South Dakota 2009
We are preparing for our summer trip to South Dakota once again. Please pray that God would open doors on and off the Rez’ and that He would be glorified. Please pray that all the teams that will be...
View ArticleFacts about the Pine Ridge Reservation
Flag of the Oglala Sioux Tribe From http://www.lakotamall.com: Some startling facts about the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: 80% unemployment. Poorest county in the USA. Average family income is just...
View ArticleIt’s Green out Here!
At least in Nebraska. As we traveled across central Nebraska Tuesday evening, we were remarking at how green it is compared to past years. We think they are getting the second hay cut in, and it’s only...
View ArticleWhat we’ve been doing
This week we’ve been working at the ABOUT group in Whiteclay, Nebraska. Most of us have been working on various building improvement projects around the place, as well as in the Green Tipi Garden. I...
View ArticleThe First Week
We’ve been pretty busy this week. We left home after Church on Sunday (July 5), and got to Whiteclay, Nebraska on Wednesday. We stopped in at the ABOUT group to see what we would be doing this week and...
View ArticleHe Sapa VBS
Keya and Mastincala This week we’ve been working in the evenings with the He Sapa New Life Church in Rapid City on their annual Vacation Bible School. He Sapa partners with Black Hills Community Church...
View ArticleFixing up for Ministry
Painting a hallway at He Sapa During the day this week, most of our crew is working with Pastor Larry Salway at He Sapa Church/Life Initiatives‘s buildings. These buildings were formerly divided...
View ArticleCamping in the Hills
He Sapa Camp This week we are doing two camping trips with He Sapa New Life. The first trip was from Sunday evening to Tuesday morning. We went up with a few families from the Church to Deerfield lake...
View ArticleWe Meet Travelers from PA!
Well, guess who showed up on the prairie! It really shouldn’t be a surprise, because we have been planning this for about six months now. This evening we met up with the Clinton Wesleyan Church team in...
View ArticleFun with the Kids
Oglala VBS 2009 This week we’ve been having a great time with the kids of Oglala at VBS. The stars of the evening are the puppets, which Mastincala and Keya, which you may remember from the He Sapa...
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