Short & Sweet

Our experience in Arizona this week has been short, but sweet.  It was similar to eating a Hershey kiss. It provides a short, sweet taste but leaves you desiring more. None the less you are still glad you had the opportunity to eat it. 

We are very thankful for the opportunity to fly out to the Southwest Indian Ministries Center (SIMC) and to spend a week meeting the missionaries who are serving there. We are more than excited to watch how the camp is changing before our eyes. In the last year, they have built a new multipurpose facility and have started to build a new dorm that will house up to 100 campers a week! With the addition of these new facilities, SIMC will be able to open their facilities up to host camps, retreats, & events and to Native Americans throughout the year. We also had the opportunity to meet the mission staff who work at the center as well as some who work on the reservations. We feel blessed to have such a close knit and supportive group of friends here to welcome and encourage us as we begin our new journey! 

We were also able to get some much needed answers to questions we had. Our role with SIMC will be mainly dealing with children and youth ministry. We will help lead camps at the center in the summer, train Native youth and children leaders, connect with area non-native congregations helping them find ways to get involved, and lead work teams. These are just a few of the many ways that we can see ourselves plugging into the ministry. 

We have more to share but will pace ourselves for now. We ask that you keep us in prayer as we continue to make arrangements for our move back to Indiana as well as wrapping up our time here in Illinois. Please also be praying and considering how you may be able to join us in this new adventure. If you feel the Lord calling you to support us financially, there is a link to our donations page at the top of the page. If you can't support us financially, maybe you can assist us with other practical needs. 

Be sure to pay attention to the praise and prayer page as we will be updating it with requests and praises to answered prayer. Finally, we ask that you surround us in prayer as we are aware of the challenges we face ahead and know that with a "great cloud of witnesses" we will be able to break through any trials that lay ahead.

Blessings, 

Jon & Lindsay