October/November Updates

Psalm 126

Happy Thanksgiving Day!  The Galloway family is thankful for you, your prayers and your support.  We literally could not do it without you.  This year we are thankful for the benefits of this global pandemic.  It has given us reason to slow down.  Ashli and I have been feeling the pull to slow down for our family for some time.  We were being urged to slow down by some of our closest mentors.  We have worked diligently to take advantage of family time and spiritual growth.  We are participating with multiple congregations through live streaming services as well as children’s ministries for the kids.  We have spent much of our weekends out of our house camping on our land in Bluff, UT or driving up to Blue Mountain just a few minutes away and playing in the stream, hiking or even the snow more recently.  The outside time has been healing and rejuvenating for us.  We hope that you too have taken time for yourself and family.

October and November was spent distributing more relief aid to many of our partner churches.  Some of the churches request tangible items to be purchased and delivered to them.  They do not have the ability to go shopping due to being at high risk of COVID-19 or due to the daily and weekend long lockdowns on the Rez.  Other churches request that we send gift cards and certain amounts to be used at their discretion.  We love this idea and see it going to great use.  Some churches choose to buy in bulk and build kits or boxes to be distributed to families in need and others distribute the cards directly.  Dine Christian Church at White Rock Point recently let us know that they are giving the gift cards to individuals in their community who are going to pick their loved ones up from the hospital when released.  There is no local treatment for COVID-19 hospitalization.  The closest ICU’s are 5-6 hours away in any direction.  It is quite an undertaking for someone who lives below the poverty level.  They will also have the need of purchasing the additional supplies to care for their loved ones.  BHP is helping congregations spread the gospel in new ways and through strategies that we never imagined.  So for these things we are thankful.