a> that took place at the camp. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2109.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2109.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2109-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2109-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2109-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2109-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> This is the third time the Gateway to the Arctic Camp has hired someone who wasn&#8217;t a disciple for its summer internship, and to God&rsquo;s glory all three are faithful disciples today! Through these conversions, God has demonstrated how evangelism and service go hand-in-hand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabby Gonko made Jesus the Lord of her life and was baptized in Talkeetna, Alaska, on July 1st. Gabby came&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[54],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-4250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-north-america"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_2741.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-16y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4972,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/changing-the-world-through-how-we-serve\/","url_meta":{"origin":4250,"position":0},"title":"Serving Opportunities Available in Alaska","author":"dtadmin","date":"October 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"God has done amazing things at Gateway to the Arctic through the hearts of people who were willing to put aside their own idea of comfort in order to serve others.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alaska_church_MDDmDqoQQuyRtRdwvmTQ-4032x3024-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alaska_church_MDDmDqoQQuyRtRdwvmTQ-4032x3024-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alaska_church_MDDmDqoQQuyRtRdwvmTQ-4032x3024-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alaska_church_MDDmDqoQQuyRtRdwvmTQ-4032x3024-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alaska_church_MDDmDqoQQuyRtRdwvmTQ-4032x3024-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5474,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/miracles-at-uconn\/","url_meta":{"origin":4250,"position":1},"title":"Miracles at UConn","author":"dtadmin","date":"March 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"God is bringing miracles to the University of Connecticut women\u2019s basketball team in Storrs, Connecticut.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Campus&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Campus","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/campus-ministry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/azura_stevens_UConn.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/azura_stevens_UConn.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/azura_stevens_UConn.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/azura_stevens_UConn.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4675,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/alaska-builds-in-the-community-and-beyond\/","url_meta":{"origin":4250,"position":2},"title":"Alaska &#039;Builds&#039; in the Community and Beyond","author":"dtadmin","date":"February 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The churches in Alaska had their first ever Alaska conference themed \"Build\". 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