I want to thank you for your prayers, encouragement and support over the past month. It has been different being on the receiving end of people's care for me. As I prepared for my neck surgery (a spinal fusion of vertebrae C4-C7 with the replacement of the associated disks with spacers), the doctors found a couple of 7mm kidney stones, one of which was causing some issues. Gratefully, these stones were not causing pain as I have experienced in the past. However, they did require that I have surgery to removed them before my neck procedure. With the kidney stone removal complete, I had my neck surgery on May 18 with no complications, praise God. Through the week and a half since the surgery, my ability to get around and pain have gotten better. I see the doctor again in about a week and hope to be back in the groove with many things after that. I will still have restrictions over the next few months but will be much more able to continue many of my chaplain responsibilities. Thank you for your continued prayers. 

I had the opportunity to participate in the Colorado National Guard Day of Prayer where we come together to pray for our nation and encourage one another. Each year we have the chance to serve together to support our military personnel and the community. Please keep our military and our nation in your prayers. 

Chaplaincy at CBI (Colorado Bureau of Investigations) continues to be fruitful. I have been asked to follow up with folks after a difficult investigation. I am grateful that we are being offered as a resource to process traumatic events and that our agents are taking their mental wellbeing seriously. I was also invited to give the invocation at the annual awards celebration. This is an event that brings people together from all over the state so we, as chaplains, get to engage with teams that can be hard for us to reach. 

If you would like to join our prayer and financial team, please click on the link below and select Give to Chaplain Travis Akins from the dropdown. 

Serving The Shield / Rocky Mountain Police & Fire Chaplains Update

We will be sharing at the Serving Heroes National Safety Conference on June 6. There will be hundreds of chaplains and agencies from across the country in attendance. Please pray that God continues to move, opening doors and providing opportunities to share life in Christ.

 

Please be in prayer for these upcoming trainings/events:
Serving Heroes National Conference - June 6
Basic and Advanced Chaplain Training (Wyoming) - Sept 18-19
RMPFC Basic Chaplain Training (Colorado) - October 9-10
Two-Day Advanced Training (Colorado) - Nov 13-14
STS Annual Conference - April 21, 2027
STS One Day Advanced Training - April 22, 2027