Cheyenne Sisters Mission – Arrival in Oklahoma

June 10, 2009 – El Reno, OK - We arrived this afternoon about 4:20 PM. Got our rooms and had a meeting with Clifton Ellis. He and two of his associates took us back to the Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribal Headquarters where we met Susan Hart, the Tribal Governor’s Executive Assistant. She told the girls how heroic they are for coming to the aid of their tribe!  

We also met Geraldine Warledo, a lady that kept Amber and Ashley for a while when they were very small, and the adoptive mother of their brother.   The girls are planning a private first time meeting with their eleven year old brother, Jose, tomorrow. 

We have a meet and greet  breakfast session planned at 8 AM tomorrow with the tribal leaders and with the volunteers helping with the event. The Social Services Department has predetermined who will receive the washers and dryers. They have arranged for a rental truck to off load them from the 18 wheeler and take them where they need to go.  

At 9 AM we will go to the casino parking lot where the truck is parked, the truck will be blessed and the distribution work will begin. There is a school very near the headquarters where the school supplies from Florossa will be donated. We'll get photos and video of that as well as be on the road with the team for the deliveries.  We'll visit two locations tomorrow and two on Friday. 

We are to be on the radio with Robert Hill at 7:05 AM tomorrow. The tribal officers kept saying how things have really come together for tomorrow's event. I suspect there will be some kind of special recognition for the girls. Should be a really emotional day. Amber and Ashley are beginning to embrace all of this. Tomorrow should be really special. I'm glad we're here to capture it for them.

 

Billie and Robert Nicholson are business mentors helping small businesses increase public awareness of their services.  They can be reached at billieandrobert@gmail.com.; www.RustyBuggy.com