A Place to do Bible Study!!!!!

"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10........."Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."Psalm 27:15

Barb and I have been searching and praying for some time for a place to have a Bible Study with kids that have gotten out of the Juvenile Detention Center. We looked at the Veterans Building in Rosebud but it's kind of out of the way and they want $50 a night.

I thought we should get ahold of Ed Parcells and see if he had any ideas. We could not get ahold of him and gave up after a couple of tries. Last night Pastor Tom called and asked how our search was going. "Nothing so far.....we need someone who's favorable toward us." Pastor Tom started to give a few suggestions and then mentioned the name "Ed Parcells" ---- I said, "did you say Ed Parcells?!" Yes! Now with a different phone number we called Ed. He said he has been trying to get ahold of us but had lost our e-mail address and phone number. He was glad we called because the kids that get out of the JDC are still on probation and need to go thru a 12 week program with part of the requirement being "Spiritual Development".

That's us!!! Ed said he would fully endorse our program as the spiritual development requirement. (They could go traditional, or AA....) WOW!! God works in wonderous ways. The program should start in a couple of weeks and that works for us because next week we will be gone to CEF Training in Atkinson, NE.

THANKS FOR THE PRAYERS for a place to do this Bible Study!! We know that you have been praying....because God has answered your prayers and ours!! Now keep praying that we give the right message and in an understandable manner.

If you would keep next weeks CEF Training in your prayers - that would be great. We will be a group of 10 -- 7 of us from the Lakeview area (three adults and 4 young people)and 3 from Sioux Falls. And, of course, many other young people from around Nebraska.

Also keep Prairie Light Youth Camp in your prayers. Plans are being worked on. And there are always those many little things that need to be done. We have the Bible Lessons all planned out....the activities planned.....the songs worked out......a special speaker, Frank Love.....the volunteers to help us...... So things are in pretty good shape --- it's those little things.... like remembering the easel, the paint brushes, the glue, the words for the songs, the camera, the flannel figures, the water jug.............and on and on.

THANKS ! we know you are praying!! :-) Gary and Barb