On the way home

After a great week the team is on their way home. Here are some videos and pictures from the voyage. Enjoy.

Thumpin' Thursday

We are just about to end the basketball camp and get ready for tonight's Pizza Party outreach to the Navajo. Please be praying for our conversations with our Navajo families, drama ministry, and for opportunities to share the message of Christ. This night tends to be the pinnacle of our outreach here and we are really looking forward to it.

Tomorrow we will leave the Reservation for a day of fun and then spend the night in Sedona. We will try to update you of our progress as much as possible but please also call the hotline at 925-227-1301 ext. 34.

Wonderful Wednesday

So we just finished lunch and are heading back out to finish up our last full day of work.

We had one of the most unbelievable storms that we have ever experienced on the reservation last night! Luckily all of our Kid's Club crews got back from their sites before the rain really started. The storm lasted at least five hours (late into the night) and caused the lights and power to go out off an on the whole evening. The lightning was amazing and the thunder was really loud. At one point we could see the lightning all around us. It was a very inspiring experience to be surrounded by God's power and we were all very appreciative that we had shelter and flashlights!! We had an incredible worship service while the rain poured and the lightning flashed outside.

Please pray that God will continue to have His hand of protection over us and that our group would continue to persevere and finish our work on the Reservation strong.

Terrific Tuesday

Last night was our first night reuniting and meeting with our Kid's Club families. There were several long-awaited reunions!! We can't wait to spend the rest of the week with them. We also met several new families and are excited to spend time getting to know them.

Today we were slow to get up after a late night of amazing devo's but ready to work after lots of caffeine. We had an tasty breakfast and got to work. We are eating a wonderful meal made up of Chinese cuisine and getting ready to head out to Kid's clubs yet again!

We will continue to update you of our adventures here serving God. We are definitely feeling your amazing prayers...keep them coming!

P.S. A special message for Mr. Jim Foster...Happy Birthday Pop! Hope you feel respected, appreciated, loved and celebrated today - because you ARE!! We love you. Love, Natalie and Jason.

Monday means Work-day...

We arrived at Immanuel Mission late on Saturday night safe and ready for bed. We went straight to bed after unpacking and we were rested and ready for our time on the Reservation to start on Sunday morning. We woke up and went out to Green Valley for our traditional Outdoor church and communion. We found a wonderful spot (in the shade this year) to have our service.

We woke up this morning ready to go to work. We currently have four teams working offsite doing things like roofing, painting and building a shed. We also have four teams working on projects around the mission such as

cleaning out the cattle crossing, weeding, trimming trees and building a retaining wall.

We are also leading a basketball camp for the Navajo children. They are already working hard and learning lots of new skills. There are about 24 children attending and I am sure t

hat number will grow throughout the rest of the day and evening!! It should be a lot of hard work and fun for that team.

We are all very excited to get to our Kid's Club sites tonight to reunite with our Navajo families.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We can really feel God moving and motivating us to work hard for Him!!

Arizona Outreach Day 2

Hello again everyone. Glad to see so many comments on the previous post. As tradition would have it, the team dined at one of Boron's lovely rest stops for lunch yesterday in the balmy 111 degree heat The team arrived in Kingman, AZ in record time and had dinner at the church. Jason Moog led the evening devo's and surprise guest, Ryan Weber, led music. Then it was off to bed. Today a majority of the group went on one of Tim's secret errands to the Cracker Barrel at around 5am. It was a long night's sleep for Tim. Then it was time to hit the road. In Flagstaff, heavy thunderstorms awaited. Pat Brown met up with the group but the weather sort of nixed the lunch plans. Luckily Devon Dodgen's brother owns a ranch nearby so the team headed there for lunch. The group should arrive on the Reservation around 7pm tonight. Tomorrow will be a pretty laid back day as everyone recovers from the drive and adjusts to the mile-high atmosphere. On Monday the work projects and basketball camp will begin. We will try to update the blog as much as possible so keep checking back for more pictures and updates. Thanks for the comments and prayers.

Cracker Barrel (no sound for some reason???)



More driving.

A giraffe and GPS are essentials.

Some Flagstaff shots.

A mission trip essential.