Requests, Relief, Restructuring

Requests

God has promised that where we are gathered together to worship Him, He will be there. We know this, but it is always good to feel Him there, and this morning worship service was one of those services. God has been good to us, and we have been encouraged when we have new people come, or when some who have come in the past but have not been there for awhile come again. A man who we had not met came a couple Sundays ago, and his friend called me aside this morning after church to request prayer for this man's daughter. She overdosed on a controlled substance early this week and has been in a coma since. He asked us to pray for her, and we will. We would request that you would pray for her and her family, also. We are hoping to go to the hospital and visit her soon.

Relief
Does relief begin with an 'r' or a 'k'? Today it began with a 'k'. The Kalovsky family came and helped us in both services as well as dinner. They gave us a huge lift. As you can see, Lizzie Beth can do well at the piano :) [cute]. They were observing the service this Sunday, as they will be filling in for us next Sunday while we go to a family reunion this week. They have a friendly manner that brings a good response. Both men who came today promised him that they will be back to hear him next Sunday. They brought lunch, and we enjoyed it together. They stayed for the children's service, and all of them helped tremendously. We'd love to talk them into coming real often.

Restructuring

Some willing groups have been holding Sunday afternoon services each Sunday for several months at Lower Brule. God has noted and they will be blessed. The last of these groups has felt that God has released them from Lower Brule, and this leaves us with the full responsibility. We have felt that the best way for us to work with the children is to have Sunday School on Sunday mornings at 10:00 before 11:00 worship service. Some of the adults have expressed a desire to have Bible studies, too, and we hope to have an adult Sunday School as well. This presents some logistics which we will have to try to work out. One: we will need an adult Sunday School teacher who will be willing to take the responsibility for the class. Two: we will need a van if we pick up the children, and we will not reach as many children if we do not bus some of them in. We feel good about this move, and we will trust God to work the logistics out, but we will appreciate if you will pray as we make the change.

This last picture is in the little bus that we borrow from Fort Thompson church. Ray is in the drivers' seat, and the kids are riding everywhere. He loves his job, as you can see.