Archive for May, 2008

Who’s idea was this anyway?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

True Story.
Last week, I was putting our four-year-old Asha to bed and after we finished praying for our friends in the desert (Its a lot easier to explain a desert than an Indian Reservation - think about it), Asha shared with me.
“I think I had an idea that was not very good.” She said, sheepishly. […]

Thanks Chris

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I confess, I didn’t remember this story at all. When I asked Chris to take a look at our new blog, he responded with a reference from the following passage from 1 Chronicles 14:13-17.
Once more the Philistines raided the valley; so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go straight up, […]

Where ya headed?

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Lots of folks have asked where we are going. So here is an aerial view of White Swan courtesy of Google Maps. You can zoom out and move around to see more of White Swan and the Reservation. White Swan is just one of four towns in the Yakama Indian Reservation.

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You can even […]

Partnerships

Monday, May 19th, 2008

With thanks to our pastor, Joel Treik and his Spirit-inspired teaching Sunday morning.
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica […]

Rustlings?

Monday, May 19th, 2008

It has been mentioned that Rustlings might be an unfortunate title for our blog, as we are moving out west where cattle thieves are immortalized in the western films of the 50s and 60s.
We are not moving to the Yakama Indian Reservation to become rustlers but to be rustled… I’ll explain:
The name originally came to […]