I've been here for a week and it's been busy. We've finished orientation and have done a lot of team building and we've come together very well. Wednesday, we all took a trip together to Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge, had a picnic, saw Multnomah Waterfall, hiked into an isolated canyon and waterfall, and ate fresh salmon with Jack Spencer. Jack comes to the Tuesday Bible Study and is a full-time hunter/fisherman. It was great getting to visit with him and hear his stories. The salmon he caught for us was AMAZING.
On Tuesday night, we had the weekly Bible Study at the Longhouse and I helped lead a group of 4 10-12 year old boys with coloring, crafts, a word search, and maze focused on Paul's conversion. The night was amazing and heart-breaking; it was amazing to see what Sacred Road is doing and the impact that work is having. It was also heart-breaking because all of the children came from broken families. Pretty much the entire evening, a little girl played with me, clung to me, hugged me, and was so excited and happy to be there. It made me very happy to be there to love her and sad b/c her family situation is a disaster.
On Friday, we had Kid's Club at Totus Park in White Swan WA and it went very well with maybe 30 children. We spent time playing with them, fed them snacks, and went over the story of David and Goliath.
Next week it kicks into high gear as we'll be roofing and painting a house with the team and we'll get little rest. Pray that we work hard, love much, and lead well.
My thoughts so far: I really love what Sacred Road is doing here in terms of combining both mercy ministry work and church planting. We have a great team with amazing interns and staff. I have a lot of thoughts on this type of ministry and will organize and share them in the future. The ministry has made great inroads into the community and is loving people well.
I'll try to post pictures in the near future.
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Mask for the Tewa (Sun) Kachina of the Hopi & the 2nd Part of My Last Name
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Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seas."
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Mask for the Tewa (Sun) Kachina of the Hopi & the 2nd Part of My Last Name
About Me
- Joshua Tsavatewa
- I'm 32, Hopi, and am in Washington State with Sacred Road Ministries working with children and youth, and whatever other various things arise.
3 comments:
Love your descriptions, I visualize what you are describing and wish I could be there to experience too. I am glad to be a part in a different way and VERY glad that you are there to share your heart with others. When you spoke of the little girl I imagined a little indian girl looking alot like our sissy. I also thought about how happy she must be to know you are involved in the type of work she so longed to be a part of. I know she is with you in spirit and in some way making her prescence known as she was good at doing. Love you lots, miss you bunches, wish you were here but glad you are there. Mow-sa, So-oh and Bear too!
So glad you have this blog so we can pray for you and read how He is completing His work.
If Sacred Road has any specific needs (supplies, etc.), would you share that in a post?
Praying for you in Macon, GA.
Natalie and Dwayne Benson
I just had a VBS meeting and saw your precious brother's name on the list. I'm not sure I've ever told you all how much I adore that precious boy. I'm excited to spend a week with him and seeing how the Lord is working in his young life.
In Him,
Natale
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