Together At Last!
Gary and Lisa are here!!! Our "little" group is finally all together, all 39 of us! Phew, that seemed to take a long time to happen!
My work site is napping right now so I'll take a few minutes to try and update to all on what's been going on.
We start each day with morning devotions. I went for the first time today with Emmett as it is a short walk down the road and the temperature was quite pleasant. The pastor that run Tree of Life has a theology quite different from what we are used to, making devotions a bit of a challenge for at least some of us. And he seems to look right through Beth and Julie as if they don't even exist. There have been other places we've been that have struggled with the idea of women ministers, but none so obviously rude as here. Beth and Julie spend so much time caring for the mental and emotional health of our group that I worry that there is no one to take care of them. I pray that God will use their presence here to open the minds of the people that don't embrace them like we do.
Work groups that have interacted with families have found most people very friendly and grateful to have us here. But it's hard to see the level of poverty and illness here. Diabetes and alcoholism are 2 of the bigger problems. On mission of Tree of Life is to educate people about how to eat healthier. The foo kitchen served about 130 for lunch yesterday.
I'm waiting to receive pictures from the various work sites. I hope to have the opportunity to take a ride with Emmett at some point to see at least a few of them. Two of the sites are in another time zone, and the nearest large grocery store is in Nebraska! We will not be bound by borders of any kind!
By special request, here's a picture of the cutest work site ever, enjoying a tasty zebra at morning devotions today.
I have a lot of pictures and video from Doris-Ann to download of Mike teaching Lakota skill games to the group. But they are taking forever. So I'm going to sign off for now and try to get back here at afternoon nap time. Stay tuned!
My work site is napping right now so I'll take a few minutes to try and update to all on what's been going on.
We start each day with morning devotions. I went for the first time today with Emmett as it is a short walk down the road and the temperature was quite pleasant. The pastor that run Tree of Life has a theology quite different from what we are used to, making devotions a bit of a challenge for at least some of us. And he seems to look right through Beth and Julie as if they don't even exist. There have been other places we've been that have struggled with the idea of women ministers, but none so obviously rude as here. Beth and Julie spend so much time caring for the mental and emotional health of our group that I worry that there is no one to take care of them. I pray that God will use their presence here to open the minds of the people that don't embrace them like we do.
Work groups that have interacted with families have found most people very friendly and grateful to have us here. But it's hard to see the level of poverty and illness here. Diabetes and alcoholism are 2 of the bigger problems. On mission of Tree of Life is to educate people about how to eat healthier. The foo kitchen served about 130 for lunch yesterday.
I'm waiting to receive pictures from the various work sites. I hope to have the opportunity to take a ride with Emmett at some point to see at least a few of them. Two of the sites are in another time zone, and the nearest large grocery store is in Nebraska! We will not be bound by borders of any kind!
I have a lot of pictures and video from Doris-Ann to download of Mike teaching Lakota skill games to the group. But they are taking forever. So I'm going to sign off for now and try to get back here at afternoon nap time. Stay tuned!
posted by Cindy @ 10:07 AM
3 Comments:
At 9:32 AM,
Peg said…
Thanks so much for the updates, I so wish I was with you guys. Miss not sharing the experience with Jed. You guys do awesome work...
At 9:33 AM,
Peg said…
Thanks so much for the updates, I so wish I was with you guys. Miss not sharing the experience with Jed. You guys do awesome work...
At 5:44 AM,
Suzanne said…
Cindy,
Thanks for the updates. I am so saddened to hear about the close mindedness of the people especially the pastor (what would Jesus say?). Sorry you can't do your own devotions. Hopefully, the groups presence and coming to know Beth and Julie will open some minds. Give everyone a big hug for me. We read and heard about the illness and poverty but it is so much harder seeing it. Know that you all are doing so much if it only makes a small dent in the problems.
Suzanne
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