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Show Thnnks g:tving Day 19 r ,3 j \r. e had 0lU" fi rst mass in the hou.s e today - 16 poo.le . Five Nnvll 00 s i x v i l lager.s , . "''mon, LutJherl!l.n _nd p ean and 5 of u s . Ou. v:i ndmY~::l arc more or :Ie s s in, most of he tlH ttle s, , re .l ai d over' the r a.fters . m ybe a "'ut 10 sq f'ee t s .;111 to , 0 , but the \· at t ,as aI'o;; not c ' v ered yet 7ith a1 "her t ar paper a r nUde ''Ie had a f' ire i . m .r fi!'epl a ce ·B...l'ld i 11 a li t Llo 00 s tove in the other corner . "1 th et t €'.::'nn OV8r> th a d oor\!:T~:ys we lI'1ero ito c mf'ort ble . Our temporary altar V/D.. r.lade b .. p l an1:3 on top of tl a ncr! kitchen stove still in its c r a te, and ny blue strl pea c ouch cov er :for f1 f r ontal. I t l ook-od 1.1 e a real a ltar. red Indian rug 1n .flO nt of it" d i lt go l d Ve!] r:~on t s madk i .11 very fest i vc . budget, btl t Br . l i cha e l l e t h _?llsel.f go e; t 0 -:r t ur k ey fr , our '~o rmon pr i st ( 5:h e Uon on priest menti oned -that he ~ e have been l~i n r on a Ii ited on dj.nnor . nd it \'J a.!J \'1 0 1'1 ~ e rful . We at 35¢ so rm did not do too badl thought that the b irt h of Our La!' wa.s ce,lebr ated t Easter . ) ( One of o'r bigges t p_'obl&1S i s tho i Cfi l one . · 0 thou 'h t tha t it ffi :;:1 . oUl:l be very ",10\1 \-;,om t. 0 get t he Navajos to !."lant ·.ili t o medieine~ but Y!:" ~' we .f~nd them trery eQua r for :. t # and una.ble t o ge (, i t . . ey are also e acer ~ , f'or .s chool s· an can t t get. them in s pite of the mon ey appr opriated by t h )c gove rnment . '111. rtov e!~r:rment gives thi s terri tor y here abO! .' 25 a year for e a ch na~J'Gt jo child of s ch ool age , and there i s not on e s chool fa .:. them v el' ~ mi l e s and mi l s - no here i n Sn ~ .n County and for <.~ I ._rig 7ay vcr J the 1'1 v. er on the r e se!'va t i on . ~/hen wo :fir st cane our next door ne i eh or : Rn.."1 101ph , t."qa l' ther of the I n dian f 11 i n the s na. shots , s i d if "",e , vlOuld stn.. t D. "MaIN.Jo s ch ool he 'JQuld ge t us 60 1 avajo childron, nearby . Sick Indions h ero can g o '-; a doc tor only by r i di nc a JmroBt Iv·~ miles ond .,. as nost of them have t o tl'>Qvel i n bUmpy 01 1 V1 gons when t.~ey ar0.n' ~'blc \? \ to r i de hODE'obac r, 1 t r:o' l d be 'rather a t rip 'f'01" a dy i n ' patien t . ~yo hi!lvC a :rou." . l(';' 'octor onl:, 25 rules u ",-ay, but he doc tors \7111 t os ., nd the Indians a r esupposec:. .0 bo ear'od f or by t ho gover:rll'OO,nt . iwe have viri t dJon t·J'O 01"' p' t hree goverru ant p ostG ond 83ke ~ if' they '"fO d send a oc tOI' n O "l trn .... then ~r 'iTa gathe r ed pati ent s tog v ther ~ nnd they- ywote 01. t heir s-y; .lpllth:,. and i nerost , "ut t 10:. rlOuld not. We a ve f rom 2 to 10 p"l tien ts <. d,9..y com nr here for t r ca tment . Of' c our s Vie can ( 0 little f or them, but i f' "TO t 11 'hen th·u they j" s t sit p ... tient- 1y and 7ai tr,l n wh::m no f i nd tJla t t hey have come ten ::_i1<ts on hOI'S ", back .from .over' t..1te riVc l" ,10 do vinet \70 Clln. So:f· r intosti na l flu , bad c ol ds app- oncl'l:in pnc onia , maybe , and '.'[ounds and brns and cndle& ~3 s ore oyes, many of tho , tra choma , no do b t , have been t oo main d iff'iculttes . For most t; hing s 70 c~ n g i v e onl terrpornry r elief' •. Race :1tly our Indian stone nason v ll0 h~ s been I i ving i n e. ,vhite te t on OJ r pro pert" asked 11S t o tre a t his sIck ch ild . abont t wo years old . It fJeel ed th t the ch i ld had had. a b~_' col (, and co gh an d ha(l bec OCle very vo • T c mO<'i c'"ne .Ian he. . t r i ed and h ad deci ded thn:: the lil<1 ' oul ! ~e h ') ne x t d 'y and so t10 Id u se no more or .d s r e di c 'i ne on i t . They h itt |