Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Back Home

What an amazing experience! What a beautiful journey of Christian walk! We want to thank you for all the prayers; especially the last twenty four hours which had us stuck in the Washington DC area. You lifted us to safety and securing seats on the first flight out of DC after the storm. We are thankful. So much to be shared and to say about this wonderful, transformative experience for many of our young people. Please come and hear about our trip, see pictures and hear testimonies on Sunday June 24th at First Baptist Church of Sharon at our 10:30am service. Keep our brothers and sisters at The Murrow Home in your prayers.
Accompanying the team was a very humbling experience. I am grateful and give glory and honor to God. Peace to all. Pastor Sandra

Monday, May 28, 2012

Bacone College




The Five Civilized Tribes Museum







Christian Memorials

Pastor Carey opened service at Van's Lake Baptist Church on Sunday May 27th welcoming us all in God's house and sacred time with his guitar and booming voice. How quickly the Holy Spirit touched our eyes, ears and hearts as we joined in voices to all the singing to glorify God; being thankful for all the blessings received. How wonderful it was to be in the house of the Lord where children outnumbered adults! How wonderful it was to be in the house of the Lord with God's sons and daughters from all corners of the nation (Creeks, Cherokee, ..) and be the body of Christ, glorifying God's name. Pastor Carey invited us to look at the book of Joshua and understand the symbolism of "memorials." One key question he invited us all to ponder on is "how would our Christian Memorial look like"?
On this Memorial Day, we remember all our service men and women who sacrifice their lives for freedom.
Our mission trip at The Murrow Indian Home will soon come to an end. Our Christian memorials can be seen through the flowers we planted, the hedges we trimmed, the cottages we painted, the lawn we cut. Our Christian memorials could be heard in the moments of laughter we shared with all the children when we  played with water balloons. Our Christian memorials will for ever live in our hearts every time we look at the pictures taken these past few days, and know that each child is a thread in the beautiful Christian quilt embraced by God. A humble honor as a pastor to accompany our team from Massachusetts  and create new Christian memorials in Muskogee. Glory be to God.

Sunday, May 27, 2012