I’ve found these last few months, (honestly these last few years) very difficult and despairing. With all the changes to life and the trials we’ve been put through during COVID, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we the church were struggling to maintain the community and keep lifting those around us up to Christ; and yet still I found myself shocked and heartbroken knowing that there were so many others like myself who have been falling away from the Lord and His church. I thought a change of pace would help, perhaps moving to a different state, trying different churches, surrounding myself with the different communities would cure me of my stagnancy, but I can say after some months that "change of pace" does little to quell the spiritual burdens of the heart. Going into this mission trip, I wasn’t sure how the Lord was going to use me or what He would reveal, but I came into it with such desperation for a new perspective and for the Lord to soothe my hardened heart. Praise the Lord for providing me with this and so much more during my few days on the Chanku Wastè Ranch. Who knew somewhere so barren and desolate like the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation could provide me with so much encouragement and hope.

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