Not long ago one of our staff members was driving to a conference and had nearly reached his destination when the vehicle suddenly broke down. So he did what most any person would do in this kind of situation - called for help and found some shade nearby to shield him from the hot sun. And he did one more thing. He prayed and asked God to help him make the most of the situation by allowing him to be a witness for Him. Eventually the towing service arrived, picked up the vehicle and took it to a repair shop about twenty minutes up the road, toward the location of the conference. And our staff member rode alongside in the tow truck.
Thank you to all of the friends of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries who have prayed for the ministry and supported us financially. It is only through your prayers and financial support that RHM is able to carry out the mission of sharing Jesus with those who do not know Him.
As the second half of 2009 begins, we are becoming more aware of the vast ministry opportunities that God is laying before RHM. The available ministry opportunities seem to only be limited by the available workers and available finances. In today's economic environment, many of you who are reading this may be out of work or have seen your resources diminished by the fall in the stock market. Many of you have limited funds to help support the ministry causes you would like to support. Even if you do not have the financial ability to support our ministry, we need you as a prayer warrior. Prayers will carry us through the battlefield.
The 2009 outreach to Native American young people is underway!
Over 600 warriors representing more than 70 different nations gathered at the one-of-a-kind Warrior Leadership Summit (WLS) discipleship conference. The majority of these Native young people described the conference as life-changing. Some began a relationship with Jesus, while others committed to serve Jesus and share Him with others back home.
As the march of non-Native people spread across the continent, each tribe had to decide how they were going to respond. Some tribes that our On Eagles' Wings team went to one summer used a vivid word picture to capture the choice their people faced. They talked about the two canoes. They said there were two canoes on this river that divided the world of their people from the world of these new people who had come. One canoe was the ways of the Indian people, the other canoe the ways of the white people. And, as the elders would say, you could not have a foot in each canoe. You had to choose your canoe.
