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Show 1f29, p.2 been so long since I have been able to have an ordered daily prayer life, with both Offices, Mass and Intercessions . And also the people - I spent much time with them years ago and I feel greatly attached to each and everyone of them through the years. I have always felt that Father Liebler is the finest priest I have ever worked with. If I have helped with the physical work this past summer , and if it has lessened the day-to-day duties of these fine, dedicated people, then I am more than gratified. " ........ Marc Costa, erstwhile, Brother Michael." And we thank you, Marc, for sharing the ups and downs of our desert life once again, and for all the work you have done while you were here. "You-all come back!" as we say Out West. God bless you. And Helen says : Again we are faced with the problems of those who need to get away to schools. Again we get the sad question, "Aren 't there any 'Piscopal foster homes where we can stay? The Mormons have good homes . Why don't you?" After three summers of trying we think we are going to be able to get one of our Servers, aged 18, into a BIA Boarding School in Riverside, California, and we have even got backing from friends in an Arizona parish for clothing and bus fare. And that brings up the matter of school clothes. Mothers are begging for sturdy school clothes, and children returning to schools are unhappy to appearin school wearing the remnants of their summer herding garments, to say nothing of worn-out shoes. At the moment it would seem that skirts and dresses are OUT, slacks , blouses and jackets are IN (and of course read "shirts" instead of "blouses" for the boys) among the school crowd. The lovely long skirts are now worn by the girls only at ceremonies and graduation. Also, babies still keep coming and mothe~st ill ask for baby clothes. Jessie Holiday's l2-year-old son, Matthew, who has had most of the diseases , deadly and otherwise, that children are heir to, and has spent many months of his life in hospitals (with his faithful mother feequently sleeping on the hospital floor to be near him) is again in a big hospital in Phoenix. For years a shunt placed under the scalp relieved pressure on his brain and he did well in St Michael's Special Education School Later, the shunt was removed. Now the doctors have inserted another shunt, and he will have to spend at least two months more in hospital. Please pray for him. A lovel) 1~.9 ~,£) \-noJU<' a.c'\...D h£,.c.-h.tlcn...·"*~lY), 0Un£ ~ S8Jt ~ ~~ tb vi's~y ~tiA~\\zsicvut c.c.u'f\e b., tu .~ f(he~lo' o.tW .sh..eWt>...S ."""~ b~ s:~ j A\"Ick . A few hundred yards of distance away from our former residence does not seem very important, but it does make a real difference in the amount of quiet and the number of interruptions we have in our comfortable mobile homes. The clanking of the metal water barrels and larger tanks, which are used to truck home water for some 40 or 50 families and their gardens, accompanied by top volume rock 'n' roll programs on car radios, and crying babies, now seem rather faint sounds in the distance. We still see many friends, discuss probl ems, help with difficult telephone calls and all that, but the idea at las t seems to be catching on that we are not all-night mechanics, or operate free towing service for the area. Our next hope is that we can get across the fact that we are at Mass 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 5 : 00 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and, unless there is a real emergency, we'd appreciate callers coming outside those hours! Just a dream, maybe! Now for Brother Juniper's 2¢ .... Funds have been low and temperatures high, so little building has been done this summer. When the trailer arrived, the " swamp cooler" had been removed for transportation . The house had none. When the cooler arrived it was cold weather, and we were more interested in heat. As the temperature rose the need for the coolers increased. Thanks to the kindness and sympathy of Bishop Putnam, a cooler was bought for the house, and some Navajo boys installed both coolers on house and trailer. They have been a big help for, like the rest of the country, temperatures here have been higher than normal, frequently 1000 F. in the shade (which means around 1200 to 1300 in the sun!). We have no shade as yet. A couple of trees have been planted but it will be several years before they will do much good. However, we do have a fine crop of tumbleweed! Our mile-high elevation gives us some relief at night, and many nights a light blanket is needed . The chain-link fence, which was the dogs' pen, has been brought from the other house and the area between the house and the trailer has been fenced, which keeps cows, sheep and horses out and has enabled Helen to make a tiny garden - a couple of zucchini squash and a couple of tomato plants. We have enjoyed some of the squash. Last year someone must have spit out some watermelon seeds, for we have a cine covered with blossoms and one melon growing. Joan's dog, Heidi, would sit on the vine, so Helen had to barricade it with all sorts of things - rocks, milk crates and what-not - but Joan claims that Heidi actually helped - by sitting on the vine until the melon hatched out! What will animal lovers say next! Father has a bird feeder set up outside his window. The birds' vigorous pecking at the seeds causes some to fall to the ground, and many have taken root, much to the delight of the neighbors' horses, cows and sheep. We hope to extend the fence to include more ground, so we can grow trees and a garden in front of the . house. This is open range country, where y.ou fence the animals out , not in. Now for a bit of personal news. About a year and a half ago I hurt my. knee in a fall . First the knee was immobilized. Then I started getting around on crutches and finally a cane. Visits to specialists did not help and the pain continued. One day this summer the pain was very severe, and during Intercessions I asked for prayers for healing . |