Things that made us smile today...

* watching the shadows of morning clouds racing across the fields 

 * Looking across the campus -

and knowing our Emmanuel Youth are in the building right down the driveway; 

a building made possible with funds from Emmanuel parishioners

in honor of Susie Skinners retirement.

 *Seeing the sign for the building, 

designed and fabricated by Andy Ruhlin,

a founding member of the Adult Mission trip,

and a beloved friend of us all.

 *Missioners who shop, cook 

 - and keep our bodies healthy and strong!

 *Looking at the HFH buildings on campus, 

knowing we've been a part of their mission since its inception.

 *For the health and healing of our friend, 

Dorothy (here with her husband, Ray);

someone who fell in love with this area 

and has been serving here faithfully

for decades.

 *ripping wood

 *painting, not scraping

 * talking friends out of 'taking the fast way down'!

* being on the other side of the house -
and not having to have a 'sing along' with Nancy

 * a half day of work, so we can explore the reservation

* knowing that the new windows we purchased
and are installing
will keep snow out of the women's bathroom this winter!

 * watching the mist and fog over across the fields

 * seeing wonderful new HFH office staff,

Elizabeth,

 knowing she and Lauren will soon begin to process the 600 pending applications

of people wanting and needing homes on Rosebud.

* St James Chapel

The Rosebud Episcopal Mission was established in 1875 on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation 

in south-central South Dakota, the home of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate (The Burnt Thigh Nation). 

*Knowing that long before the reservation system was established,

long before St James was built (1912),

God was here with his Lakota people.