The Gospel Guy Network Video

Please check out this link http://www.ywamsalem.org/gospel-guy/ and take a look at our new promo video for the Gospel Guy Network. God is doing great things.  We should be in our office by October 1st.  Stay tuned!

It Was Actually Comical

There she goes!  

Above is the picture I took of our van...rite after the transmission went out between Kadoka and Wall, SD.  If your not familiar with those areas, just think of somewhere far away from everything and that is a pretty good description.  If you will remember, our van broke down last summer on our family vacation as well, leaving us stranded in California for 5 days...this year however the tranny went out. Long story short, when the van broke downm, we all chuckled and laughed.  Unreal we thought. We ended up staying at a camp I used to work at in the Black Hills, called Outlaw Ranch for 5 days as we waited for the transmisssion to get fixed.  We were blown away by the kindness of so many people, whether it was the nice tow truck driver, a friend who connected us with a mechanic and covered our hotel cost, to Sarah's folks who came all the way out to spend a few extra days with us and help out.  After 5 days, our transmission was fixed and we headed back home to Oregon, arriving safely last night!  What a trip to remember! Thank you all for your prayers during this time.  My advice...if we veer invite you to go on a vacation with us...plan on a vehicle breaking down in the middle of nowhere!

If there ever were a "step" that you needed to do to get to heaven...it would be going to Wall Drug, SD.  Since our van broke
down we had no choice but to go there and take pictures like the one above!

Family Vacation

Three weeks ago, we left for our annual National Park vacation when we meet up with Sarah's folks. Each year we try to hit a new National Park.  This year it was Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.  We had an amazing time, filled with great weather, beautiful scenery, and time spent together.  We then headed to South Dakota for a week to visit with supporters and one of our main supporting churches.  We also, had a great time there as well.  One of the more exciting things that came from this time, was that I got to do a little outreach with our supporting church and share about the Gospel Guy.  Long story short, they are considering having the Gospel Guy planted in Sioux Falls!  I will keep you posted, as I do not want to put the cart before the horse.  But there may be a possibility of me going back out to Sioux Falls in November to do some training with the church and help start the Gospel Guy there.  This to me is super exciting.  I never knew the Gospel Guy would potentially soon become multi-city!  Lots of questions arise, and I am looking forward to seeing how it may possibly come together. 

Autumn with her first Bullhead!  Nothing like cacthing Bullheads in the South Dakota summers!

Getting creative helped make the long drives through the Great Plains bearable

Grandpa and Grandma Beckstrom were kept pretty busy over the past few weeks!