by the Rev. Lisa White Smith
This report is a sincere offering to share with you about the ministry on the White Earth Reservation. While we are extremely proud of our White Earth Leadership Team, we continue to struggle with the poverty and related social issues that plague us.
Parents are drug addicted at an incredible rate. Children are raising themselves. The children are suffering.
Did you know…that 30% of people on the Reservation are homeless? There are multiple families living in very small houses which compound issues of all kinds of abuse.
Did you know…..that 28% to 34% in the White Earth Reservation Schools, children are in special education?
Did you know… that 47% of youth in correction facilities are Native Americans, while they are only 2% of the population in Minnesota.
The need here is great. The youth are in need of safe houses in each community.
Please pray and consider how you can respond to the need on the White Earth Reservation. Contact Rev. Smith at lwsmith@tvutel.com.