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Show A desert home Frontier Corps fun with Father Mitchell D uring 1962 we had few people to do the work at the Mission but enough maney to carryon the work. Now in 1966 we have the staff to begin to reach all the people here but money is so short. 5000 square miles is a lot of territory to cover each month. We do this and try to reach 3,000 Navajo people in their homes, in government and public schools, at work in their gardens, at our clinic, at t he Navajo ceremonials, in sheep camps, in prison; hospitals or bars. T ry to picture a beautiful canyon with a few cedars, brilliant red bluffs and sage brush dotting the sand. A family lives here, not entirely in poverty because welfare provides some food and money. The family hogan and shade would be a natural part of this canyon. Instead we find rude shelters of broken boards and windows. Three cars and a tractor are junked in the yard along with heaps of tin cans and trash. Dogs, cats, r abbits, chickens and goats fight for each litt le scrap. Mothers and children are barefooted in cold weather; noses run, babies cry. Our people are caught in a great change- mud hogans are old fashioned, but houses are so poorly built that they can't keep out the cold or allow a breeze in summer. Our job is to bring the Peace and Order of Our Lord to each different and difficult situation. We have grown in many ways of service. More visiting, better instruction and speaking and translating the language is being done now. Perhaps we will be behind in paying food bills this month, gasoline bills the next. Many older construction bills have not been paid- but we have grown in happiness with more workers. Progress at Oljeto New home for Days Jay takes over The Rev. Mr. Robert D. Campbell, deacon, his wife Julie, and children Mark and Miriam arrived in clune. "The Campbells are coming!" was our joyful exclamation for weeks before. They now occupy a small trai ler and shade just behind the clinic, but more suitable quarters must be found before cold weather. Already Father Campbell has been to all areas, provided us with clever maps and daily shoulders the burdens with Fathers Wayne and Mitchell. His ordination to priesthood will occur on December 21 at St. Mark's Cathedral in Salt Lake City. P at Hanna has gone temporarily to be a Public Health Nurse in our own area. Jay Heisel will soon be business manager and allow Father Wayne more time with the people. Both these Frontier Corps charters members are giving their second year in voluntary service. Six new people arrived in September to double last year 's Frontier Corps enrollment. Above you will meet Marie Lockett and Harriet Dmitruk, both Registered Nurses. Phyllis Clark and Richard Kerr from California are next. Joe and Pat Day are from Witchita, Kansas, and have just moved into their new hogan home. All study daily, teach children's classes and work at a special task; there is always time for f un. This program needs support, too. Next year will find them out in the areas among the Navajo people- more "right hands" for the Church's work. Father Wayne looks for a camp |
