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Show •. ! #31, P.2 ~lace -- in a filled church larger than any within walking distance of Hat Rock, and ~2) an event to come - the ordination of my grandson, John Liebler, together with two others, to the diaconate - at which I tm to preach. Pray for John, Frank and Stephen, that their ministry in Jears to come may be fruitful and to God's greater glory. Brother Juniper's 2¢ (or has 'inflation raised it to 10¢?) ••• For some time the doctor has prescribed a daily walk for the Canon. '!bese walks were to be over level ground - the only difficulty being that there ain't no such animal! We live in what surveyer's term "mountainous terrain". However, a very generous benefactor in the person of the owner of a big timber company dona ted us the rna. terial to build a porch all around the Canon's house. Now, if he so chooses, he can take his daily walk on relatively level ground . Harry Bedoni and Gerry Greyeyes have done the work. Age, arthritis, and injury have slowed me down so that I can only supervise. Perhaps our greatest material need at the present time is dependable transportation. We have an International Travelall, much the worse for wear, and a Jeep Wagoneer, which just manages to keep going. And these cars have a lot of hard work to do, especially on Sundays, when they pick up families who have no transportation, or whose pickups are in use getting wood and water for the coming week. And we have to go in two different directions, so it is pretty hard on one car, if the other is out of commission, to travel over 64 miles on rough dirt roads in order to pick up families for church and take them home. A well-known evangelist wrote in one of his books, "why is it that missionaries have to spend more time under their cars than in them?" Good question. Well, to quote Winston Churchill, the answer is, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job." Though of course evangelism is never finished - but at least more can be accomplished if we don't have to sit on our thumbs waiting for car repairs to be done. On Palm Sunday one car broke down a little over a mile from the church, which meant that about eighteen people were not able to attend the service, as the other car had gone in the other direction and did not get back in time to make another long trip. The roads that we call "good" roads would frighten most city drivers and the cars are frequently overloaded. The Jeep Wagoneer might have 15 or more people in it and part of its journey could be over what even we call a trail. The passengers possibly range from cradleboard occupants to senior citizens. Most of the time 2-wheel drive is enough, but after one of our infrequent rainstorms, when the bottom drops out of the road, or after a long dry spell when the wind drifts sand in heaps across the road, or when winter snow piles up, or when melting snow and ice turns the roads into thick, slippery mud - then the driver longs for 4-wheel drive. And Helen says: Natthew Holiday continues to make slow but steady improvement in his family hogan and greets us with an eager handshake and lovely smile and "Thank you for coming. It He can move his legs a little, but I am told he has not walked yet, so we hope you will all keep praying for him. We hope that we may be able to bring Matthew up to the church on Sundays, as he'wants to come, but our cars for rough roads are old and not very dependable. Father Edmonson, the new Vicar, hopes to get the very old International on the road again in the near future. The people of our area and surrounding areas showed their joy in the arrival of the new Vicar by some 200 coming to greet him and his charming wife, Ava, at his installation ceremony by Bishop Putnam, and at the dinner served in the renovated Vicarage. It was a very happy gathering. And the people are much impressed with the Vicar's capabilities asa carpenter and renovator! Of course the next Sunday was "Low Sunday", with only one Navajo at the Eucharist. She has no transportation, but managed to catch a ride in a crowded pickup going to the Tribal Park to try to sell Navajo beads. Then she waited from about 6: 30 a.m. until |
