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Show habitation. The sun hung low in the heavens when Fr. Liebler pointed out wagon tracks running ott the trail into the juniper thickets. We followed, found a pUr of hinnies hitched to a wagon laden with dead juniper faggots and logs. The owner appeared; we engaged in conversation. Presentlys "You got some medicine tor sores?" he asked, pointing to a sore spot beside his bulbous nose. We had; his interest increased. He confided that his wite had a very sick baby. Furthermore a woman in nearby camp was very siok, too. And some boys had bad sores. Pausing only to tie the hinnies more securely, he climbed into the Chevvy with us, and guided us over tour miles of trail to his father-in-law's camp; as near to comprising a village as . you will tind in Navajo Land,---three tents and tour hoghans. It was dusk when we had ministered the last miracle drug, rut we took our guide back to his wagon, and then made our own camp, rut not before we had assured • both the sick and the well that health ot body must go with health ot soul; and in the morning, with the permission ot the patriarch, there would be "Jesus' kind of prayers". All consented, and agreed to be on hand. In the morning thirty-three were present---about as large a congregation one can ever expect in outstation work. The two most seriously ill the night before were IIUp and around"; the sores were all improved. And so, once more the eternal . truths ot the Gospel were presented to a People who had !lenr before heard the Name ot Jesus, save as "the' white man's most powertul swear word"a The healiag message tor body and soul, the promise ot life eternal. Those three ~s are perhaps completely typical of III1ssion llte in Navajo ' land. "The 'rhythm of disappointment and encouragement; the sense of complete faU: ure and then real feeling of achievement b¥ the power of God and the tortuitous following of a pair ot wagon tracks in the sand •••••••••••••••• OUR NEW CHAPKL LONG FORETOLD, more than three years in construction (because other things of'ten seemed ID9re urgent) our new log chapel was tirst used on Palm SUnday. Alr~ .. are teeling at hODl8 in it. The lovely stone .utar, with flagstone sanctU8l"1' floor and steps, blend in well with the log walls. The Altar, as you know, is so arranged that the Priest faces the people when · sacriticing, in the manner still observed in the most anoient of Church buildings. We have a tew snapshots; it interested, ask for one. The old II tar stands in the baptistery, and is used for pr1 vate Masses. Size · ot new Church is just rights A lumdred or more can be accommodated; yet two or three Navajos at dally service with just our coDlllWl1ty don't "rattle around" • Holy Week and Easter services were carried out with our customary care, b1t, tor the first time without a sense ot being cramped for space. PASCUJ,LI EASTER Monday our mare "Beshlagain dropped a white mule colt. He is ot course called Pascual. Navajos are enthusiastic, and we have had some flattering otfers. White mules are highly prized as mounts because ot their strength, sure-tootedness and enduranoes In three years look for more news. IRRIGATION DITCH EVERY SPRING we renew the struggle to get water on our arable land; this year with the UDprecedented drought it has been harder than ever. Twenty mandqs brought a tew days ot trickle. We hope our beDetactors will be more generous than ever this year, tor it seems unlikely that we can raise enough vegetables for the SUIIIDer, not to mention _canning for the 1I'1nter--or ~ tor Pascual and his mother and sister. |