From Nov. 4-6, over 150 students and staff came to Haskell from Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, and the Continental U.S. to Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas for the Would Jesus Eat Frybread (WJEF) conference. As InterVarsity Kansas Area Director Tim Lin shared, Haskell is a former Native boarding school and during testimony time, student after student came up front and expressed their gratitude for WJEF being held there. Many of them had parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who attended Haskell and experienced abuse and oppression to force them to assimilate. For these students, the journey to Haskell was a troubling but important one.
At the same time, students had the chance to worship God through Native songs and dance. This is the power of the gospel at work–that through Christ’s death and resurrection, places of pain and oppression can be redeemed into places of worship! And the answer to the question? According to the speaker, “Yes, without a doubt, Jesus would eat frybread with us!”