Hopi Reservation 2005

El Paso Kings Kids team brings blessing and encouragement

Kings Kids was blessed again this year to send out a team to the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. This was our second time to go and as we prayed, we felt the Lord would have us go and encourage.

First, we really wanted to encourage the YWAM base leaders and staff.  Some of the ways we were able to do that was by doing some much needed work on their property like building a deck and a brick sidewalk, painting, framing a wash room and installing a swamp cooler in the house.  One of our team members also donated a brand new basketball goal that would give the staff some R and R options out in the barren Arizona desert. Even just getting to worship, pray and minister with them was also an encouragement to both them and us.

Second, we wanted to encourage the Hopi Christians.  They were excited to see us and we were equally excited. The church has grown so much in number and in the Lord .  The church has probably doubled in size and, while last year the congregation was made up of mostly women and children, the number of men now exceeds the number of women. One couple, who have five children, decided to honor God and "get married" and are taking a more active role in the ministry at their church. We also had some time to get to know some of the ladies and pray with them, and listen to their stories, and encourage them.  One thing we received through prayer prior to the trip was to have a "beauty shop" time with the girls and ladies.  This was a really fun time and brought a lot of laughs and good fellowship.

Third, we wanted to bless the children and we had some excellent times doing this.  Our team members took an active role in praying for and planning the activities and teachings for the children.  Each day, after activities and teaching, we broke up into small groups and prayed with the kids and many prayed to receive the Lord. These children live with a lot of hopelessness, depression and fear.  We found it is not uncommon for children to be living with grandparents or friends because of a parent's problem with alcoholism and consequently imprisonment. It's sad. It's a big problem for the Hopis. One day while taking some kids home, we found their mom was drunk. The kids began crying and didn?t want to get out of the van and had to be taken to a friend?s house.  We prayed one on one with many of them for these issues and the tough things they have to face. We just tried to hold them and love them, too.

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