Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I find I need time to write and re-write, and time has been in short supply lately. While this isn’t as introspective as I would like, it’s an update on what’s happening here. Will hopefully have more soon!
Hello Westwood family! It’s been a busy summer so far and next week will keep up the trend. We have a group from Washington state coming in to help Pablo Baptist minister at the Lake County 4-H fair held in Ronan (about 10 minutes south of Pablo). From my understanding, the fair is something the Mitchells were thinking about dropping because they weren’t really reaching and making contacts with people, specifically natives. That has begun to change the last 2 years however. Couple that with its close proximity to Pablo and fairly large amount of tribal housing, and it becomes a good place to try and establish significant relationships for future ministry and missions.
As I have been asking most of the summer, pray that God would put recognizable people of peace in our paths for next week and into the future. Pray for the strengthening of existing relationships as well as the establishing of new ones. Pray for safe travels for the Washington team as well as our safety next week. Pray that this would not only be a week of ministry but also a week of missions. Pray the Mitchells, Westwood leadership, and I would seek and be confident in the direction God is leading in this work. Pray for a unified vision. But above all, pray that God himself would do a mighty work on the Flathead Reservation.
On a personal note, when Adam, Sarah and Ethan left last week, I realized I had been going for 19 days straight without a break. I am someone who needs a break. I was tired. This also got me out of what had become a fairly decent routine (at least as routine as things are likely to get here). As a result, this has been a hard week. Pray that I would find rest and some semblance of routine for the next week and a half. Pray that I would seek God and be filled. On the bright side, needing a break helped ease the sadness of having to see 2 Westwood teams filled with people I love departing. But even as I type this, I find myself getting a bit misty eyed.
Will you also pray that God would send local harvest workers to Pablo Baptist Church. Pray for natives Vickie, Tiffany, Warren and their respective families. They are connected to the church. Pray that God would work in each life as needed.
Thank you for the prayers for the Flathead people, the Mitchells and myself! May God allow us to see the effects and results of those prayers.
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