Dear Friends and Family,
The past few months have been a whirlwind of
activities with our state slowly beginning to open back up. If you’ve followed
my updates over the past year, you know the immense changes we’ve had to make
as a ministry. Yet, in the midst of those changes God was faithful to keep our
ministry fruitful. Creating a trend of success and growth in our outreach that
has remained evident into the new year. After a momentary setback at the end of
2020, we were finally able to start holding in person services again. Although our
attendance has been smaller, the blessings of getting to worship again can not
be overstated. Furthermore, we started holding Children’s church last month. Honestly,
I had forgotten how sweet it is to teach scripture to our kids. Starting back right
around Easter was an absolute gift from God as we got to tell the kids how much
God loves them in such a clear manner. In a time of such uncertainty, we got to
cement the lengths at which God goes to keep His promises and how far He went
to keep His ultimate promise. 
Speaking of Easter! We also got the green light to do
our annual Easter egg hunt. After skipping it last year it was amazing to see
all the giant smiles and hear the laughter from our kids as they ran around our
property searching for candy filled eggs.
Despite our state opening more we still weren’t able to
have our normal spring teams (as was expected) so we got to do another round of
kids club deliveries. Many kids and parents alike jumped right into our
ridiculous antics as they remembered all the craziness, we had last summer during
the deliveries. Our helper’s alien costumes were a big hit and brought a lot of
laughter. Additionally, we’ve been doubling down on our efforts to find ways to
remain present in the community and love on our kids in their own neighborhoods.
One such way is Bookin It, our mobile library. Run by one of our own youth,
Bookin It aims to bring books every week right to the housing projects we serve
in. As has become normal in my life now, my expectations for this outreach were
blown out of the water. Multiple children started bringing their books back
regularly to trade back and receive new ones. Their bright yellow book bags
became a beacon that they had remembered us and were looking forward to getting
new books. Sometimes they would bring those yellow bags to events we hadn’t
even planned to bring Bookin It to. On one such instance, while doing deliveries
a child brought his book to me. After I told him we weren’t here with the library
but instead to give out Kids Club goody bags, he seemed slightly disappointed. But
he was quickly cheered up by the knowledge that the very next day we’d be in
his neighborhood with our mobile library. It’s truly been amazing to see the
overwhelming response the kids have had to the library.
Prayer Requests
I’m quickly approaching my three year anniversary of
moving to the Rez, (May 2021). Honestly, it has felt as though time has stood still
while I’ve lived here. Like I just left Florida yesterday. At the same time, I
do notice that my roots in WA have grown substantially. As is the way with growing
up and cementing my feet more as it were. I find myself needing more support.
For the beginning years I’ve made do with whatever I’ve gotten from my generous
supporters. But as I look to the future it becomes apparent that I need to
raise more funds to sustain my living here. Expenses like health insurance and
saving towards renting/buying my own place means I need to stabilize and grow
my base support levels. If you already support me, I can’t thank you enough and
am not asking you to double up on your support or anything. Instead, I’m asking
for prayer that I can find new donors and that God will open more doors. Please
pray.
Also, please pray for the summer. We are still
figuring out if we’ll be able to hold our normal summer teams and kids club
programs. Please pray for wisdom on our part in deciding and safety for either outcome.
God has a plan for this summer and no matter what happens He will accomplish
it.
Blessings,
Trey
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