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Show ( a c}oan blankot for th) f adro , After li s t oning attonti IToly to i n - str'C:.ctions in Nav aj o Cl,ld 81ywving ::r ' Gc..~.lGYlt signs of app':'oval tt:oy ( triod '':':;0 lea::"'l1 s '.Jmc prayors in Nfl'J[;;. jC. They lovo tho si p;rl of tho c:C'oss b n c 8.1J.so t ho~r (; a ~ oxpr0 ~lS beli ef and participe.ti Oil b efore th.:.;y can rr~ana.go tho wo rcts ~' \~!(; s a2 .d~· 1)arts of tho ma.ss s c, t to In-di aE mel..odios in tho hOl~C t:n :~ t t ll ,,;y ;nay be abl e to sing a I i ttlo at tho Mission, ChristrrJ.ccs . Aftor l)rayor s for family , sheop and rain , iNO pushod alon g in our mae::Lc joop , cr oop ing along rock l o dg - ' os, bump in g over stoop rock s, now 2nd thon f oll owing a faint wag - on tr ail until wo camo ant noar IViontozuma Trading Post. Wo Dcw or cease t o marvel a t the pGwor s of tho J eop t hat Bob Lioble r gave us. At t il.o Mission, Brothor Juniper was in tho midst of cannine a whol e door. It had beon a gr iof t o us to closo t ho school f or t ho trip, but until Fr. Clemont gots back it is about tho only way to ge t to the out-sta tions . Bi l ly St ash, almost 5 yoars old and a bit over ono yard t a ll rodo t hrough tho troachorous rivor and quick sands, a lono , to como to school . Whon ho f ound t hat tho scho ol had fail e d him, ho trott od undor tho hors e's b elly, pullod tho hors e over to tho cottago , climbod onto tho porch and onto tho hor so and r odo sadly home . No wondor his f amily want · to movo ovo r h oro for t he wintor to be noar t ho school, as two othor largo famili os havo done . As soon as we got home wo startod packing tho pick-up f or the Padr o to tako 10 pa tl ont s to tho h os p i tal in Ari,zona. Wi th luck it is a long day~ trip but with our Ford arriving at all is a mira cl e . C~l am it ios along tho road 0.1'0 no longer n ows , and 3 days after his re t urn t ho Padr e said,flMaybe I f or got to t ell you that the Ford caught fir o on tho way to t he hospital. iI During tho Padro 's a bs once tho doctor and dontist arrived for t ho scmi annual clinic with a few hour' s instead of a weok's n o~ tico . Handling tho clinic is stronuous for 5 and almost impossible for 2 . Fathor Cloment's absonce, due to taki n g tho ute work a t :~lhi t or o c.ks 'tomporarily i s a handicap hard for us to b e ar. Tho firs t day, I dismissod school oarly and cloar e d tho school h ouse for tho clinic . As tho doctors stailt od, a woman camo 7 miles d own a r ough, l on oly trail to ask polico protoction. Ono of our most t ru sted Navaj os h a d t hroatenod t o shoot hor and h or nioce. Aftor I h a ct s trug[ l od for 6 hour s with tho t o l ephono on tho windy porch of t :l.e post off ico the opo;r a tor reported that she had roache-d Nava j o authoriti os in Arizona, bu t not a sound could I hoar. The mess ago had to bo r e layod t hrough four opor a tor s . The c1in].c wa s worthwhilo in 3Di t o of handicaps . Abou t 70 medi cal ana. 35 donta l cases W3ro troat o d , r o c ords mado and tr ea t mont s~~ art; o d on 18 t r'acho:·la ca .']o s . 'Theso no od car oful follow up 3 timo s a dp.y which vlould bo about a f\:t.ll timo job for a nurso if wo ."only hod ono 0 Roc;u l ar hogan vi si cs s eor[j :::;d impos si blo wi th a staff of 3 , but I pursu adod many t o como to tho hIission 3 time s a day. It i s t01:tching to soo tho li t t 10 youn gs t er s holding the ir own eyo s opon ,to r OGo i vo tho painfu l.. pO'.:"idC"'r. If thoy aro nogloc t od they 8.1'e apt to bo come blind . Wi tr, G3. ('oi'u l ·i~ r o at mo nt the tr oublo may cloar up in 10 . to 20 duy s . 'Tho ductor wa s amaz ed at tho way Fr. Lieblor ' s tr e;a t mont h ao c loc.r ed up impo tigo in this s o ction. Not one c aso came to tho cl i~ic . 3 |