Leaving South Dakota
June 13, 2007
It’s a gray morning in Pierre. Everyone scrambles this morning. Governor’s Inn offers free continental breakfast that includes making your own Belgian waffle. It’s our last day in South Dakota. Tonight, we will be sleeping in our own beds.
Tuesday; Leaving Red Scaffold
June 12, 2007
What a whirlwind of activity. Today we are headed one last time to help at the Takini Summer School program. We all look forward to seeing our friends one last time and hope that we see even more familiar faces at the after-school Kids Kamp and community dinner at Red Scaffold.
Through a child’s eyes…
June 11, 2007
Here is the trip in the children’s own words as we prepared to leave Red Scaffold before heading to our last destination, Bridger, South Dakota. Read the rest of this entry »
Monday at Red Scaffold
June 11, 2007
“Creator puts different people on different paths for different purposes. Whatever path Creator has you on, stay faithful to Creator. Decide to follow, not to gain anything or even to avoid trouble, but just because Creator says, ‘Come on; let’s go.’” Robert Francis, author of Talks from the Heart.
Sunday at Red Scaffold
June 10, 2007
At 9:00a.m. we are checked out of the Super 8 and headed for breakfast at a real restaurant, the Outrider Café. It will be the first time we gather together, all 14, at the same time and descend on a restaurant.
Saturday at Eagle Butte
June 9, 2007
Morning started at 9:00a.m. instead of 8:15a.m. and the extra sleep was much appreciated. Everyone except our brave three who attended Midnight Basketball at the Cokata Wiconi, the teen center. Read the rest of this entry »
A story from a new friend
June 8, 2007
One of our new friends, a child named Madison, seemed intrigued by the computer. When she asked what I was doing, I told her that I was writing a story about my time in Eagle Butte that I would be sending to my friends back home.
Friday at Eagle Butte
June 8, 2007
Thursday at Eagle Butte
June 7, 2007
Games and crafts at the youth center 
Sonny playing with play-do.
Kids cooking for our bake sale
Meta painting with watercolors
Thursday, day one of our ministry, finds our five families (the Stark-Corns, Hensley, Hoffmans, Lockharts, O’Connors, and Ziegenhorns) moving from where breakfast was held in the Super 8 lobby to the more private conference room. We discuss the upcoming day’s event and close with our devotional before heading out.
Wow, can you believe it! Wednesday, our travel day, is finally here. We’ve planned, packed, and prayed. At least I did that we haven’t left anything behind that we might want in the eight days we’ll be away from home and on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. But more so, I offer a prayer to better hear the Creator’s voice guiding us during this time that we will spend with the Lakota Sioux in Eagle Butte, Red Scaffold, and Bridger.
