On Eagles Wings - Ron Hutchcraft Ministries

I'm sitting in my vehicle, overwhelmed. It's our third night on the first reservation of the Summer of Hope 2009. And God chose to answer your prayers with a powerful move of His Holy Spirit that could be a game-changer on a hurting reservation.

We're in "Riondo,"* a remote community on the large "Ft. Sanford" Reservation. It's an area where meth is destroying young lives, children grow up fatherless, and suicide is the choice of far too many. A few weeks ago, the students in a local high school walked into the gym to find a scene they would never forget - a 15-year-old girl who had hung herself. She was only the latest of a growing list of tragic young funerals.

"This is what hope looks like!"

Those were the only words I could find to describe that golden moment in the last hour of Warrior Leadership Summit 2009.

Over 600 Native young people – from 70 different tribes – were passionately worshipping the Savior who had shown Himself so powerfully here. The intensity of their praise brought tears to my eyes. I know the hard places they come from. I know the grief and despair that’s part of their everyday lives. But I have seen what Christ can do in their lives. So as they fervently sang, “The Lord our God is mighty to save,” I lost it.

The passion of these Native young people was born of the mighty ways God showed up. But the story of the victories at the Summit can only be understood in the context of the embattled months leading up to it. And can only be explained as an answer to your prayer.

A Warrior for Christ

Day three at Warrior Leadership Summit brought some more awesome "Kodak" God moments. We started off with a dear Sioux (Sisseton/Wahpeton) brother of ours talking about Queen Esther from the Bible and how she stood up, took a stand, and reached her own people for Christ, and how these young warriors can take that same stand. It was awesome to hear him challenge them face to face and to see their response as he told them that they needed to take a stand.

In this video, Doug Hutchcraft talks about how Native warriors are being willing to sacrifice to win victories for Christ. Many Native young people are making commitments to go back to their home reservations and share the Gospel with their people. Doug also expresses his appreciation for the many people who are supporting this work in prayer.