Sunday. There is no better day to run around Rosebud looking for a pastor and his church. Especially when one has just moved out to the reservation, as Jonny, Stephen, and I have just done. It can teach you a lot of things, and it can be a great way to meet people you wouldn't otherwise have met that day. That's pretty much what happened today.
This morning I woke up early to eat breakfast and do devotionals. Even though that might seem a little redundant, I like personal time with my Devotional by Ozwald Chambers and my Bible, no matter how good the pastor is at the church I am attending.
Jonny, Stephen, and I were out of the door by 10am to find a pastor by the name of Andrew Utecht. I was told that has holds three different church services on Sunday's-- one in Valentine, one in Rosebud, then one in Parmalee-- so we decided to try to go to the one in Rosebud cause it was closest to where we are living.
While I was with Greg yesterday, I had asked him where Utecht's church was and he gave me directions that I thought I was sure of, but we soon found out I was rather confused about what Greg was talking about. He had told me that there was a church near the police station in Rosebud, and since I had just ran around Rosebud trying to find Eric earlier this week, I thought I knew exactly where that was. There must be two police stations.
We ended up walking into a catholic service that was serving some delicious smelling food in an effort to find Utetch. Everybody was staring at us, but that did not phase me. I walked straight up to the priest, who was standing behind the food table, and introduced myself. I don't remember his name now that I think of it, but it was pretty far of off from Andrew.
Once I realized we were in the wrong place, I asked him if he knew of a Pastor Utecht in the area. He did, and he was kind enough to give us directions. All along we were told by Greg to look for an older church building, and that's the one Utecht is in, but there are also two of those in Rosebud. Who knew?
We made our way into the Rosebud Luthern Church almost right on time, so getting lost didn't become too awkward for us. We met a guy by the name of Chip on our way in, and before the service started, Utecht was greeting the families there and he asked what brought us to his church, so we were able to introduce ourselves to him, which was pretty cool.
The church service was unlike anything I've ever been to before. I've been to Catholic services, Lutheran services, and my church which is an Evangelical Free service, so if I had to describe the type of church service that this was closest to, I would have to say it was a sort of mix between my church and a Lutheran church. Not bad at all.
Afterwards, we went down to Saint Francis to try to find some of the people in charge of the Community Center there, but to no avail. Then we stopped at a house on the border of Two Strike to try to find the lady in charge of Two Strike's community center, but we couldn't find her either. 0 for 2. Next time we'll get 'em.
Grocery shopping needed to happen so we grabbed a couple things there, then Jonny and I ran down to Valentine to pick up a pair of boots for him. They were too expensive so that was unfortunate. But it was solid bonding time, and we listened to some pretty great music on the way down and back. Can't complain.
When we got back Emily still wasn't home, so Jonny, Stephen, Laura, and I decided to throw around the frisbee for a while. I played horribly. But it was a lot of fun for the hour or so that we were out. The wind just got to be too much and everybody was hungry, so it was time to make dinner. Laura made chili, which was amazing! Then Emily got back and we all enjoyed a dinner together.
After dinner, we had to develop a devotional for LJ Week. That was a pretty intense process. It took us quite a few hours because we had a lot of stuff to go over. Developing a theme, scripture to go along with the theme, questions to encourage reflection, and so forth with five unique individuals is a challenging process, but it was very much worth it.
We all had the opportunity throw ideas out and collectively decide how we wanted to shape this devotional which really exploited our skills in teamwork, communication, and critical thinking. I hope the devotional is good, and people actually learn something from it during Lj Week because pulling five minds together into one five-day devotional was quite the feat, I think.
That's about it. Bed time soon. Tomorrow is my first day working with Eric! It should be sweet. Thanks for reading once again. Have a great night!
Until tomorrow,
Brenden
Things I learned today:
1. How to spell Pastor Utecht's last name.
2. Where Pastor Utecht's church is located.
3. Jonny can do 20 pull ups, while I can do significantly less...
4. Proverbs. The entire book.
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