by nathan oster
Missionaries from the Rocky Mountain Work & Witness organization will share their talent and love for the Lord when they descend on Greybull over the Memorial Day weekend.
It will be the organization’s third visit to the Big Horn Basin — and also its longest, with three full weeks of activities that will stretch into mid June.
The Rev. Pete Kuhn, pastor of Grace Southern Baptist Church and the local coordinator for the Work & Witness teams, said the first team of approximately 13 workers arrives Saturday, May 23.
They will go to work Monday, May 25, focusing their improvement efforts over the next two weeks on the Herb Asp Community Center and the Community Outreach thrift store.
At the community hall, the stage area will be gutted and if time permits, remodeled, and the two bathrooms will be brought up to ADA standards.
The thrift store is in line to get “new carpeting, maybe some lighting work and painting,” according to Kuhn.
 “They’re hoping to get that done within those first two weeks,” said Kuhn.
After those initial two weeks, crews will take a week off, then return for a third and final week of goodwill in which they will focus on “random acts of kindness” in the community, helping wherever they see a need.
The work crews will be staying at the Grace Southern Baptist Church’s five-bedroom, two-bath missionary house, which is fully furnished.
Kuhn said the impact of the Work & Witness crews reaches far beyond the tangible results of their diligent labor.
“It’s been extremely positive,” said Kuhn. “The primary thing is, they have been led by the Lord to serve Him here in Greybull, and they’ve been doing it faithfully.
“They take time away from work, they spend their vacations to come out here and serve God. What has happened, too, is that over a period of time, people see they’re not coming out here for any reason other than to serve God.”

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Kuhn also announced tentative plans for two upcoming church events.
“Jump for Jesus” will be held Friday, June 12 at the Big Horn County Fairgrounds in Basin. The event will feature a motorcycle jumper followed by a burgers and soft drinks, said Kuhn.
And during the Days of ’49, local churches will again gather in the city park Sunday, June 14. for a 10 a.m. worship service.