Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Badlands

Update: we left South Texas on Wednesday and traveled to South Dakota, where we'll be having one week of projects.


Michael and I went to the Badlands on Friday.


We drove through Robert's Prairie Dog Town, a huge field of prairie dog communities, with lookouts everywhere.


As we were driving along, we saw three or four buffalo along the top of a ridge. We stopped to watch them, and as we waited, more and more kept showing up over the ridge until there were around 30 or 40 buffalo on the side of the hill.


This buffalo is not dead, he is rolling in some dirt.


This guy was right by the side of the road, so I got to snap some shots from very close-up.

We have everything worked out and pretty much ready to roll for when the church groups get here Sunday. Today we're picking up the musician who will lead worship. We also still need to buy some food and supplies(paint, wood, nails).

We'll be working on three homes in the north rapid area. All three are homes for native American families who are caught between the reservation and city and not really accepted by either culture. We'll be painting, repairing porches, patching roof leaks and a few other odd jobs like replacing broken windows.

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