On Eagles Wings - Ron Hutchcraft Ministries

Update from Team Canada

As the caravan of vehicles left our first community enroute to the Canadian border, we were filled with gratitude to God for the way He used this team in the past three days. With these being our first outreaches, there are usually kinks to work out, gaps that appear, and rookie team members trying to fit in to a high energy series of outreaches that tax even the most seasoned veterans. But this year is different. There’s a tremendous level of both spiritual maturity and self-initiation built into all the team, both veterans and first timers.

Update from Ron Hutchcraft with Team U.S.

It's not common for On Eagles' Wings to receive an official invitation from the Tribal Council of a reservation.

Update from Ron Hutchcraft with Team U.S.

Ten junior high girls.  They all decided to die together.

Three of them hung themselves from clothes racks in their closets.  Others were injured in the attempt or changed their minds.  Their desperation gave undeniable witness to the spirit of death and despair on the "Red Rock" Reservation - Mission #1 for On Eagles' Wings Team U. S.  If ever a Summer of Hope was needed, it is needed here.

Take just one town on this reservation.  Of 58 students in their junior high, there were 17 babies born last year.  Across the rez, gang violence is growing as wounded young men act out their sense of powerlessness and anger.  And the spirit of suicide is claiming far too many lives.

"Angie" is one of our warriors, and this is her home reservation.  She told us about her cousin, a gifted athlete and natural leader, who had led his high school football team to a state championship.  On break from the college he attended on a scholarship, he gave up on life.  He hung himself and broke the hearts of everyone who knew him.

Update from Team Canada

Wow, it's hard to believe that the Summer of Hope 2008 is now underway!