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Show '. "'" . . ' I . " J P'AGE IU NIMSLETTER . . ' , .. /I> ,- : , , MIDSUMMER, 1"951 thr&e or four anyway, so oneot thsn was borrowed~ blessed~ an~ "~t'T.~nlt. Nuptial Hass was cel'egra,ted b&.t'-ora a good sized con- gr"1[;ation, and wedding breakfast served at the Mission house--, .,' ', . . cake de luxe by Brother Juniper. Bride cut it. ..........,.. , \ ' . .. MISSION TRIPS continue throulj-hout ou):' vast , area; our desire is ·that not one Navajo family shall lack opportunity of hearing the Gospel message tmc. witnessing Christian ' worsh:tp as instituted by ou:r:' Lord. These trips are a never ceaslng s(iur~e of .10y to us: to find Ii new family--dogs bark, children flee 'for refuge; " VIe introduce 'ourselves, spend '{jcme tim.e, arranr;e for Uass in the morning, after Hass (;i ve instru,ctlon,. enroll cate-cllUmens. ' Perhaps a month later, sru:;ie · fainJ.l y." put dogs wag 'tails, . children grin and run to us, adults greet ~s" "'lith welcollie sr:1iles. ' , . r . ' . .-. . SIX NAVAJO ·CHILDH3N ' ar e' today laughing and' playing ,about the Mission who, but ' for the Uission," mir):lt be helpless invalids or dead corpses--tubei'culo$is can be c\:!.,r ed. Happy as we are about ·· , all of these', we are uncontrollably delipF...ted vii th I.larie Benally··, whos~ !'ecovery 1,lIlder. God has been effecte4 e:1.til'ely throur...h ' the lUssion 1 s ' activity. .Vl e · .took lIarie for', Xray; no room in sanatoria; we put her ' ~o b~ed ill bur "one-room h6:spital "- ... pumped her full of streptomyci~1 f-ed' h-er si..x ti1!les a day., , l.Iany of you had,' a share in that, and we want you to share ~he joy we experienceJ when she was dressed, p!icked into Chevvy , ·taken ~50 miles to Shiprock ..for Xray, an.4- the, Doctor said "arrested! I.' 1,1 ~ know' ,i t can be done because it has been done! And if you say, the 'word, the "one room hospital ll will be expanded to a seven-room hospital. ·where the same care can be given and who l ~nows how l~lany' lives "s'aved •. The mason'~' will be ready to start as soon as the school building is done, and $ 3 , 000 will gtve us the buildint;. It doe~n't seem possible, but t he rock ' lie~ , all , abo~t" us, ''; l!J.u.d is gootl cement. ahd we do much of the work ourselves. , ,,~p5 from ', each and every ,re .. cipient of this Newsletter wbuld put ;,us in, a.position t-o ' give 'the word. However, . some will forego ths" opportunity; others may wish t 0 have a larger share. "What, no Doctor? II Yes, no Doctor. t'VvhatsQrt of hospital would that be'? II A very good hospital. Harie 'Benally can tell you that. r.Iore .to the point, state Health physiCian Dr. 'Snoot has, b een 'here, knows c'onditions, and says "Fine id,ea". Dr .. Pijoan, of 'Indian Service, knows us, ' knmvs TB, knows conditions, says I'Fine ideall • And backs it up wi.th\ a donation! Could the spirits of the many Navajos whose lives were cutoff by TBarise and speal!, they would say, too, "Ya'at'el It i~ , goodll. , But if' you don't like the idea enough to do something about it, Navajo will continue to get ahd spreadTB, tO ,die of it ,and cause others to die of it •••• ',nSH we cou~dtell you .of all our v isitors, 'those who come " for an hour; a few day'S, a few months. Cecil Gordon wintered ' ,,, wi th us, cheer,ed our droopin g. ,.spiri t s with hi s wit and stimulated our love for ' God' 'by his piety, helped in countl~ss ways; Jim, Brown, , too, was here from Lent· s beginning till end of ~chool; . ' ,', ,- ' r ' " . ... |