Onondaga Mission Trip 2009

I had an opportunity to be a part of the Onondaga United Methodist mission trip in upstate New York. We stayed at a near by church basement, off the Nation lands.

We were assisted by several Nation members who attended the church and several Nation contractors who worked for the Nation assisting elderly, those who needed updated housing or repair work.




Below is a photo showing those who assisted from the Nation and Pastor Rick Bender from the left. Without all the Nations support and assistance many United Methodist's would not have been able to make this mission outreach possible.

We were blessed to have the opportunity to share in a traditional meal that the youth of the Nation make every year for their community; many shared stories and traditions about the meal. We left being thankful that we could make a difference and help assist in projects in whatever they needed.

Unfortunately, those who attended the church shown above will be uprooted temporarily.  Until the church is restored from a recent fire. We had our lunches here daily and met each mourning to organize groups for job sites and prayed as a group before starting our day.