I've been back from my mission trip to south dakota for almost 2 months and i just now remembered i havent posted much about it- a whole paragraph cant even scratch the surface of the trip- so here is more about it-
WE had the best time- it was heart breaking to see the hopelessness of the kids- i mean to be between 4 and 14 and have no hope about your future- and half of the girls that came already have kids of their own- and their only 14!
In the week we were there we had 15 kids get saved- a true blessing.
while we were there we stayed with the pastor and his family- stephen, leah, and ethan leach- they were so nice and have such a great misnistry going on there- in a place where the poverty and unemplyment levels are astonishing and where crimes happen everywhere- its nice to know that there is a little piece of land in the middle of nowhere that is dedicated to teaching and saving the lost through Jesus Christ.
WE also had a few mishappes while we were there- the first church van to leave blew a tire 2 hours from home- and at our first overnight stop-in nebraska- it started hailling about an hour after we got there- and we were going to go horse back riding one day but we were 30 minutes late and they dropped our reservations- and then that same night on the way back to the church from a different activity one of our vans hit a horse that was wandering the streets- and because we were on an indian reservation we cant press charges to get money to fix the van because we are "white men" on the indain territory and we wouldnt get a cent- so now we have to get the van fixed- it will be expensive-
But through all this we kept paying and serving our lord and we made it home safly- and we avoided a huge hail/tornado storm that passed through 2 hour after we left for home.
and we got to see a buffalo!!!!!!!- one of the senior adults who was with us prayed for us to see a buffalo- and we did- and the scenery out there is amazing

OK, i could talk about this trip for hours, so ill stop here- i covered the main parts.

ttyl
Michelle