UPDATE: Little Joel and Little Ricky scootered past our fundraising goal for the 2018-19 fiscal year!
We brought the Hope for the First Nations experience to our friends, family and supporters in Chicago for our first fundraising dinner on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Porto’s Peri Peri. “The fear of missionaries runs deep,” Ricky Smith said at the dinner.
He shared this song along with the story of how missionaries first came to White Earth with the message the people were were pagan and evil and didn’t know their Creator. They took the people’s dresses and drums and gave them a Bible instead.
But, he said, “When we work together, those two cultures, those two religions, those two things that are viewed as separate — when those two come together, there’s a peace.”
Want to hear more? You still can watch the livestream, scroll through photos, stream the event playlist and donate online.
And, yes, we did deliriously livestream our fundraising results at the end of the night.
Thank you for your donations, both big and small; for your prayers; for your time; and for your encouragement. You are an important part of the HFtFN family, and we couldn’t do what we do without you. We’re so grateful to Creator for the opportunity to continue our work and relationships on White Earth.
We brought the Hope for the First Nations experience to our friends, family and supporters in Chicago for our first fundraising dinner on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Porto’s Peri Peri. “The fear of missionaries runs deep,” Ricky Smith said at the dinner.
