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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Tentative Itinerary for 2012
We plan, but of course ..... everything is subject to change. :)
Saturday, July 21
Meet at church NO LATER than 5:30am for last minute instructions, donuts, coffee, and prayer with our family/friends
Hit the road ASAP
Drive to Sioux City, IA and spend the night.
Sunday, July 22
Breakfast at the hotel at 6am.. Leave the hotel at 6:30am.
Drive to Wall, SD and visit the Wounded Knee Museum.
From there, drive through Badlands National Park, stopping for photos for a short time.
Drive to Wounded Knee and see the Memorial.
Drive to Pine Ridge and have dinner (probably at Big Bats)
Drive to Allen, unload the truck, get orgainzed.
Monday, July 23- Thursday, July26
Breakfast at 7am
Work project in the morning
Pick up the kids about 11:30
Lunch with all the kids
VBS
Take kids home around 3:30
Pick up teens at 5pm
Dinner with the teens
Teen Night
Take teens home at 9pm
Devos at 10pm
Friday, July 27
Breakfast at 7am
After Breakfast, Amber, Roy and Earl leave to deliver backpacks to other villages.
Pick kids and teens up at 11:30
Lunch
Game day! Water fights, watermelon eating contest, field games.
4pm - Give out backpacks and take kids home.
Saturday, July 28
Breakfast at 6am
Leave for Custer State Park asap
Picnic lunch at Custer State Park
Groups leave for Horseback riding, kayaking, hiking, and Jeep rides. by noon. (Must be there by 12:30)
Meet at State Game Lodge in Custer State Park at 5pm to go on the Hayride Chuckwagon Cookout
By 8pm - head back to Allen.
Sunday, July 29
Pack up, Clean grounds, trailers, church, bathrooms, etc.
Church
Right after church - hit the road. Lunch somewhere on the road.
Arrive in Des Moine, IA late that night and check into hotel
Monday, July 30
Breakfast at hotel at 6am
Leave hotel at 6:30am and head home!
Saturday, July 21
Meet at church NO LATER than 5:30am for last minute instructions, donuts, coffee, and prayer with our family/friends
Hit the road ASAP
Drive to Sioux City, IA and spend the night.
Sunday, July 22
Breakfast at the hotel at 6am.. Leave the hotel at 6:30am.
Drive to Wall, SD and visit the Wounded Knee Museum.
From there, drive through Badlands National Park, stopping for photos for a short time.
Drive to Wounded Knee and see the Memorial.
Drive to Pine Ridge and have dinner (probably at Big Bats)
Drive to Allen, unload the truck, get orgainzed.
Monday, July 23- Thursday, July26
Breakfast at 7am
Work project in the morning
Pick up the kids about 11:30
Lunch with all the kids
VBS
Take kids home around 3:30
Pick up teens at 5pm
Dinner with the teens
Teen Night
Take teens home at 9pm
Devos at 10pm
Friday, July 27
Breakfast at 7am
After Breakfast, Amber, Roy and Earl leave to deliver backpacks to other villages.
Pick kids and teens up at 11:30
Lunch
Game day! Water fights, watermelon eating contest, field games.
4pm - Give out backpacks and take kids home.
Saturday, July 28
Breakfast at 6am
Leave for Custer State Park asap
Picnic lunch at Custer State Park
Groups leave for Horseback riding, kayaking, hiking, and Jeep rides. by noon. (Must be there by 12:30)
Meet at State Game Lodge in Custer State Park at 5pm to go on the Hayride Chuckwagon Cookout
By 8pm - head back to Allen.
Sunday, July 29
Pack up, Clean grounds, trailers, church, bathrooms, etc.
Church
Right after church - hit the road. Lunch somewhere on the road.
Arrive in Des Moine, IA late that night and check into hotel
Monday, July 30
Breakfast at hotel at 6am
Leave hotel at 6:30am and head home!
Friday, March 02, 2012
Something to Think About
“One of the really interesting stories to me is the story of Chief Joseph and after they’d cheated him out of everything, and they’re putting him on a reservation, they said “Why don’t you want to go to the reservation? If you go to the reservation, we’ll give you schools.” And he said, “We don’t want schools.” And the government of the United States said “Why don’t you want schools?” And Chief Joseph said “If you give us schools then churches will follow.” And so the United States government said “You don’t want churches?” And his father, Chief Joseph’s father was a Christian and Joseph was baptized in the church and rejected Christianity, and he said, “No, we don’t want churches.” They said, “Why don’t you want churches?”
And this is a very telling statement, he said “When we have churches it will teach us to argue about God.”
And we can argue about a lot of things, I know, but we shouldn’t argue about God.
It’s very difficult for me to understand why the church has been so reluctant to speak with Native Americans about Christ in whose name their land was stolen. Maybe there’s a little bit of shame or something. Which might even be appropriate. But the past is past and people need the Lord. And I think when an injustice has been done, people need to go the extra mile. You can’t undo what’s been done, and there’ve been injustices done to people of all races and all creeds and etc. But I think that there has to be some kind of healing. And I want to be a part of that.” - Rich Mullins (from an interview)
And this is a very telling statement, he said “When we have churches it will teach us to argue about God.”
And we can argue about a lot of things, I know, but we shouldn’t argue about God.
It’s very difficult for me to understand why the church has been so reluctant to speak with Native Americans about Christ in whose name their land was stolen. Maybe there’s a little bit of shame or something. Which might even be appropriate. But the past is past and people need the Lord. And I think when an injustice has been done, people need to go the extra mile. You can’t undo what’s been done, and there’ve been injustices done to people of all races and all creeds and etc. But I think that there has to be some kind of healing. And I want to be a part of that.” - Rich Mullins (from an interview)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Yeah Baby!! (A peek at this year's stuff)
This year our "Crew Shirts" will not be the typical shirts that we've had in the past. Nope, this year we'll be tie dying plain white t's along with the kids and those will be our team shirts.
Its gonna be fun!
Monday, January 09, 2012
Introducing the 2012 Crew !!
Once again we have a GREAT crew lined up for the 2012 trip to Pine Ridge!
Here they are ..
Charles Jackson
Cathy Jackson
Vicki Jones
Ericka Buchanan
Bailey Cartwright
Roy Hauser
Charlotte Johnston
Ralph Johnston
Angie Coffey
Carrie Pruhs
Laura Camardo
Jessica Camardo
Tim Hall
Debbie Hall
Linda Baker
Earl Baker
Rhonda Greely
Amber Buriff
Oh yeah ... its gonna be a fun year!
Here they are ..
Charles Jackson
Cathy Jackson
Vicki Jones
Ericka Buchanan
Bailey Cartwright
Roy Hauser
Charlotte Johnston
Ralph Johnston
Angie Coffey
Carrie Pruhs
Laura Camardo
Jessica Camardo
Tim Hall
Debbie Hall
Linda Baker
Earl Baker
Rhonda Greely
Amber Buriff
Oh yeah ... its gonna be a fun year!
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
The Holiday Candy/Cookie Sale is ON!!
The annual Holiday Candy/Cookie Sale is happening NOW!! The following 2012 Pine Ridge Mission Team Members are taking orders.
Here is how it works:
- See the individual selling the item you want to order.
- Place your order with them and pay at the time of order.
- Tell them when you need it by.
- They will make it and get it to you by the time you need it.
Laura and Jessica Camardo are selling Iced Pumpkin Loaves for $10 each.
(Sorry I don't have a picture for them).
Cathy Jackson is selling Buckeyes - $20 for 3 dozen.
Amber Buriff is selling Gingersnaps in a gift bag - $8 a dozen
Friday, August 19, 2011
Dates for the 2012 Trip
We now have a date for 2012 !!
The trip will be Saturday, July 21 - Monday, July 30, 2012
We will load the truck on Friday evening July 20th, and leave very early Saturday, July 21st and arrive there on Sunday the 22nd.
We will leave there on Sunday, July 29th after church and arrive back home on Monday, July 30th.
The trip will be Saturday, July 21 - Monday, July 30, 2012
We will load the truck on Friday evening July 20th, and leave very early Saturday, July 21st and arrive there on Sunday the 22nd.
We will leave there on Sunday, July 29th after church and arrive back home on Monday, July 30th.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Informational Meeting for the 2012 Trip
Interested in going on a mission trip to Pine Ridge in 2012 but not sure if its for you?
There will be an Informational Meeting about the trip on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 at the Winton Rd. First Church of God, 6200 Winton Rd., Fairfield, OH at 430pm.
The meeting will be about an hour long and will give you the info necessary for you to determine if you should consider the trip or not. It is strongly recommended that you have never before gone on one of our trips, that you come to the meeting before registering. Attending the meeting will not commit you to going in any way - it is simply to give you information.
Friday, August 12, 2011
My Thoughts on the Trip
First things first:
THANK YOU to the 16 crew members who sacrificially gave of their time and money to make the trip happen. Be assured that God will not forget your hard work and the love you have shown (check Hebrews 6:10). In time the people there may forget. In time, you may even forget. But what you did last week will remain in eternity forever. Your time there was not in vain.
The Crew was spectacular! The way they worked together and took care of each other is all too rare. I was immensely proud of them. And it did not go unnoticed by the people there. When one gentleman out there called me and Dennis aside to ask questions about God, I truly believe it was because of the witness many of our crew have been over the past years. He has seen that. He commented on it. And I do believe it was because he saw Jesus that made him ask us more about him. That man was in church at the Pass Creek Church of God last Sunday. I don't know if he attends regularly but in the years I've been out there, I've never seen him in church before. Awesome!!
There were some minor issues among the crew. There always are. Anytime you get 16 different people with different personalities together, there is always something that comes up. Its all very normal. The thing is, this year it was handled in a biblical way and because of that, we all came home friends. Again, I'm very proud. Those issues are not easy to tackle, but it was done and done well and the result was peace.
The Work was hard. We accomplished more in three hours on Monday morning that I normally accomplish all week at home. We cut grass that was overgrown. We put together some beautiful bleachers for the amphitheater we built last year. We fixed a mower. We put in a bathroom for Melda. She is thrilled to now have water in her house and an indoor bathroom! We cleaned up trailers (thanks Andy). We built a fire pit in the amphitheater that is a great place to have devotions. We fed kids ... lots of kids a meal every day. We did a VBS for a whole lot of kids every day. We played on the playground with those kids. We did teen nights. And we put band-aids on hundreds of wounds, some invisible, some badly infected. We delivered 827 backpacks full of school supplies to children on the Rez. And who knows what else we did ... there are probably things I'm not even aware of because the crew was just like that - if they saw something that needed doing, they just did it. Amazing.
The Relationships are deepening. It was a good feeling to be mowing grass and have a couple of the adults drive by, see us, and stop in to chat. It was good to connect with the teens. I think I enjoyed the teens the most this year. Normally teens terrify me, but this year, I loved being with them. Its probably because they're "our kids". We've watched them grow up and so there's a connection there. Some of them break my heart because of the choices they're making. Some of them I'm very proud of. All of them I love. Its also exciting to know that some of the women out there will be coming here to REZonate this year. They'll be making Indian Tacos and selling their beautiful Lakota beadwork. Its how they want to support US. That's the beauty of relationships.
The Backpacks. We gave out backpacks in Allen, Calico, and left some at Re-Member for them to distribute. Its hard for us to know how best to distribute them because we don't live there and don't have the connections to do that in a responsible way. That's where Calico and Re-Member come in. They are both great places to leave them and know that they will get into the hands of kids who need them. In Allen this year the kids asked for backpacks every day. I don't remember a year when I've been asked for them so much. It was literally every day and all day long. At one point one little girl said, "But we NEED them". It would have been funny if it weren't so true. I was told they had been concerned and asking for them in Calico too. They have come to rely on us bring backpacks out for the kids. That's just fine with me. Just keep praying that the donations keep coming in so we can continue to take them. The $10,000 from the Harley last year was awesome and we've held some of that back rather than spending it all at one time, but eventually it runs out. Its little donations that make it happen over time. Those little $10 donations represent one child that will get a backpack. We need those ... lots of them. The little girl was right, we really do NEED them.
THANK YOU to the 16 crew members who sacrificially gave of their time and money to make the trip happen. Be assured that God will not forget your hard work and the love you have shown (check Hebrews 6:10). In time the people there may forget. In time, you may even forget. But what you did last week will remain in eternity forever. Your time there was not in vain.
The Crew was spectacular! The way they worked together and took care of each other is all too rare. I was immensely proud of them. And it did not go unnoticed by the people there. When one gentleman out there called me and Dennis aside to ask questions about God, I truly believe it was because of the witness many of our crew have been over the past years. He has seen that. He commented on it. And I do believe it was because he saw Jesus that made him ask us more about him. That man was in church at the Pass Creek Church of God last Sunday. I don't know if he attends regularly but in the years I've been out there, I've never seen him in church before. Awesome!!
There were some minor issues among the crew. There always are. Anytime you get 16 different people with different personalities together, there is always something that comes up. Its all very normal. The thing is, this year it was handled in a biblical way and because of that, we all came home friends. Again, I'm very proud. Those issues are not easy to tackle, but it was done and done well and the result was peace.
The Work was hard. We accomplished more in three hours on Monday morning that I normally accomplish all week at home. We cut grass that was overgrown. We put together some beautiful bleachers for the amphitheater we built last year. We fixed a mower. We put in a bathroom for Melda. She is thrilled to now have water in her house and an indoor bathroom! We cleaned up trailers (thanks Andy). We built a fire pit in the amphitheater that is a great place to have devotions. We fed kids ... lots of kids a meal every day. We did a VBS for a whole lot of kids every day. We played on the playground with those kids. We did teen nights. And we put band-aids on hundreds of wounds, some invisible, some badly infected. We delivered 827 backpacks full of school supplies to children on the Rez. And who knows what else we did ... there are probably things I'm not even aware of because the crew was just like that - if they saw something that needed doing, they just did it. Amazing.
The Relationships are deepening. It was a good feeling to be mowing grass and have a couple of the adults drive by, see us, and stop in to chat. It was good to connect with the teens. I think I enjoyed the teens the most this year. Normally teens terrify me, but this year, I loved being with them. Its probably because they're "our kids". We've watched them grow up and so there's a connection there. Some of them break my heart because of the choices they're making. Some of them I'm very proud of. All of them I love. Its also exciting to know that some of the women out there will be coming here to REZonate this year. They'll be making Indian Tacos and selling their beautiful Lakota beadwork. Its how they want to support US. That's the beauty of relationships.
The Backpacks. We gave out backpacks in Allen, Calico, and left some at Re-Member for them to distribute. Its hard for us to know how best to distribute them because we don't live there and don't have the connections to do that in a responsible way. That's where Calico and Re-Member come in. They are both great places to leave them and know that they will get into the hands of kids who need them. In Allen this year the kids asked for backpacks every day. I don't remember a year when I've been asked for them so much. It was literally every day and all day long. At one point one little girl said, "But we NEED them". It would have been funny if it weren't so true. I was told they had been concerned and asking for them in Calico too. They have come to rely on us bring backpacks out for the kids. That's just fine with me. Just keep praying that the donations keep coming in so we can continue to take them. The $10,000 from the Harley last year was awesome and we've held some of that back rather than spending it all at one time, but eventually it runs out. Its little donations that make it happen over time. Those little $10 donations represent one child that will get a backpack. We need those ... lots of them. The little girl was right, we really do NEED them.
Monday, August 08, 2011
Headed home!
We got in to our hotel in Des Moines about 1:30 am. Now it's 6 AM & we are about to eat breakfast & head home. We have about a 10 hour drive today & lose an hour with the time change. Always the longest day of the trip.
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Sunday, August 07, 2011
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Friday, August 05, 2011
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Storm
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Cookout @ Pass Creek
Tonight we will have a cookout, cornhole, & an informal service around a bonfire for the people of Allen.
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Last night the teens painted the cornhole sets that we will use in tonight's cornhole
games. From there we began painting the horses and then they painted us! In the process of that, Ericka got paint in her eye & began to lose some vision. She is better today & her vision has returned but we would appreciate your prayers for her.
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games. From there we began painting the horses and then they painted us! In the process of that, Ericka got paint in her eye & began to lose some vision. She is better today & her vision has returned but we would appreciate your prayers for her.
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Update
It's Wednesday & by this time in the week we are all feeling the roughness of the trip. Please keep praying for all of us. Whitlock's foot is really giving him trouble. The rest of us are tired & stiff & sore but ok. It's been a great week. So many blessings we can't count them.
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