Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Bridging the Gap


Bridging the Gap is an event takes place annually on the Siksika Reserve. It’s an opportunity to bring natives and white people in contact with other and bridge the gap between them and help the Blackfoot people understand the love of God. Singers are brought in and experiences are shared. More than five thousand people attend this event, most of whom do not attend a Christian church.
For me it’s also an opportunity to distribute Scriptures, and it’s thrilling to hear the favourable responses from those who receive them.
Peter Loewen and I visited the college (university classes) in Siksika. Some of the teachers there are Christians, and they said they could make use of eighty Bibles. Later we left 120 copies of the The LifeLight at the crisis centre. One of the women had already received this NT at the college. She showed the others how much she had already read and was excited about how easy it was to read and understand. .
We get many positive responses to the Scriptures from churches and individuals who have received NTs. It helps if we take time to show them the special features of these New Testaments and share with them the testimonies and reports in the LifeLight Ministries newsletter, The LifeLight.

Alvin Lepp

Alvin Lepp is a missionary with Native Ministries Outreach of the Mennonite Church of Canada. He regularly visits reserves in Alberta

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