We had our last Release Time today. Our lesson was on Jesus Ascension into Heaven. The verse was I John 2:28....continue in Him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. Last week we had 6 pray to receive Christ and today we had 2. We haven't been giving the invitation each week......and so now after hearing about Jesus all year ---- we felt the need to present it to them. These were kids that were new this year - so it was thrilling to see them accept Christ - and - to see that the ones who did it previously - remembered it!! :)
We had a meeting this past Saturday --- a planning session for Prairie Light Youth Camp. We are making some changes this year.....some out of necessity. With gas at $4.00 or more a gallon and a shortage of buses available - we need to make some cuts. We will be focusing more on the Lakeview School (Release Time) kids and the ones who have faithfully attended camp each year.
The church basement has gotten another repair job almost finished. The walls in the kitchen area were in real bad shape. Those walls were removed and now new drywall (it is called sheet rock out here) has been put up. Vern Walkling and his sons, Matthew and Dakota, were the drywall installers and it is looking good!! A little more "mud" and sanding and then some paint and.......soon we will have the carpet laid. It WILL be finished before camp starts!!! :) :) It is such a wonderful fix....the whole downstairs looks grand!!!!
The Juvenile Detention Center continues to be a joy. There is one young man there right now whose attitude has taken a total turn around. He used to be so negative......now he is full of smiles - like all the time! His prayer requests usually said "hello god I do not no you". Now we saw him write on the poster board we use in the room "we say HI love God". We know that God is at work in his heart. We have also gotten a couple of letters from one of the gals who used to be in the JDC....now in a placement in another town. This is what she added as a p.s. in her last letter ... "The first duty of love is to listen." I guess that is something that we can all remember and ponder....
As to ranch life......many of the herds are out to pasture - or will be soon, although the grass is not very good yet. We need rain badly, and it seems that we watch the heavy clouds go past us. We helped move Dwight's (my cousin) herd this past Tuesday. When the cows and calves can't find each other - they panic! and figure the other one is back there where I last saw her. Well, we lost one cow and 2 calves.......they can hardly move anymore - so tired from this long walk without mama/baby.....and then they can high tail it in the wrong direction literally with their tail held high and running faster than the horse. So it was----but we did make it and then sat on the hill side watching as they SLOWLY paired up. We haven't heard whether or not anymore found their way back thru the fence and the 4 miles to "home".....hope not!
We have one more item to take care of before we head for Michigan. The 7-8th graders (Release Time) were building a bridge out of thin wooden sticks (1/8 inch strips). . . . and Friday we will be going to school to see how much weight they can hold before they destruct. We have 3 bridges to test (they worked on them in pairs) so it won't take too long --- and the teacher gave us permission to come and have a little fun with it.
About supper time here --- so I better get busy!!!
See you soon!
Gary and Barb
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