My family and I are a bit worn out. I had a second round of allergic reaction/food poisoning/gastroenteritis/whatever it is. It was eerily similar--roast beef for supper the night before, early morning onset, 6 hours of complete misery and a day to recover. That was Thursday morning. We then packed and loaded to relocate to our "permanent" housing for the project. Friday and Saturday we traveled to Omaha to be at one neice's graduation and to pick up the other neice who helps us with childcare at Pine Ridge. We found out that the drive from Omaha to Pine Ridge takes about 9 days. [To be fair it took about 7 1/2 hours, and would have taken less if we weren't traveling as a family of 6. In addition some of the scenery was stunning.]
InterVarsity Pine Ridge Global Project update:
We are settled into the basement of Pine Ridge Gospel Fellowship and the students have begun life in the pastor's basement. We enjoyed our first church service today. Annie, one of our students, helped lead worship. We provided a traditional ethnic meal, Swedish meatballs. Of course it isn't the ethnicity of most Pine Ridge residents, but I found out that John, one of the students on the project, is 3/4 Swedish.
Tonight was our first 3 on 3 basketball tournament. We grilled burgers and hot dogs and mixed with the crowd. I played on a team with Rick and Alice (a local girl). The team we played was polite and didn't skunk us. The play is full court, but the court is not full size. I didn't know 3 guys could take up all the space, but our opponents seemed to do that quite efficiently. I contributed very little to our team's effort, but my son was the most vocal fan in the crowd. If he were a little older he would probably have been less excited and more embarrassed.
Life lesson: It's probably time for me to retire from the 3 on 3 circuit and give church league softball another try.
We spent most of the first week in training. Topics included various cross cultural issues, personal witness, the Lordship of Jesus (which included some personal retreat time in the Black Hills). and team building. Tomorrow I'll train students to lead an investigative Bible discussion and we'll begin preparing content for Young Life on Wednesday evening. We'll also begin the process of creating a volleyball court.
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Glad to hear that you made it. Sounds like the trip was a little tedious. Is your family living the church basement again? Are a lot of the same kids around? Faren, Robert, and Art? If you see them, tell them hi for me. I have been praying for you and the team. Keep me updated on the goings on.
Brett H
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