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Show -2- ; (4. .: House for overflow class'ss, and even on Saturdays many"ehildren come to 1:;;he Mission House to read, write and ask questions. One "19 year old boy who lives down the River toward Mexi can Hat used to rid,B his bicycle 5 miles to the San Juan, carry it acros s the treachero~s quickeands and rapid current of the ri~er, then ride the addition~ 15 miles to the Mission school. Now the river is quite high, so he and\ his two prothers move to the Mission during the week, gDing home only on weekI3ndS. The twins, Virginia and Jimmy, are coming to school with ' their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother now, so we have four ~. generations represented. r TO HOUSE our larger staff, we have .built b. .nall log stockade dormitory. Fr. Nash had barely finished the, r<ilofing jab wheh Olive moved in with her cat, "Red", who travele'd from New York to join the staff. OUR WISHED-FOR Gibson Tractor, with implements, has been giV~'; to us, and we have already used it to mow down weeds around the gar .n and hay fields, As soon as the ground is softened with the first wi er's snow we hope to ready the ground for Spring work. ' , PAGES could be devoted to telling of the many guests who have helped make our summer enjoyable. Their contributions have been many and varied: a fireman from Ogden helped us in eliminating some fire-hazards physicians and druggists gave valuablo advice; each made a rare contribution, for which We are grateful. Our hearts go out in gratitude to the many whO have sent boxes of clothing, shoes and other usefu.:...c-l _ articles for our Navajos. " J THE SPIRITUAL HARVEST resulting from our tWice-) ") n ,"\ M''''. a-day catechetical instructions has been par- I r ,') ,' 1\ ~p,,\ tially reaped. On the Last Sunday After Trin- '('~~,r , ~~r J. \ ity, ten Navajos -;lere baptised, and on Thanks- L:> ~ .\ ~ . \~ ./ ':-- : \ gi ving Day, fifteen more wore baptised. These if'/ \\\-"~ ' ---';.'~f ((~ ".( /" were nearly all adults or children ready for ,I( '\ .. .\ . ' ..:..:....J.-..: -<, I, -_.- '\.\ ... { Confirmation, but a few were the babes in arms \ .: of Christian adults. After breakfast on Thanks-\\", I _ ~ ." ,7.' - ';- '_' ' gi ving Day, wc all marched in solemn. processioh '~-' -\\ " ./ l from Chapel to the newly completed hoghan of . ~ : f i . some of our neophytes, and blessed it with holYL' {',<." ,, :::.: \ water, incense and sacred chartt. - /11 _ . . _- - -- ' OUTSTANDING runongst those baptised is one Tall Man. Our first contact with him was in 1943, when wo w er~ - building the Mission House and needed log rafters. We commissioned him to get them--and knowing only the White Man's business methods, paid him half the sum in advance. Tall Man disappeared for twoyearsl Vlhen we next s~im, he agreed to return the deposit" someday". A year later, he c4/K voluntarily to the Mission, and paid back the money. This sumlner he injured his foot, so went to live with his mother, Mary, one of our corrmmnicants. Navajo "sings" proving fruitless, he accepted our therapeutic ministrations, and when able to walk, hobbled to the Mission, attended daily instructions and many Musses, and finally declared his readiness to be baptised. He received first Holy Cor~union the day we write this Newsletter. BROTHER Juniper is making an extended trip through the Middle West, speaking in many parishes, showinG movies and interesting many new friends in our work. |