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Show S t. Christopher greets you this Christmas season! The new sculpture was executed by our good friend Fred Myers of Salt Lake City. Weighing 3500 pounds and standing 10 feet high, the new St. Christopher was dedicated on a late October Sunday afternoon. Workers, people, children (and dogs) made a short procession from the schoolroom chapel to the new site and after a blessing, several posed for the picture above. our last newsletter ended with a short thanks for your help over the rough days behind and ahead. The winter before us will be rough indeed, but we know the Lord will provide through your helping hands. Christmas preparations have now been made and the big day will be over by the time you read this letter, but the celebration will continue on . Did you ever think of giving an extra amount just after Christmas when the let down seems to occur? This is what we would appreciate so much and thank Our Lord for receiving it. Maybe we could finish the new church by July 25. When you see the Navajo Madonnas in the lower photos, turn and read our Christmas story. In 1868 there were about 6000 Navajo people left on the new reservation. The present population is about 112,000. A daily lesson comes from the strength, patience, nobility and happiness of the Navajo people. Elsewhere you will see us at work, cleaning up the grounds and getting ready for Christmas. The next newsletter will feature Navajo Mountain, one of the most remote areas of the reservation. Here the proud Navajo person lives many of the old ways, yet tries to be modern at the same time. Each month our visit inspires and teaches Each month our visit inspires and teaches us so many ways to walk in the "beautiful way." P lease remember our worker Atla, who faces a hospital stay just at Christmas time; our thank you notes will be a little late this year for that is her special task. |
