Currently Listening to: “Undone” by Lifehouse
Wow, a week has passed since I’ve had time to write. It has been a whirlwind so far. We’ve met great people and look forward to many visits with all of them. I’ve learned much about the Lakota tribe and their culture. So many people have been such a help to us. Our housing site, Hands of Faith, and its owner, Curtis, have been the best. Curtis and his guys have been working nonstop to get this place ready for 70+ people every week. Here are a couple snapshots that happened this week:
- Went to PR Gospel Fellowship and met all great people including Leon, Joey, Mark and Julie, Henry, and others. Mark and Julie bought us pizza at Pizza Hut.
- Didn’t take a shower for 5 days because we didn’t have working showers. Washed my hair in the sink on Sunday for church.
- Still waiting to get to wash some clothes. Getting down to the last couple of reserve clothes to wear.
- Dogs run around this town like a foreign country. I didn’t want to get attached to the dogs, so I call them all Ralphie, with an adjective describing them before. Here are some of the dogs: Cripple, Yellow, Whitefoot, Golden, Skinny, Starving (RIP), Chipper, Wolf, Old, Gray, and many, many more. Yellow Ralphie is my favorite and comes to me when I call her name.
- Guy and I hit a dog in our rental car. We hit it’s hindlegs going 60+ mph. He had to file a police report and rental car accident report per YouthWorks request. He got laughed at while in the Tribal Police Station for reporting this. A shady process was had, since they made him write the report and then “copied” it and gave him the original.
- We gave our crew names the names of random countries. They include: United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan, Djibouti, Samoa, Liechtenstein, and Suriname. Different, but better than Orange Buffaloes…
- Been seeing a lot of rain and storms here, which is strange and different for this area according to the contacts.
- Our evening activities include: Buffalo Feed, Wounded Knee, Community Cookout, and possibly seeing some Tribal Dancers. This Tuesday we will be going to a giant pow-wow.
- Friday, our Area Director came to help us shop @ Wal-Mart and our site spent over $2,400! Later that night one other site came to help with early bird week and Saturday two other sites joined us. Tomorrow, we start with our first week!
That’s all I can think for now. We are going to watch “Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee” for historical background. Night!
Finished while Listening to: “One” by U2
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