The day started great as we launched off of Ninilchick beach with my boat. They back you up into the surf with big tractors and pick you up the same way. It is rather exciting. We motored out about a mile and anchored and started catching fish. But after we caught several nice halibuts we started catching nothing but sharks, small four foot sand sharks. So we moved locations and we started having trouble keeping the outboard motor running. In the process of continually starting it we ran the battery dead. We had a small trolling motor on the boat as well and as we started back in with it, it froze up and wouldn’t turn over. We called the launch service and they called a boat that was out fishing who came and towed us into the beach and we were able to get the boat on our trailer. Being out in the ocean with no power is a scary experience. As many adventures as I have had this was one of the best or worse, depending how you look at it.

Lots of Christians try to live their lives with no power. It doesn’t work very well. We need God’s power to successfully navigate life. God loves to give His power to those who ask Him for it, and ask a lot. Believe me, I was asking a lot today.