Things are going extremely well in here in Fargo. Sojourn is as normal meeting on a weekly basis for church. This is a great time of fellowship with other believers as well as a time to praise and worship our Lord and Savior! Since my last trip up, there has been another addition to the regular attendees at Sojourn. A couple weeks ago, John, Abby, Julia, and I were outside just relaxing and gardening (which is not my idea of relaxing! lol). But our neighbors were outside. We ended talking and hanging out with them. They are not Christians. Dinner time approached and we just decided to order pizza together! So we spent the rest of the night on the neighbors porch hanging and eating pizza. I tell you all this because I really got to know Kai. She is one of the daughters of Heather the neighbor. Kai, Abby and I had such a good conversations that Kai decided she would come to church the next day!!!!! And, she actually came!! We were all super excited! I was supposed to work in children’s church that morning, but Abby asked me to stay in the service that way Kai knew at least one person. But wait, the story gets even better! So each week we take time to do communion at the end of each service. This week was no different. When everyone began getting up to pray and then go take communion Kai was a little confused. So she turned to me and asked me why everybody was doing what they were doing. And, while some were singing, some were praying, some were taking communion, I was sitting down sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with this young girl!!!!! I simply told her why it was such an important thing for us to remember Christ’s death. I told her how we all make mistakes and because of that we are separated from God. I explained how God didn’t want it to be that way so he offered His perfect son to be crucified for our sins! Kai seemed to really understand and she asked a few questions then we sat there while everyone finished up. Kai has promised to come back again, and Abby was talking to Heather the other day. She said that if Kai was going to go she might as well go too! So please pray for this family. Pray that God will continue to pull them into His loving Grace!!!!!
Wow! Now onto other things! Well, Leslee has started volunteering on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a place called Charism. They provide services to under privileged children in the Fargo area. She is currently helping out with a day camp. She says she is really loving getting to spend time pouring into these children. She is also getting to know the paid staff there. Who are asking questions about why she would be willing to come volunteer here time at this camp! She also is attending weekly Mary-Kay meetings and getting to know the women there. I would ask that you would continue to pray for these relationships that she is building at Charism and Mary-Kay.
Now onto me. Well, I ended up working 39 1/2 hours this week at Target alone!! So needless to say add that to Sojourn and I am a little tired. However, I have today off to recoup before I go back to Target tomorrow! But I actually am really enjoying getting to work this much because I have been able to really get to know a couple of my co-workers. And, I actually am going to have a Mary-Kay party with Leslee as the consultant in order to get to know my co-workers outside of work. In particular, please pray for Jodi, Erika, Nicole, Lacy and Amanda. These five women I have worked with everyday. I pray that God will just use me to point these women to Him. I also have continued hanging out with Kelsey and Briana. These two girls have been my friends for years. And, I want more than anything for them to both come to know Christ as their Savior and Lord.
As for our work work with Sojourn, that is going really well. John has given us a couple of big projects that we are on our way to getting done. First, we are helping create a curriculum for the Children’s church. Leslee and I get together on Monday and Wednesday nights to work on this together. John is also getting ready to start a second church, Sojourn Moorhead. He hasn’t decided on a name yet so that is what we are calling it. He has had meetings with the DBC and next month has a meeting with the Minnesota/Wisconsin Baptist Convention. From what they have told us thus far, they are really excited about John want to start this church in Moorhead and they really want to be a part of it. So Leslee and I are helping John re-create a lot of his support pamphlets to send out to churches. This is keeping us super busy! We also are throwing a street cook-out next Saturday! So we are keeping busy with all the details of that! So please pray for that event and the people who we will be witnessing to as they come to our backyard for some free food!
And, lastly, we are all getting excited about the birth of Esther Ann-Marie Fisher! Leslee and I decided to surprise John and Abby last night by putting their stroller together for them! We can’t wait to meet this newish addition to the Fisher family. And, we are both excited that we get to be here in Fargo for her birth even if it means half-way through the summer I have to move homes! Thanks so much for all your prayers. We will keep the updates coming!!!!

Amber Shacklette

Also, be in prayer as the France team returns