Ya at eeh abini.
(Navajo morning greeting, unfortunately without punctuation!) Blessings and
greetings from New Mexico on this last day of our vacation Bible school. What
an amazing time this has been! The Lord has truly come before us; our fears of
not having anyone come to the church for the programs and fellowship have been
blown away by the ever-present desert wind. We have been amazed at the types of
“challenges” that we faced: scrambling to make more food, find more chairs and
provide more supplies! Our God has been working mightily, and the people here
are hungry for nourishment of many sorts. They are often waiting for us when we
arrive, even though the meals aren’t to start for a half hour. They are
reluctant to leave, asking if they can help just to be able to stay at the church
with us. They are sharing their time, their expertise in crafts and cooking,
their very lives with us, and we are so blessed. We have had an average of 30
children these last 3 days, and most have some type of familial relationship
with the other participants.
Each day different adults come and stay, perhaps
thinking they will just drop off their children, but God has other plans. They
converse with us, do the crafts that the children do, learn about Jesus and
usually eat! We are so grateful to be
developing relationships with the folks here, and are eager to see how the Lord
grows us all as we continue on this spiritual journey together. We have a
bonfire tonight and, if the weather holds, a wonderful time of star gazing and
exploration with Mr. Frank. Tomorrow consists of service projects at the church
and some home visitation with Pastor Tim before some free time for
sight-seeing. Sunday we’ll worship with our new friends at Shepherd of the
Valley, and pray for their own VBS which starts Monday! We’re all so grateful
for your prayers; thank you for sending us with full hearts, open arms and lots
of supplies! We are ever aware of our OSLC family constantly praying for us,
interceding, blessing. We are so thankful to have you all with us in spirit.
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all of the members of
the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.” (1 Corinthians
12:12)
Blessed to be in
Christ with you,
Dawn
