USA (MNN) — Hope is hard to find on the reservation. Bleeding cuts and old scars show anguish that’s too big to hold inside. Addiction temporarily mutes a familiar pain, but every high gets harder to chase.
Hutchcraft Ministries’ On Eagles Wings team offers the life-changing hope of Jesus Christ, but it’s not always an easy process.
In one broken community, a young woman eyed believers with suspicion.
“What she said conveys the feelings of generations of Native Americans, especially the young people. She told our warrior, ‘This is the reservation. Nothing good comes from here. Why do you come here?’” says Hutchcraft Ministries founder, Ron Hutchcraft.
“That hopelessness is the answer to her question. That’s why we come.”
Every summer, Native American believers visit reservations with On Eagles Wings to tell their peers about a Savior who knows their pain. More about that here.
(Photo courtesy of On Eagles’ Wings/Hutchcraft Ministries)
This year, “It was wonderful to see the graduates of our leadership center [give] new strength [to] the team,” Hutchcraft says. “They were big brothers and big sisters to younger team members.”
The Lord moved powerfully through the largest Summer of Hope team to date. “We are now seeing the full circle of the On Eagles Wings ministry,” Hutchcraft says.
“They come to Christ at our national conference, they go on the [Summer of Hope] team and feel a call to make a difference with the rest of their life, and they come to the Leadership Center.”
Pray for continued momentum. “Pray for those who are now coming out of the summer experience [and] have applied to be the class of 2025 at the On Eagles’ Wings Leadership Center,” Hutchcraft says.
“We believe we’re going to have a significant group of young men and women here.”
Learn how you can sponsor a Native leader here.
“We’re praying God will supply the funds that will sponsor these young men and women to be trained at the [OEW] Leadership Center,” Hutchcraft says.
“There will be new Native leaders launched from here to Native America.”
Header image depicts the 2024 On Eagles’ Wings Summer of Hope team. Photo courtesy of Hutchcraft Ministries/On Eagles’ Wings.
