North Dakota

I've just realized that it's been a month since my last entry; not good for someone who wants to be a regular contributor to the internet hearths and kitchen table discussions. But all of that aside, it's been a busy time. Last month saw me shifting into high speed preparations for and then leading our church's annual mission trip to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Here it is, almost the end of July, and I'm wondering where the time went. Our church put on it's Vacation Bible Club (VBC) in the last week of June. My family got together with relatives twice during the July 4th holiday weekend. Our mission team celebrated our prep to go with our family and team supper. And then we left, Friday, July 8.

That was almost two weeks ago, and it's hard to believe that this year's mission to North Dakota is finished and in the history books. During our time in ND, our team of nineteen strong, plus four college students who were working for the church out on the reservation, split our team into a VBC team and a youth ministry team - two missions within one - which did their ministry programming simultaneously. Praise God that people responded to our heartfelt requests for many prayers for everything, from the mundane, such as good weather, to the explicit, for the Lord to use our team to either bring kids to Him, or grow them in Him. It was very exciting to watch everyone in our team with something to contribute, and to watch time and time again people stepping up and doing more than was asked of them.

I hope to have a number of posts here, all prayers of mine, from most days of the mission. All in all I can only give thanks to the Lord, who called us to go to Standing Rock for the ninth year in a row, and provided all that we needed to make children and youth to feel welcome and loved by Christ Jesus. Please check back and see what I've posted in prayer!