God's perfect timing for missionary Ray mefoundation.world

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I had a wonderful day "Dipnetting" for Red Salmon on the Kenai River on July 20th, 2022, I took home my 25 fish allowed and started to fill a "proxy" for an older Homer friend of mine who had me dipnet for him and his son, what a blessing I started to fill his 35 and got 15 nice Salmon that day. I prayed it would not rain and not be too windy, the 18th and 19th were blowing gale force winds and makes it almost impossible to dipnet off the shore because of the crashing of the waves and it is also very dangerous with the tides pulling, river flowing and waves crashing. Praise God, HE "calmed the seas" so we all could have a great day fishing yesterday. As residents of the State of Alaska, we are allowed to subsistence dipnet for Salmon in many rivers. Of course, this assumes you "timed it right" and the fish are returning from the ocean to spawn in the rivers. It is such a beautiful life cycle, the Salmon are an amazing creation of God, truly showing His complicated designs and what I think of the most with the Salmon cycle is God's faithfulness and His purpose in fulfilling His will, these Salmon will go to incredible lengths to fight their way back to their original birth river and spawn for the next generation of Salmon. Adult salmon spend 2 to 4 years in the ocean swimming and feeding throughout the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. Once they reach full maturity, they return to their ‘home stream’ to spawn. Upon reaching their birth rivers and streams, the adult salmon re-adapt to the fresh water and begin their upstream journey.
In some ways, at least for me, it almost doesn't seem fair to "cut them off" when we catch them, but God provides and yet there are millions of Salmon that "escape" and safely return to spawning areas of the rivers of Alaska. I also believe we can see God's grace on the fish that we actually catch in the nets and on fishing lines, Generally, 1 in 1000 eggs will actually be able to return to its natal stream as a spawning salmon. Egg mortality and predation take a heavy toll. Salmon are subject to heavy predation rates at every age.
Fortunately for Alaskans, the Salmon are abundant and I believe we do a wonderful job of protecting and preserving our natural resources in Alaska, can you imagine in Communism were in control, in a matter of a decade or two, there would be NOTHING TO ENJOY.
So Americans, be thankful you live in a FREE COUNTRY and we have a WONDERFUL CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC governed by wise and visionary documents. Pray for America, STAND for America and DON'T FORGET TO THANK ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST FOR PROVIDING IT ALL FOR US TO ENJOY. One closing Bible verse to remind all of us that EVERYTHING was created for HIM and Jesus Christ deserves the praise and glory, which incidentally I did all day yesterday as I caught those 40 Red Salmon. Oh and I had a blast too, this video was made by a group of tourists from Belgium, they were enthralled with this whole fishery on the Kenai River and I asked them to send me the video and picture they took. What a great video and picture, just another blessing sent from God. Amen? and Amen!!!
"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:" Colosians 1:16 Ray Wigdal and the 10 Kenai River, Alaska July 20th, 2022 mefoundation.world

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