St. Christopher's Newsletter dated Lent 1969

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Your Children ••••• shall be like the green branches around your table. May our sons grow up like the young plants and our daughters be like the polished stones in the Lord's House. Psalms 128 and 144 Here we present the Navajo children and ask for your help and prayers for them. The Mission is now in its 26th year. One generation has passed. Children's children now begin their life. (I remember when your father and mother were just your size!) Here is the future. They shall grow up as more sturdy plants in this part of God's Creation. They shall speak for Him. They shall lead the way. They will be the missionaries. They will be called by God to do His Work here and in other places. They have been planted; we all must help them grow. They must have the rain of kindness and love. They 'must have the sunshine of good food and medical care. They must have the pruning and hoeing of independence and guidance. They must have respect for old ways and the older people, yet look forward to new ways in a changing world. They must gleam brighter and be heard as we dim into the background. For The Year 1969 ••••• we have made a budget of $146,000. This year must show a growth in reaching out to the People and their needs across Southeast Utah and Northern Arizona and into the cities where many now must go to live. To do this we have decided to spend half of this money outside the Mission support activities. This means tighter belts and saving of money in many different ways. We will try to get more support from the Navajo People in any way from pennies and dollars to sheepskins. Our envelopes do not need postage. But your stamp will save 10 cents. We would like to send you a copy of our budget. Please note on envelope. One dollar will help with the Newsletter cost. Please note on envelope. A project letter for many ways of help at little cost to you can be sent. Please note on envelope. If you cannot send help we still want you to read and pray for this work. Please pass it on. If you are not inter­ested, please note on envelope. We pray for you a Blessed Lent and the Lord's Happiness on His Easter Day of New Life in the New Promise. Christmas ••••• was mighty cold. We had a low of 21 degrees below zero just before Christmas. Our cele­bration lasted two days with a Christmas Eve Eucharist on Tuesday morning and deer stew afterward. Christmas Eve night Father Wayne went to the people of St. Francis Church in Moab who have no priest just now. Christmas Day was celebrated with a sung Lord's Supper then cake and coffee and a movie for all. In the evening a dance by our Mission boys ended the day.