✜ FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜ R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜ RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0010 ✜ DATE: November 2025 ✜ Flagstaff, Arizona in the summertime at 6,821 feet elevation; home of Indigenous Bible College God’s Provision in the Perfect Time Over the years, I’ve been on the hunt for two things related to fostering organic, indigenous discipleship: (a) the right resources and (b) the right people. I believe Native America needs a new

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0009 ✜     DATE: May 2025 ✜ Summer Letter from Tessa Dear friends, happy summer! It has been incredibly therapeutic to stop and smell the roses . The fleeting, glorious beauty... The world feels like it's whipping by us at warp-speed, doesn't it? The state of affairs in the world feels chaotic much of the time. It's hard to keep up on the things that matte

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0008 ✜     DATE: March 2025 ✜ along the secluded roadtrip route between Denver, CO and Flagstaff, AZ, traveling through the Navajo Nation Making New Friends on the Road I recently returned from multiple networking road trips, including to Flagstaff, AZ where I had the honor of connecting with the staff and students at the Indigenous Bible College . [Check t

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0007 ✜     DATE: November 2024 ✜ As I write this reflection, my mind and heart are with Appalachia. I pray for the remote and rugged communities in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Entire infrastructure catastrophically flooded, homes devastated, and many lives lost. Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on a mountainous world similar to Estes Park, C

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0006 ✜     DATE: August 2024 ✜ AI artistic portrayal of bombed-out trailer homes on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming I am just so glad to have had the opportunity to sit down for a lovely conversation with one of my closest friends. Thanks Nic! What a fun time to reconnect and chat about all the things connected to my heart and work on the U.S. Indian

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0005 ✜     DATE: July 2024 ✜ Sunset on Fort Belnap REZ, Zortman, MT Friends, I am beyond excited to share a significant way God showed up for me serendipitously, providing the further equipping I need in this Outlands Response effort! [ This newsletter is a pause from my current series on crisis and care, retelling an excellent conversation with my good fri

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0004 ✜     DATE: June 2024 ✜ AI artistic portrayal of abandoned road-side jewelry stands on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona What a fun time to sit down for a lovely conversation with one of my closest friends, Nic, recently to reconnect and chat about all the things connected to my heart and work on the U.S. Indian Reservations alongside Native America. I

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0003 ✜     DATE: April 2024 ✜ AI artistic portrayal of life on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming I relished the opportunity recently to sit down for a lovely conversation with one of my closest friends, Nic. What a fun time to reconnect and chat about all the things connected to my heart and work on the U.S. Indian Reservations alongside Native America.

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0002 ✜     DATE: February 2024 ✜ AI artistic portrayal of Tuba City, AZ -- my birthplace in the desert I had the joy of sitting down just yesterday for a lovely conversation (I wish we had coffee at the time; of course, tea for me please!) with one of my closest friends, Nic. He is more of a brother to me. We grew up together! He has a cool perspective: he

✜     FROM: The Outlands Response Outpost ✜     R.I.V.E.R.S. Outfit ✜ ✜     RE: Dispatch from the Frontlines 0001 ✜     DATE: Q4 2023 ✜ Greetings friends! Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus the Messiah. The rhythm of seasons displays how perfectly abiding and lovingly steadfast God truly is in the ever-changing circumstances of our lives. As I reflect on my favorite autumn season, I think back to how I experienced such significant chang