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Show ( -2- will probably be goat, not l amb. Now I've got to go to t ovtn with the truck and pick up some stoves". (July 19, 1943) "This last woek has seon a mighty decision, and a l ot of roal hard work as a 'rosult. I've selected the Site, and decided to build of stono, not of adobe (thOugh we mny usc a little edobe) and we've borrO\vod a horso and stono boat and have dragged tons and tons of stano from tho canyon wnll to tho site; have excavnted for footings, and actuallY set some stone in place. Our routine for tho dny is about this: I get up about' 5:30, shave and then ring tho Angelus'on a frying pan to rouse the community. We have Mass (sung on groater foasts), and after breakfast and clean-up we go to work. When tho hent gets intolerable (about 12, and when I say intolerable I mean 135-140 in the sun -and our work is mostly in tho sun) we get ready for lunch. Aftor lunch rest ~ hour, thon Navajo lesson'for about an hour; light work till four, thon wo get at the rock-pile again, till about six when we got roady for clinner. sometimes VvO work till nearly seven, if not too tired, but that makes dinner dishes get washed in tho dusk which is not so good. A neighbor has lent a work hourse and also a ' mare with a filly, so if the rains como and llk'1.kc the roads impassable for cars we Can still got to town for water and supplies. We have a water supply up the canyon, about 1600 feot from our site; another neighbor is in Price t Oday, soeing if he can get us some second-hand pipe. If he is successful, our noxt job will bo t o pipe the water to t he site -then we are set to go ahead with coment -- nnd it will also save a lot Of time novv consumed in going to t OlAil.l with water-bogs D-l1d jar41. TherO is a partly built stono house at our site, which will save a lot of work, and I am incorpor ating it into the plans in an effective way. pretty soon we shall bo ready to lay the corner stone of the church, and I'm telling tho Bishop so maybe ho will come down for tho occasion. We'll have high mass and the stano-laying and speeches (interpreted) and Q barbecue and maybe a dance by the Indians; it will bo _8 good oppotunity of making a mark on the Notion. We are ta]cing movies of all important activities and should have a good historical record in that way -- one that CQ~ be used for propaganda purposes . So, I think I have covered the high-lights of tho week's news. I'm trying to get a littlo native help in hauling stono, so that tho construction rn r k can go ahead. Labor is scarce, and there are extravagant idoas QS t o wages -- some want as much as $3 a day! " (August 1, 1943) ExCiting, isn't it -- and to thin.lc that we arc actually a part of it all. True, that there are many miles between us and our missionary friends, but the breach is purely a physical one and in thought as well as in prayer Father Liebler is still with us. Therefor e, us he corresponds with me, so shull I correspond with you and keep you informed of the doings of our mission. It ought to be extremely interest-ing t o follow their progress as well as to better understand their situQtion J as we become acquainted with the trials and tribulations that comprisc\ their ( duty. I ru~ certain Father Lieblor would very' much appreCiate heari " from you '7-" pers onall:\r, so if you haventt already done so, why not sond a fow wo'ds ,a 1 on&.. u W t o him and let him know that you really are interested ~S . fQSCina pioneer work among the Navaj o. ~ "i -p Cordially - Joan(~~ enwa, Secret ary. |
