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Show r contemplated at Fort Defiance--including the setting up of a Junior college-and it may well be that Fr. Liebler's r~latlon with the Mission will undergo considerable change 8S time goes by. In the meantime we have enjoyed renewed fellowship with the Arizona Clergy ano espeCially with Bishop Harte who recently consecrated a Navajo-made silver and turquoise chalice for us. Nelli hlghways on the Reservation have brought Fort Defiance much nearer; in the , early days we consinered it a day's Journey; now it is a matter of about three hours. Ever meet a Prot.estant nun? A new and rich experience has been ours · in our 1311 too brief contacts \')i th the Evangelical Sisters of Mary. The Mother House of the community is in Darmstadt in West Germany, but two sisters are settling in Phoenix where it was our privilege to meet not only them but also the Reverend Motber Basllea. We hope thet 1;111 who rean these words w1l1 pray for the Sisters and acquaint themselves with their work in making the love of Jesus known. A number of Mother Besi1ea's books have been translated into English and into several other languages. The growth of the Community has been phenomena1--from seven to well over a hundred in the first twenty years. Another ri ~h experience has been the weekly pra~er meeting with missionaries of : widely differing traditions. Possibly many of you have thought of us as "stiff" and extreme Catholic Spiscopalians and have assumed that this makes u'3 somewhat lacking in appreciation of the virtues of our fellow Christians "of other names". The opposite is true. Meeting with Presbyterians, Bible-Church and Pentecostal missionaries as well as with the Roman Catholic priest at Kayenta for weekly preyer and fellowship has made us increaslng~y aware of .tbe many things that unite us and consequently to deplore more deeply tbe things that still divide. It is especially inspiring to hea~ the testimony of Christian NE'v8joS at some of these meetings. . Re-reading our first paragraph above, we feel that we should have mede grateful mention of our own very slight sufferings under the White Death. Compared with that of the sheep-herders, we had an easy time of it, but we shall not soon forget havint; to melt snow to get water, digging cars out of drifts, spend ing hours on getting engines started, reading by candlelight or kerosene lamp11ghts 8 Gratefully we recall that we suffered not for 1ac~ of heat in our house; we owe . 13 special paean of praise for our propane gas man who made one trip, at least, through deep snows at 2 a.m. to fill our tank when the gauge said "0". A bow to Roy Mikesell of Kayenta! And how e09S our Chapel? The hoghan church I pictured on pa ge one, is often adequate but many times not so. We shall have to make a larger house of prayer. In response to our' last Message we . heve the initial $1,000 wbich should be enough to erect the walls of native stone. Helen won a prize in the Conoco contest, and if the Conoco peop1~ change their minds and decide to come through with the $500, we shall be that much better off. If we don't have to erect poles to get Tribal electric current to our p1ace l we shall have an additional $2,000. So, we have the "Episcopalian walls and roof" b,ut awa it the Method'ist pews, Romen Cathol1c altar, Pentecostal electrtc wiring and fixtures. And how abou-t Baptist plumbing? The Message goes to members of many Christian denominations and it is perhaps not too much to hope that action by some denominational groups will r~su1t, in addition to more modest small gifts which will be needed for minor details. How about you for sparking such a proJect? Spring, Summer ana Autumn are the only times we can build, and that means we should be "getting on our horse"o 8 8 • We hesitate to undertake the work until we know that it will not stand indefinitely unfinished. |