Limitless Vision

It’s hard to believe we are coming down to the end of another year!  But I can truly say this has been our greatest year to date!  In my last post I made mention of everyone who make it possible for this ministry to continue.  Bridgette & I are truly humbled by all of you…

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With a grateful heart

I am sitting in the Denver International Airport en route to the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota.  As I sit here I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the honor of carrying the hope of the Gospel to those who need it so desperately.  I want to say “thank you” again to: 1)  My Jesus…

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The Rez to Riyadh

Hopelessness.  Bondage.  Desperation.  These are commonly used to describe those bound by Islam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  But they also describe those on our own nation’s soil.  God is gathering the final harvest and granting us permission to labor both at home and abroad. This fall, as you have seen in previous posts, is taking…

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Watch your mouth!

James 3:1-12:  “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.  For we all stumble in many things.  If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.  Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may…

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And he fashioned it…

Exodus 32 When Moses had gone up the mountain to receive God’s instruction manual for His people, God’s people grew restless.  They were growing impatient, waiting for an authentic word from God Himself.  They wanted something NOW!  So they were willing to settle for a man-made god that would be more accessible; that wouldn’t require…

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Pouring the Foundation

For the past seven years we have been tilling the ground on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home of the Lakota-Sioux Native Americans.  With emphasis in the communities of Wounded Knee, Manderson, & most recently, Evergreen, Chresten Tomlin Ministries has endeavored to win the trust of this desperately lost people.  Our mission was…

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The Unstoppable Gospel

Acts chapter 28, verses 24-31:  “And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.  And when they agreed not among themselves they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, ‘Go unto this people, and say, “Hearing you shall…

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Devils & Dog Fights

“It’s like we are fighting devils and dog fights!”, Chresten Tomlin said as he described the constant pandemonium that takes place throughout their time of ministry each day on the streets of the Evergreen community on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. “Everyone has multiple dogs and apparently even the dogs sense the lostness and violence…

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Light in the Darkness

Please continue in Intercessory prayer for Chresten and his team as they head back out into what is commonly known as the “Rez Bomb”, the Lakota-Sioux reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Yesterday proved to be nothing short of frustrating as they kicked off their first day of street ministry in the community of Evergreen.…

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Reaching the Rez

Thank you, ministry partner, for your faithful investment in souls.  Your intercessory prayer is highly appreciated as my ministry team and I journey to the Black Hills of South Dakota, home to the Lakota-Sioux tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The statistics tell the story of this lost people: 88% Alcoholism 91% Unemployment Suicide Rate…

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