We Are Here!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have arrived at our destination! At about 6:30 pm local time, the vans rolled past the welcome sign at Eagle Bay. We were eagerly greeted by the Director and Assistant Director, John and Chad, with a wonderful meal of grilled chicken and baked mac and cheese. Today we also celebrated Zane's 24th birthday. The van ride today was another long one but was weathered well by the LCMs. We left the hotel in Fargo around 9am. The total time in the vans accumulated to be about 7 and half hours. We lost some time crossing the boarder but God was faithful and saw us across. We also encountered some snow in northern North Dakota through the boarder crossing. But about an hour north of the boarder the weather lifted and had a very smooth trip to our destination. I think everyone is excited to be here and see where God is working and how we can partner with the ministry that already exists here. But John laid out some pretty bleak statistics for us about the demographics that live in the surrounding area. Christ reminds us in His word that He is the Light of the world and that he came to save the lost. Tonight I fall to my knees asking God to empty me of myself and my peers of themselves. So that we might be a beacon to lost here, that the Holy Spirit might shine ever more brightly through us . There is a hopelessness that shrouds this area, bleak and suffocating. May God use us like a refreshing breeze. Pray also, with me, that Satan would not have a foothold among us. We are in a battle. We threaten his very existence and hold on these people. Let us fight. Not of our own strength but of God's. That in our brokenness, in our inability to do--that God's power would be made perfect in our weakness (2Cor. 12:9-10) Tomorrow we will find out more about the ministry here at Eagle Bay and the specifics to our service here. We closed out the evening with a time of group worship. As our voices faded I closed my eyes, envisioning the Father bending close to catch the very last, wavering note. May God continue to bend His ear towards in the coming days.

Emily for the LCM Team