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It
seemed like a really good idea at the time. Fill your pockets with
Milk Bones and when the Pit Bulls come close, just toss them a treat!
Right! Problem is, a person with a pocketful of treats is a bigger
treat than a single Milk Bone. Why trade? Go for the big prize. The
rationale for all this had to do with our monthly outreach to the
Yakama reservation at Celilo Falls, Oregon. Each time we arrived we
were greeted by a gang of dogs, Pit Bulls to be exact. Being a dog
lover, I’ve always enjoyed them and gotten along quite well… except
for Pit Bulls. Something about them just gives me the creeps. Too
many news stories about them attacking children and people in
general, have left me nervous, to say the least. So,
how do you deliver food boxes, door-to-door in the Celilo Falls
village and avoid the Pit Bulls? Remember, the food box itself
smells like dinner, let alone the one carrying it. Well, that’s where
the beauty of a well-placed Milk Bone comes in. Make that, several
well-placed Milk Bones. Scattered around and generously distributed,
the Milk Bones become your admission ticket to the Village and they’re
enough of a distraction to let you get from the front door of your
truck to the front door of the house and give away your grocery box. The
wonderful thing about this recent trip was the last house. Not only
did they open the door and receive their food box, they also invited
our team members inside to visit! After thirty minutes of conversation
and questions they knew all about Frontier Missions and the God in
Heaven who loves them, accepts them and forgives them! That’s the main
thing! You see, we work “hand-in-hand with Native Americans” to help
them physically and spiritually. But, at the end of the day the most
important thing is for people to have a personal relationship with
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. You might say, it’s the biggest treat
of all. In
preparation for our next trip to the reservation, we’ll be sure to
have prayer, plenty of food boxes, some New Testaments to give away,
hearts of love and compassion and of course, lots of Milk Bones! Sincerely, Rick McPherson
Team Leader
“Faith is the ability to not panic.”
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