Cheyenne Sisters Mission - Final Preparations

This week we've had an opportunity to speak about the Cheyenne Sisters Mission on WRNE 980 AM Radio. A number of additional donations are being made even as we write this. We are thankful for all the support our community has contributed. Some of our contributors include: Drs. Daniel and Talbert, DDS; Lacy Hamilton; Nan Harper of Pensacola Beach, and listeners WRNE 980 AM radio station like Liz Simpson. 

We have picked up the trailer and loaded the contributions. Last minute preparations will include checking our equipment to ensure that the documentation will be top-notch. We have submitted information to a number of local newspapers. If you know a contact, please pass this link on to them. Our plans are to make a nightly update as we make this trip.  We are leaving Sunday morning headed for Rentz, GA. Monday will be spent with the Hartwell family to finalize our travel plans. Six members of their family will make the trip.

Howard Sheppard Trucking (www.HowardSheppardTrucking.com) in Georgia has donated an eighteen-wheeler tractor-trailer rig. The driver and his wife will be volunteering their time.

Chief George B. Dodge, president and founder of First Nations Intertribal Association, Inc. is in Germany on business and is unable to be in two places at once, although he has tried. We will represent First Nations Intertribal Association (www.FirstNationsIntertribal.com).

The Cheyenne Tribal Governor's office has arranged a meeting place, volunteers and locations for tribal families to pick up these supplies.  The Cheyenne Territory covers eleven counties both north and south of highway 40.  Most settlements are one hundred to one hundred fifty miles a part. The Tribal Leaders have identified four areas that have the greatest need. (www.c-a-tribes.org). 

Some really good news: we had a telephone call from the adoptive mother of the Cheyenne Sisters' brother. A family reunion has been scheduled as an additional part of this journey. The date just happens to be his birthday. The sisters have never met their brother.