Last week in Warm Springs

Here is the video from our last team week in Warm Springs.  This past week was our third, and final week serving on the Warm Springs Reservation, and I don't know if it could have gone any better.  Many one week teams come to the reservation and never really get a glimpse of the overall impact that the ministry has had or is having.  But, that was not the case for this team which consisted of individuals from Alabama, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Washington.  There were 34 team members in all, and they came together and painted 3 classrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 Activity Room, 50 yards of interior hallway and about 100 yards of the exterior of the Early Childhood Education Center.  30 gallons of paint was used in total, and used well!  On Wednesday night the entire team was invited to a family night cookout at the ECEC.  And on Friday, the staff of the ECEC put on a special Pow-Wow for the team.  They did all of this to say thank you for the work that was done and the love that was poured out on the kids during our time there.  This was a glimpse into the beauty of Native American Culture that many teams don't have the opportunity to see.  Other team members braved the heat all week as they re-roofed two bathrooms at the public baseball fields next to the community center.  


Jess and I are sad that our time in Oregon has come to a close, but we trust that the Lord will continue to move in and through all of those we had the privilege to love and serve this summer.  Enjoy this last video from our video intern, Anna Grace Hodge.  She continues to capture the beauty and the brokenness that we come in contact with on a day to day basis, and we are thankful for her God given ability to do so.