The Journey 2009: Homeward Bound

Greetings to all of the friends and prayer partners of the Two-Wheeled Explorer,

There is so much to write and so much to process. I have seen and experienced much that has changed the way I think about missions, and how I believe we will do this kind of a trip in the future. I have seen God at work in the hearts of the Yankton and Lower Brule Sioux.

I have met some wonderful, amazing people, both Native American and white, and heard some awesome testimonies. I met a neat retired gentleman who travels from event to event doing prayer ministry. I've seen other people who have traveled hundreds of miles to get outside of their comfort zone and help those in need. I have seen the need, first hand, as I did a "Prayer Ride" across the Yankton Reservation. And I know that I will be back.The Sioux Nation is my new Karelia. (Of course, if God opened the door for me to go back to Petrozavodsk and rural Karelia, I would go. I love Northwestern Russia and her people.) Right now this is the direction where I am called and I will go back, hopefully with a team that will do "Prayer Rides and Practical Ministry". (Our new theme.) For as many as three days before the Day in the Park, people from as far away as Florida set about the task of painting, rebuilding, plumbing, lawn care, even traveling hundreds of miles to find as many children's school backpacks as possible, as far away as Sioux Falls. And I've seen the joy in the faces of over 350 Native children when they received their very own backpack, filled with school supplies.

We have been invited to return. We have been invited by a Native American youth pastor with a very stirring testimony, to do a Prayer Ride across the Lower Brule Reservation, in addition to the Yankton Rez again. We have been invited to hammer nails, paint walls and pray for those who are in need...and there are many.The third week of July 2010. Put it on your calendar now, and pray about it. I'm coming back here, and I hope you will be with me.

I'm at home now, after a short stop at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center across the Missouri River from Yankton. (That would be Nebraska.) As I said, there is much to process, much to write about, and I will post it to this blog as I do so.Thank you all for your prayers and your support.

I am proceeding on...

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