Getting Caught Up

I know-here it is the middle of September and I’m still blogging about our trip at the beginning of August! I just had so many pictures I wanted to share and have been so busy since we got back.
This past week has been crazy and lots has happened. Joe Smith (he went to the church we pastored in VA) is a pilot and had a flight to Pierre, SD. He flew in, drove to our house and stayed for 3 days. We had a wonderful time of getting caught up and the guys worked on putting in a new floor and door and other repairs in the church entryway. It looks sooooo nice!

Wednesday we found out that there had been a shooting down at the elementary school in Little Eagle. Fortunately, no one was killed. A guy from Eagle Butte (about an hour away) came to shoot his girlfriend who worked there. A cop wearing a bullet-proof vest was shot and then the guy shot himself. We heard that he shot himself in the head, but survived. Don’t ask me how that happened. We were so thankful that no one was killed and no kids were hurt. These are kids that come to S.S. Then a little later, we heard that a young man had gotten drunk and was trying to hit his sister and her baby. The grandpa (who is one of our regulars) called the cops and then the guy went outside and started cutting himself. The uncle of this guy would be Aljoe, the dad of the baby who just died. He was drunk too and very upset about the autopsy results that were supposed to come back the next day. We drove to Bullhead (about 15 miles one way) to try to talk and pray with his girlfriend and couldn’t find her. We are concerned that they are worried about the results. He was talking about how he would go to jail for her. Pray that this situation will all work out. They have been tender since the funeral and coming to church. Jordan went down that night to try to talk to Aljoe and keep him from getting more drunk. He didn’t get home until the middle of the night. Talk about stress for one day!

Jordan tried to go see Grady in jail yesterday, but they wouldn’t let him in because they only allow visitors on Tues-Thurs.