Making Connections at SFL

Ski For Light is about so much more than just cross-country skiing. It's about trying new experiences, like skiing, but also traveling to an event where you don't know anyone, for some to another country, meeting all kinds of new and interesting people, learning about so many things through Apr?s Ski sessions, laughing, sharing, helping. It is a life-changing experience for so many who come.

It was for me in 2019 on my first event, and for Nils Jankowski, who tried to come from Berlin in 2021, but Covid cancelled that plan. He finally got to try Ski for Light in 2025, and he told his best friend when he returned home, "I have a new family!"

Nils and I sat together on the bus from Provo to the airport at Salt Lake City, at the end of SFL week, and became fast friends. Nils and his friend, Eckert, stopped over this October in Knoxville, where I live, on their trip to Las Vegas, Scottsdale and Hawaii to stay with my husband and me for four days. We had fun at Dollywood, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and even caught a performance livecast on radio in Knoxville the day they left. We are looking forward to meeting up again soon in Granby!