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Show .;t 14, P 3 Here at st Nary of the Noonlight Clhurch ,.,e see t he church frequently well fillec, mostly with the young--healthier, better-fed and clothed and with vas tly better chances for schooling than in the old da y s . Bus is used to take t hem to school J high school is at leas t 100 miles a ,.,ay, ,.,h ich means early s tarting and late returning, but many are per sever ing, ,.,hile some inevitably drop out. Our chi1cren love to sing, in i'lavajo and in English, songs like "He have decided to follOv1 Jesus". Pray t hat the decision be real! FLASTf ! Ne,.,s that our s ishop plans to visit us for Confirmation during the ',eek of December 9th has jus t come in. Bear the t hought in mind! * * * Ai\JD FROH JOAi\j I r Hello, there, again! And many grateful thanks to those of you who res ponded 'so lcind1y ,.,ith gifts of coloring books and crayons . h'e nOVi have a nice boxful for the entertainr.lertt of our young visitors. I'd like to share ,'lith you a couple of experiences I had during my lvonderfu1 visit to my na t:tve land (England) this year. Needless to say , the joy of meeting and getting re-ac;::quainted ,.,ith relations and friends in Zng1and topped . everything , but I thinl<: the s e tw"O happenings are of quite general interest. Firs t, my cous in, a retired naval surgeon, arranged for me to give a t alk on :~ avajo missionary work to a group of young mefl during t he Chaplain's iiour at ' t~le local "'Bors ta1" (reform) School near Ho11es1ey, Suffolk. There were about , ,18 young men present and I shov1ed slides of the i',avajo People and our beautiful ' des ert country, ta11cing about them as they were s hown. "Nm.,," I ,.,ondered, "what happens next? A s pot of heckling, maybe? Or, wor s t of all, dead silence?" (At t h i s point, I wasn't feeling the least bit confident about anyon e's interest in mission ,vorl<: or the i'.Javajo Indians). But the reaction was simply wonderful. 'rhere came a most stimulating barrage of questions about the i~ avajo s and our ,.,rorl<: ,.,ith them. I was wearing my Navajo dress, plus some borrowed jewelry, and that 'vas colorful enough to arouse interest, of course, but the real joy was in the di scovery that, along w'ith all the questions and answers, some empathy 'vas being built up, and when, at t he end of the hour, I said t hat it was the cll s tom in i'-Javajoland to shake hands with everyone after a visit, I was both surprised and touched to s ee hOly quickly they got into line to shake hands with · me! Well, more than that, really - each handshake conveyed to me more than just friendly appreciation; it conveyed an almost desperate need for recognition and caring. And the truth of the famous obs ervation made by Father Flanagan, founder of Boys ' Tm'ill, came to me ,'lith full force: "There are no bad boys - only bad parents !" And I also thought t hankfully of the courage of that anointed man of God, David ~H 1kerson, who brings Christ to the street gangs, the junkies, the prostitutes, t he alco'lolics, offering them new life in Jesus. Fraise God for h im, and others like him, who care for the los t sheep ••••• What a dark, terrifying, satanic, yet withal glorious, love-filled, Spirit-drenched age we're now living in! I believe the greatest Wal!' the world has ever knmrn is already in progress; t he battle-lines are drawn and the Safety Zone is getting smaller and s maller ••• seems ,.,e either have to choose ,.,hich side we're on, or run the risk of getting mi s era bly c a ught in th e cross-fire! Hhich, in a roundabout way, brings me to the other thing I'd like to share with you - my visit to "England's Nazareth", the Shrine of Our Lady of Wa1singham in ~Wrfo1k. Ny first pilgrimage to ~'lalsingham was made during i'lorld Ivar II. Since then I have never visited England without also visiting 'v.'a1singham. Restored in 1923, almost 400 years after the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of you-kno'\or-who, it is actually one of the oldest shrines in Europe, having been built in 1061 - a replica of the Holy House of l'lazareth - and it became exceedingly famou s ; pilgrims from all walks of life visited the Shrine and paid homage to the Holy Child and His Blessed Mother. rl'hose were the days when people still believed in God; England wa s known as "Mary's Dow'ry"; and the Milky Was was called by thousands of Pilgrims setting off northward from London as "the Walsingham ~'lay". Today, the message of \<;a1singham is still clear and unambiguous - and desperately needed .... the Holy One, begotten of His Father before all worlds, tool<: human flesh of the Blessed Virgin Nary and was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod t he I<:ing, to the end that whosoever believeth in Him shOUld not perish but have everlasting life. Truly those Spirit-filled, early Church Fathers knew what |