O Canada!

Hello Partners!
We have had an amazing summer.  One of our most epic I think.  But of the highlights was our big trip to that strange, far away country of Canada.  Okay, so it really isn't that strange (although they have ketchup flavored chips and chocolate smarties), and it was only marginally far away compared to say, Australia.  But it was life changing on many levels.

We were invited to speak at Eagle Lake Bible Camp in Ontario during their "White Dog" week.  They had only read about us, and we had never met them.   The camp sounded interesting as they bussed in kiddos nearly three hours from the White Dog reserve to minister to them for the week.  The reserve is so secluded the only access is a one way road across a huge dam!


Our hearts are definitely for Native youth, but we have never written curriculum or even thought about teaching at a week long camp, but we felt God nudging us in that direction. The message God gave us was about restoration, while presenting a clear message of the Gospel through story telling and pictures.  Writing the curriculum was fun and a great way for Dan and I to work together.

Eagle Lake Bible Camp was a beautiful place filled with amazing, committed believers who truly loved God. The kids from the reserve were amazing too.  Many had stories that would break your heart.  It was great to see them respond to God's message of healing and restoration for them.  There were reports from many cabins of kids asking honest and thought provoking questions, and requesting Bibles.

So much happened during this week that I can't nearly write it all.  I will try to add more details later.  Until then, please pray for the White Dog reserve.  It sounded like they did not have an active church on the reserve.  Pray that God will finish this work of healing restoration in their lives.

Hi Friends,
     Wow!  It is already well into summer and we have been hard at work prepping for our upcoming events.  We've been writing curriculum for our upcoming camps, and our theme is "restoration."  We know that the Lord wants to heal and restore the wonderful children we work with.  We want to introduce them to Jesus, who loves them, and took their sin and shame!
 We just went down to Little Earth and had an amazing time registering kids for camp.  It was great to connect with them again.  Plus, nearly everyone was home (even the people who had moved out) which is miraculous, if you ask me!  We also were able to fill our ten scholarship spots for a sports camp happening at Emmanuel Christian Center in a few weeks, which was also an answer to prayer.  We are very excited for these upcoming events.  Please continue to pray for us and our family, as well as the community.  God is faithful, and he is doing great things!

The Journey

It's Mid-April!  In Minnesota that is marked with greening grass, budding trees, and snow.  It also means that another year of Kid's Club is rapidly coming to a close.  It has been nothing short of amazing to see the students change and begin to listen eagerly to the message of hope and love presented to them each Tuesday night.  It tugs on our hearts and draws us onward to do even more work with them.
    Our dream of expanding our ministry and opening an after school/evening program continues to burn strong!  Here we plan on focusing on discipleship, literacy, and life skills.  Our hope is to see these amazing kids walk with God, become enfolded into the local church, and be empowered to break the cycle of generational poverty.  God can do it.
     We have many exciting events happening this summer, including the summer camp where we work with our Kid's Club kids; creating an exciting environment where they can connect with the Lord.  The camps are August 8-13.  Please pray for this fun event, for the Kid's Club kids, and volunteers.  Have a blessed spring!