boots on the ground

2000 miles in the Ford Taurus brough the Tahoe Team to the much anticipated meeting with our last member, Brad, in the parking lot of In-and-Out burger in Reno, NV. After so many phone calls and internet meetings, it was great to finally meet in person!

We set up base camp in Reno and were warmly greeted by a local family. The next morning was spent scrambling through housing leads and job openings. A 30 minute drive placed us in the town of Truckee, which will be our home for the next several months. Over the course of a couple hours, we looked at a couple of options for leasing a cabin and were offered jobs at a local ski hill. The next day in Truckee we were offered even more jobs as snowboard instructors! With these options, we chose to split our team (as to not dominate the small hill with too many personel) and placed 2 workers at the smaller resort and 3 at the larger. This works very well with our transportation situation (we have 2 cars). The smaller resort is just minutes away from our housing.

As for housing, there's a couple of great cabins that fit our profile. The rent's not that crazy and the location is great. And then there's our host: Sierra Bible Church. They have stepped above and beyond our expectations. Even through all my studies in missions and church, I don't know if this is normal! They have warmly embraced us even before we did anything. There hospitality is on a level I never though possible. In one Sunday morning service we meet dozens of members at the church, tons of youth, and the ministry team. We were presented to the church and the love just started pouring out! We were given more job offers and housing opportunities.

With so much expectation upon our arrival and so much excitement surrounding the ministry, our work is cut out for us. We came to minister and Sierra Bible set the bar. It's our time to do what we came here for.

With thanksgiving for what God has already provided, we look forward in prayer to see what He has next for us. Our ministry plan is to be re-aligned and we've to make some decisions with housing. Thank you for all of your support and keep these points in prayer!