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Show SAl \~T C ~\S!cH EI~5 . pT. CHRISTOPHER'S MISSION TO 'I'HE NAVAJO: ...... -.--.... - .. ~. Story by Phyllis NEW:) Lf;.1 - .- ~ 1-:>, BlliFF, UTAH APVENJ, 19 ~ Johnson " .'< l·1~l \1"<II'<;.'\ !{ I . ORE corifirmatio~s--~a faithful and growing congregation-... an enlarged starf---record school attendance--two ~ • ;" : \" largest baptisms---such are the fruits of our busy i) 1 . I \ k./ summer and au turnn at st. Chri stopher' S ~ I, , \ " ,~,Y . '- ---- SEPTEMBER brought our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Stephen C. Clark; down from Salt Lake City for Confirmation. Many of our Navajos were working in the bean, potato or beet harvests off the Reservation, and it took an expedition of the weapons carrier, some arguments with em.ployer~ in Colorado . and- a h,orseback t 'rip up the River to gather our congregation. That .sunday morning, only Bobby' Nat and Sam and "Maggin" Long John presented themselves for Confirmation. Bobby is the 8 year old son of Stella, one of our first co:rnmuIficants. We told you about ~he Long John family in our last Newsletter. About noon, when the serviye was ,over, Sam's mother, Mary, and one of her great grandahildren twins arrived, having had trouble rounding up their horses on the range. Th~ other ' twin was still missing. A second confirmation service was held at Vespertime. Just before the Bishop started for S~lt Lake, the other twin, Jimmy, who had been herding sheep across the River, slipped into the Mis~ion Hou.se.. He was· too timid to be confirmed alone--we call him the 'shyest member of the shyest race-- so he is awaiting the Bishop' s l~ eturn in May. . FOUR NEW ~rri vals ar'e to be reported: Canadian-born ' Oli vee Salter, who has been working in: New York for the past few years, joined up in October~ bringing an excellent background of teach1ng 'and social work~ Towards the endof ,October, Father William Nash arrived from Los Angeles. Having worked in a Navajo trading post last year, he has a fine understanding of, and sympathy for, The People. Next . arrived Kathryn Murray from Denver, who has volunteered to do our cooking for t he Winter--full of energy and unfailing humor. The fourth arrival--one that we are particularly enthusiastic about, is Kayah David, a Navajo teacher sent by the U.S. Indian Service to teach Navajos to read and write their own language. He quickly gath, ered a cla:ss"of te'n students, with interest " growing daily. Besides his regular classE1s, David helps us by int.erpreting sermons and ~ instructiohS, as well as in difficult conversations,. He also has a way with machines and is acquiring an 'intimate knowledge of the interiors of our ailing fleet of cars and our' light plant. UnfortunateJy while away in ·Shipro.ck visiting his parents, be was rushed to a hospital foranaPji;ndectomy • \ We hope. he wi ll .r.eturn soon,- bringing 'Wi th him. his Hopi fe, a graduate nurse. ' ' . . '" '" - ~ , , •• WE ARE NOW in correspondence with several other people who are 'interested in themissiohary life, so w"e may have more . arrivals .t.o .report in O'lW next New sletter. NOT ONLY' is the Staff growtng, bUt so is the Navaj 0 population at the Mission. , The Atcidy Begay family has Ploved. in, . and more of the Long John family; so that , th"e children may attend school and s ervices. School is held a f ull 5i hours, and in other respects State standards ·are maintained, for our $chool is now a part · .of Utah" s educati onal syst em. ' Re ligious instru;ct ion is ,h e l d dur i ng tho latt er part of the noon r e ce s s , and daily cat echi sm or otl].e.r ,lnstruction follows daily Vespers,. Al1-ti):l18 high a t t endq.nce . i s being . r .ecor,de,d ,:bothfqr school and chur ch . We hav ~ ,11,ad to uSe t pe Mi ss i on |