Day 7

Our last day in Montana :( We started out the morning frantically cleaning up the church so that it would be presentable for church this morning. Once we had strategically stuffed everything into closets and unseen rooms people began to show up and shortly afterwards the service began. Our worship team led us in a few songs and then Sam and Josh went up and shared their testimonies. They did a great job and the Lord was definitely working. Then Ricky got up and gave the message (to our surprise, or else we would have asked you to be praying for him). He spoke about the prodigal son and how Jesus will always welcome anyone into his family. This little explanation does not do Ricky justice. Everyone's attention was on him and he laid it out so clearly. The Holy Spirit was at work. After the service the whole congregation joined us for a potluck lunch and then the kids went outside and played volleyball. Once most of the congregation had left the BPPC youth went to do the last of the service projects. One group went to Cindy's house to finish painting her deck and the second group went back to the family's house to finish rebuilding the tree house. We were done within an hour so we went back to the church to grab a few things, and now we are hanging out at the Pit Stop. Tonight we are having another BBQ at the park and we will be playing ultimate frisbee. The Lord has shown Himself this whole week and we are praying that He will see us through to the very end.

Prayer requests:

• For Jessa, Zach, and Coletin as they share their testimonies tonight
• For our green bus, it is having mechanical difficulties and we're not sure if it will make it all the way home
• For Anthony, a local kid who has been asking a lot of questions about Jesus, that he would accept the Lord
• For Art and Connie and their ministry, that it would continue to be successful even after we leave, and that their youth group would continue to draw kids in.
• A praise for Coletin: He's getting baptized tonight!
• For Miki as she gives a message tonight
• That the kids would stay interested in Jesus after we leave
• For a safe trip home

That's all folks!

Morristown, New Jersey and Shreveport, Louisiana

Signing off, Naomi, Josh, & Emily