NEBRASKA 2006
Since we last emailed you we have been to Niobrara, Nebraska to the Ponca tribe, the one hundredth tribal community and 35th state visited. We were directed to the chairman's office. We read the message to a Santee-Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe women. She thanked me. Walked cross to Ponca museum and cultural center and read the message to cultural director. Walked a little further and a lady from the newspaper stopped us and took our picture and interviewed us. I hope it will be published. Praise the Lord Jesus.
We also delivered the message to several people at the Santee Sioux office in Santee NE, The Omaha tribe in Macy, NB, the Winnebago tribe in Winnebago NB, the Iowa tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. There we were able to deliver the message to the tribal chairman in the reception area. He was humbled and thanked us and shook Steve's hand. God Bless the Iowa tribe. We then went to the Sac & Fox tribe of Missouri at Reserve Kansas and was able to share and pray with several people. Then at the Kickapoo Nation, in Horton Kansas we also ran into several people we prayed and shared with. So much pain many deaths and illnesses to pray for. There we also ran into some ladies from the tribe that where Jehovah Witnesses, Father, Bless Them with Your Son Jesus. My they prosper with all good things that begin with You.
We are still trying to outrun the cold weather, but not very successful
at that. We are enjoying a much need rest in Jay, OK in an
RV Park at the Grand Lake, tomorrow we go on to Steve's oldest daughter's for a visit. More later

On our way to Pine Ridge there was a Native couple walking towards the direction of the town in the cold, but we were still about twenty miles from town. We drove past and the Lord told me to turn around and see if they needed a ride. Sure enough they did and we all squished into the truck. One thing led to another and we told them what we do and learned about them. Their names were Rod and Henryetta and they needed some money for food, so we helped them. This was on Columbus Day, but in South Dakota they celebrate Native American Day.
SOUTH DAKOTA 2006
It seemed rather appropriate that we would show up on the Lakota Sioux Rez with this message on this day. Our bumper sticker on the truck says Indians discovered America. We talked to several people as we walked through town. The last two men we talked to were very burdened down with heartache of life. The one man looked older that his hears and the Lord gave me a word for him, that Jesus wanted to restore his youth. Another lady said she had heard of us before. This is not the first time we have heard this. We heard it on the Black feet Rez in Mt and at Fort Hall, ID. Let God be glorified and Jesus be lifted up. Father, recover, heal, prosper and save the people of Pine Ridge reservation.

We visited our friends in Nez Peirce reservation in Lapwai,ID. They prayed with us and blessed our ministry with a love offering. On to Montana
MONTANA 2006
At the Crow Agency, MT when we first starting walking the cross a Christian Native American lady stopped us with a warning about the shaman and a asked to pray with Steve.
We then walked to the offices and Steve shared with five people and also the receptionist. She gave Steve two dollars for water. God Bless her and the Crow Nation with prosperity, hope, and Jesus. I need to send each set of pictures separately, so more will follow.

The Nez Perz Indian Reservation Lapwei,Idaho visit#1
Shoshone-Bannock(Fort Hall)Indian reservation Blackfoot, Idaho visit#2
Paiute-Shoshone(Duck Valley) Indian Reservation Duck Valley, Nevada visit#3
Confederated Tribes of The Grande Ronde-representing twenty Tribes from Western Oregon and northern california:which include The Rogue River, Umpqua, Chasta, Kalupuya, Molalla, Salmon river, Tillamook, and Nestucca Indians visit#4
Siletz Indian reservation Siletz, Oregon visit#5
Windriver Reservation Fort Washaukie, Wyoming-Shoshone visit#6
Quechan(Fort Yuma)Indian reservation Yuma, Arizona visit#7
Cocopah Indian reservation Somerton, Arizona visit#8
Morongo Indian reservation-representing the Cuhuilla,Serrano, Cupeno, and Chemuevi tribes. Banning,ca visit#9
Colorado River reservation-representing the Mohave, Chemuevi, Hopi, and the Navajo tribes. Parker, Arizona visit#10
Mohave Indian reservation(Fort Mohave) Needles,ca visit#11
Tohono O Odham Nation Sells,az visit#12
return visits to the Nez Perz and the Shoshone-Bannock
CouerDAlene Indian reservation Plummer, Idaho visit#13
Spokane Indian reservation Willpinit, Washington visit#14
Colville Indian reservation Nespolem,wa visit#15
Quinalt Nation Taholah,Wa visit#16
Ramona Indian reservation Anza, ca visit#17
Cahuilla Indian reservation Anza,ca visit#18
Santa Rosa Rancheria(Cahuilla) visit#19
Agua Caliente Indian reservation Desert Hot Springs,ca visit#20
Cabazon indian reservation Indio,ca visit#21
Torres-Martinez Indian reservation Coachella,ca visit#22
San Carlos Apache Indian reservation San Carlos,az visit#23
Salt River Pima-Mariposa Indian reservation community Scottsdale,az visit#24
Tonto Apache Indian reservation Payson,az visit#25
White Mountain Apache Indian reservation Whiteriver,az visit#26
Zuni Indian reservation Zuni,New Mexico visit#27
Navajo Indian Nation Window Rock,az visit#28
Ute Indian Nation Towaoc,Colorado visit#29

August 9,2003 We left for the Spokane Tribe in Willpinit,WA. Our first contact was with a man at the waste disposal sight. We spoke God's message and He received it very well, and as many people have told us, he said that he wished there were more people who felt as we did. He told us that there was an evangelistic event going on in town. He suggested that we meet with them. We ent on into town and began praying for God's wishom and He spoke to us and told us to go to the meeting which was called "Youth Explosion". We found the tribal campground and approached the leaders. We shared with them our purpose and they were very encouraged by what God had sent us to do. They asked us to stay and have lunch. We said that we would come back after we walked the cross.

During our Washington trip in August 2003 a young couple was camped next to us. The Lord told me that he was Native American. I shared the message with him and then discovered that he was a born again Christian from Puyalup, WA. He had not been talking to the Lord and we were able to encourage him. We prayed together. We will go there someday to his tribe and share this message, or maybe this contact with him was the contact with his tribe.

This was the first reservation we walked the cross on a year ago, last spring. Our second visit was to come here for Colleen Lupe's 70th birthday party. It was such an honor to be invited back to the reservation for that. See the photo album for more on that.We had hoped to see Colleen, but she was in South Dakota for a conference. We stopped and visited with Olivia Jackson, her daughter. We prayed for her and went on the road.

This was a very small town with a store and corner tribal offices. Not many Native Americans living there. We had three encounters. The first was a man who stopped and said that he was a believer. He was a real blessing as we had had many obstacles getting there. I was the first crosswalk on a reservation, this trip. We had almost had a fire in the truck, our map had fallen down between the shell and the cab and almost was smoldering when we stopped for ice at a convenience store. Anyway the man prayed for us and gave us a bottle of water with scriptures printed on the label, which was pretty cool because I had given out cold water in the parks in the the past with a tract I had written attached to them. Having it printed right on the label was pretty cool. The second encounter, we talked to a Couer D'Alene man who was very drunk. We shared the message and only God knows if he received it. The third encounter, we were walking back to the truck and a lady was standing at the store across the street. She saw me wlaking the cross and she sort of pranced back and forth and waved at me in a childlike manner and then turned the corner at the store. Later I was recaping this to Debra and I made the comment that maybe she had been an Angel. I might never know, but the Holy Spirit came over me when I said this. I do know that this day was a hard one and we received encouragement that we really needed in spite of what seemed like no success. God sent his messangers to encourage us and tell us to keep going, your doing what I want you to do.

The Mohave Reservation, Needles CA
We walked through a small communty that surrounded the Tribal offices. We shared with two ladies who were getting out of their car. This was another situation when at first they were reluctant, but when we were through they were happy and thankful that a message such as this was being delivered. We delivered our message to the receptionist at the Tribal Office and started walking out of the community. A Christian came by and cncourage us and thanked us for coming.

Cocapah Reservation, South of Yuma,AZ
A very spread out reservation. We drove south thinking we were headed toward the tribal offices. We learned that the reservation is divided into three communities; the north, the east, and the west. As God orders our path we took a series of turns and wound up in a very poor north community. We started praying as we felt the oppression and hopelessness very strong there. I saw a man walk past us, as we slowly drove by. His face was scarred and he was very sad. As we came to the end of the street the Lord told me to go back. I stopped the truck near him and told him why I had come, he agreed to listen. I read the message of apology and he thanked me. We drove away with our hearts in prayer for this man's future. We drove on and found the west communty, which contained the Communty Center, Museum and Tribal offices. We started at the other end in a neighhood that circled around and came back to the Community Center. As we prayed and walked the cross, with "Broken Walls" by Jonathan Miracle of the Hohawk, playing on the boombox, a young man came up to us. He asked what we were doing and I read the letter to him. He said that he had heard of Jesus before. I asked if he wanted to hear more. He did and he accepted Jesus the Son of God and invited Him to live in his heart. We embraced as brothers and he had to go. Seven children ages seven to twelve were watching and listening very closely. We asked them if they wanted to know Jesus the Savior. They also wanted to invite Him to live in their hearts. They all together invited Jesus to be their friend and live in their hearts and be with them always. We talked to people at the Communty Center and we also kneeled and prayed for the Cocopah tribe at the Tribal offices. We were very thankful to Jesus for the privalege to be here among these wonderful people. This was a good moment.