We just celebrated Thanksgiving here in America. Central to it all is the notion of giving thanks to the Triune God of the Scriptures for His many blessings. The original Thanksgiving had both Pilgrims and Indians present. Today we look a bit closer at the Indians and the role they played. We also consider the efforts to evangelize the Indians. Did you also know, that at first, the Pilgrims were required by their sponsors, to implement a communal warehouse of sorts? Everyone shared from the resources. That did not work out however. There was no incentive for hard work. Once the Pilgrims changed to a free market system, then they got themselves on track and started to realize profit and soon were able to pay back what they owed to the investors in London, etc. Another word would be Socialism - it was tried and did not work! Communism in an early form fell flat on its face. We also learn what happened after the first winter. The Pilgrims were able to help their Indian friends later on. Our guest today has his Th.M. in the area of the Indians and evangelism of them in Colonial times. Participants" Rev. Mark Diedrich, Dan Elmendorf