God is good all the time.
Philippians 4:1 "Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends."
Our family begin the journey to Sisseton a little early. This is our families first trip to Sisseton and our children's, Claudia (8) and Tim (14) first mission trip. We are praying that the Lord will bless many people in Sisseton.
Planning to go to Sisseton, we really wanted to share with our children some important Minnesota/Dakota history. Our family was able to pack up and drive to Mankato, Mn. on Monday morning. We found the memorial site for the 1862 Dakota conflict and on the site is a Public Library. This was a very sad memorial of the 38 Dakota warriors who were sentenced to death. After the conflict, changes that occurred included the exile of the Dakota people from the state of Minnesota.
The first memorial reconciliation ceremony sponsored by Native Americans was held in Mankato November 5, 1978.
On the site of one of the memorials is a public library. Tim and Claudia were able to find books to check out and then can return in Rochester.
In the afternoon, we drove on to Pipestone, Mn. We arrived too late to go into the museum, but explored the trails and the beauty of the Prairie.
We located a beautiful hotel Calumet Inn also known as the St. James on the Prairie.
Our family will arrive in Sisseton this afternoon to meet up with the rest of team 1. We are looking forward to unpacking and settling in for the week. We will be meeting as a team at 8am for a devotions Wednesday with Pastor Richard before we begin.
Prayer requests:
Thank you for prayers for our team and that we work united and under the will of the Lord.
Safe travels for team one today July 26th.
Healing and trusting relationships built.
Joyfully,
Christine Jensen
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