Children of the Plains

I have recently become involved with One Nation Walking Together. This upstanding organization is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of Native Americans living on reservations and urban areas. If you missed it, watch ABC's A Hidden America: Children of the Plains with Diane Sawyer, filmed on the Pine Ridge Reservation. It's 41 minutes - so relax with a cup of coffee and enjoy.


I have obtained some tags to put on your key-ring for donations from Albertson's grocery store.  Every time you shop at Albertson's, have them scan this tab and 1% of your bill will be donated to this organization.
You can request them from their website and they will mail you some.  They sent me several of them to share with friends.

We are working with different Native American Nations to help them with some of the same things but also we are trying to help evangelize their people.  My husband and I help build churches where needed and also participate in evangelism efforts.

Jackie and some members from our church along with members from other churches in the area will be going to Jay, OK next week to help finish a new church for the Native Americans there.  Please keep them in your prayers.

When is a Child too Young?

This is an article from a Child Evangelism article called NET WORK

written by

SHIRLEY WISNER

What would you say to a parent

who she says her child, is too young to

be saved and therefore insists you

do not deal with her child? And what

would you do if during the invitation

this child raises his hand?

- A. C., Jacksonville, Florida

If this child raises his hand for

salvation, I would deal with him just

as I do with any other child, but I

would assure the mother that no pres-

sure is put upon the child about these

matters - that decisions are purely

voluntary.

Ask her to come and visit the class

and see for herself what is going on.

If she is a Christian, she will want

her child to be saved when she thinks

he is old enough. Perhaps she will

see as she sits in the class that when

the lesson is visualized, making the

way of salvation so clear, that even

little children can respond and know

what they are doing.

Take the mother to God's Word -

the very words of the Lord Jesus in

Mark 10:14-"suffer [let] the little

children to come unto me, and forbid

them not. . . ." Ask if she punishes

her child for doing wrong. Then

show her James 4:17, pointing out that

the Bible says that not to do right

when one knows what right is, is sin.

Try to get her to see that when her

child is old enough to knowingly do

wrong - to sin - he is old enough to

savingly believe.

If the mother is not saved you may

have opportunity to lead her to the

Lord, using the same simple technique

that you use with the children. (Your

prayer partners can help here.)

Let the mother feel your love for

her and her child, that you want only

God's best for the child, and that you

are sure she wants that, too. Assure

her that you do not want the child

to make a false profession any more

than she wants it, but neither would

you want to stand in his way.

Many testify that they were turned

against the church and the things of

God because they were pushed aside

when they wanted to come at an

early age. Knowing how prone we

are to think the child too little, God

clearly warns against this in Matthew

18:6. He also admonishes, "Despise

not one of these little ones." Despise

means to push aside and count of no

value.

My Comments:

With prayerful consideration,

the mother should be able

to accept that her young child

 is able to understand

what is being presented to him

and willfully, voluntarily

come to the saving knowlege

of Jesus Christ.