Chances are, if you’re in the Port Alsworth, Lake Clark area this weekend, you may run into Greta Van Susteren, host of The Record with Greta van Susteren on Newsmax.
She was on a jet to Alaska on Friday, coming directly from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where she was reporting, heading north to work on a project that she started over a year ago in Alaska.
Susteren has been a regular visitor and volunteer at the Samaritan’s Purse Heal Our Patriots lodge in Port Alsworth, which was started by Franklin Graham in 2012. It’s a retreat that ministers to military couples with at least one spouse wounded or injured.
“Couples come to Alaska looking for a way to fix what’s broken—broken relationships and marriages on the brink. Often they feel far from God,” the group explains on its website.
“But as they step away from daily life and distractions, many couples find hope awakening again as they go through six days of chaplain-led, Biblically based marriage enrichment training. Coursework and spiritual care are integral parts of their week, as are once-in-a-lifetime wilderness experiences in Lake Clark National Park and surrounding areas. They also connect with other couples who have faced a lot of the same struggles. Perhaps for the first time, they don’t feel so alone,” Operation Heal Our Patriots says.
Susteren has been a journalist, lawyer, television news anchor for CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and now Newsmax.
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