My Summer Home

Hey guys,

Well I have a lot to catch every one up on in such a short time, but let me start off by saying...I hope you check up on this blog and keep us in your prayers:)


I got done with school before I know it and then I took off five days to be with my family and friends in California, and then flew to Minniapolis for a week of training for my job this summer and now I am in Cass Lake, MN for the rest of the summer...some of you might be thinking where the heck is Cass Lake I too did not know until I got here. it is in Northern Minnisota almost Canada actully weve been here for 4 days and it has rained every day. But it has the largest National Forrest and I basiccaly live in the forrest too:) It's very green and beautiful. Right now we are staying at a Small Luthren Church until the High school gets out on friday and then we will be living there for the remainder of the summer. It is suppised to be a very nice facility, for those of you who dont know what it is I am doing for the summer check out Youth Works. Thats the organization I am working with, my job is a the site director, thats right I am the boss!! lol...also just a little side not cass Lake is an Indian reservation, interesting I tell ya.We got here on Friday and let me just tell ya, we got a little lost on the way up. Youht works has given us to lovely cars, a ford pick up truch and a th"big red" also known as the dodge neon. I have three wonderful staff members, Karen, Carlos, and Joe Joe. I love them we have only known eachtoher for a week and so far so goo. Karen and I are so much a like, she has already tought me how to knit, which I ve wanted to learn how to do forever, and she has a big passion for peanut butter like me:) lol...Carlos he cracks me up, he has such a great sence of humor and he is very wise, and then theres Joe I havent raly gotten to know him to well but he seems like a cool cat as well. When we finnaly arrived here at the church, pastor Peter and the sweetest lady in the world Ila were here to greet us, the welcomed us with dinner and hugs. I can already tell that Ila is going to be like our grandmother! Shes so kind she took us on a tour yesterday of the town, oh and by the way the population of cass lake is 850 people and that iss including the snowbirds that come in every year. We attended a pow wow today, which was quite the cultural experience they did native dances in a ll there regella, and it was kind of like a fair with food stands and things for sale, I bought a beautiful necklace for only $2. Ila had us over for dinner with Pastor Peter and we watched the NBA basketball playoff game tonight. Over all it was a very nice day....

There is a very noticable differince between the two parts of the town, half caucasian and the other half native, and on the native side is where you see the most poverty. Gods gonna rock our worlds this summer and I can't wait for the molding process, please contine to pray that we would remember why we are here and not get caught up in the "work".