Well, after a two day drive out here, we are on location in Oglala, SD on the Lakota Indian reservation. We are staying at the Oglala Re-Creation Center, an Assemblies of God facility that caters to the Christian community here in Oglala. Though I do not have any facts, this area’s standard of living looks just under that of Red Bird, KY. This is tribal territory and the tribal board is the government here, not the federal government. Needless to say, because of that, the standards for everything I have noticed is below that of any place else in the United States. We held VBS today at the Lakota Baptist Church in Pine Bluff today and started with 108 kids, most of whom were unchurched. Quite an experience! If it were not bad enough we were over crowed, the toilets stopped up and flooded the bathrooms. We ended up having to dismiss early, but all in all the Spirit was at work in a powerful way. Also, a work crew finally got all their supplies and started re-roofing the Re-Creation center where we are staying. Pray for us out here…pray for safety for the work crew…pray for more kids at VBS…pray for our traveling mercies…and pray for a plumber! Now that I have access I hope to post each day…Lord willing.
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