Thursday, 5 September 2013
Photo's - Wed.
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
We have crossed the Rez!
Today has been another fantastic day. We began with a meeting with the mayor and fed back to him all the things we have done over the past week or so. He was very encouraging and we are really praying that when he goes up for election that he will succeed so that he will be place on our next mission.
After that we went back to the church to rehearse and pack so that we could leave early afternoon to cross the reservation and go to Farmington. The journey took two and half hours and it was great to arrive at Navajo Ministries and see the welcome sign outside on the main road.
We are staying in a bunk house on site which is really comfortable.
We had a meal at a Chinese restaurant in town with Nathaniel and Rosandra from Gallup - a lovely couple who have blessed us so much on this mission. They came up from Gallup to see relatives.
We had to be at the Riverside Bread of Life church outside town by 6.30pm to take a service. It was a lovely church with great facilities and so we could show our film, project words and they had a good sound system, drums etc so we set up and did worship, drama, testimony etc. it was a really good evening with ministry time. The pastor led in English and Navajo.
We have just got back to the bunk house after a compulsory visit to Walmart - we rated this one better than the Gallup store! We even had ministry in the shop praying for a few folk whilst doing our shopping.
Tomorrow we are taking part in the pastor's prayer meeting, then to the school on site and later having tea with the kids and doing a programme with them. We are hoping to visit Navajo Lake in the afternoon.
When we got out of the cars to tonight at 10.45pm it was still overt 80 degrees F! Going to be hot night!
After that we went back to the church to rehearse and pack so that we could leave early afternoon to cross the reservation and go to Farmington. The journey took two and half hours and it was great to arrive at Navajo Ministries and see the welcome sign outside on the main road.
We are staying in a bunk house on site which is really comfortable.
We had a meal at a Chinese restaurant in town with Nathaniel and Rosandra from Gallup - a lovely couple who have blessed us so much on this mission. They came up from Gallup to see relatives.
We had to be at the Riverside Bread of Life church outside town by 6.30pm to take a service. It was a lovely church with great facilities and so we could show our film, project words and they had a good sound system, drums etc so we set up and did worship, drama, testimony etc. it was a really good evening with ministry time. The pastor led in English and Navajo.
We have just got back to the bunk house after a compulsory visit to Walmart - we rated this one better than the Gallup store! We even had ministry in the shop praying for a few folk whilst doing our shopping.
Tomorrow we are taking part in the pastor's prayer meeting, then to the school on site and later having tea with the kids and doing a programme with them. We are hoping to visit Navajo Lake in the afternoon.
When we got out of the cars to tonight at 10.45pm it was still overt 80 degrees F! Going to be hot night!
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Variety is the spice of life!
Today has been another busy and varied day and another day of 'firsts'. After devotions we set out to a residential home for the elderly run by the Sisters of the Poor. It was in a lovely area of the town and it was a really lovely facility. We were shown into the room where there must have been about 30 people, mainly Native either Navajo or Zuni. We sang and shared testimony and they responded to us. It was really worthwhile. One of the carers translated into Navajo for us. One man called Robert was particularly blessed.
After that we returned to Joshua Generation for more prayer and devotions. We then set out to do some admin downtown, get lunch, go to the cultural centre and then head back to the church to grab our gear and head out to Sunshine Canyon. We set up our canopy at the dead end and started kicking a ball about and blowing up balloons and cooking hot dogs. Sue and Alice went door to door and a crowd of kids and a couple of adults joined us. A lady came up with a little child that we had prayed with when we'd been in the area before to tell us that she had walked further than she had in months and that she had noticed an improvement immediately after the prayer. So we were able to pray again with her for further healing.
We stayed for about an hour just blessing the kids - one lad said it was the best day of his life! So humbling.
Then after Enchilladas and Frito pie made by Peewee we went down to the Coffee House to sing in the cafe. Again we were joined by folk we'd met in the town square when we did tea and a chat and whom have had an answer to our prayers today! God has provided work for them!
God is blessing our mission! We feel so very blessed. Tomorrow we head up to Farmington Navajo Ministries.
After that we returned to Joshua Generation for more prayer and devotions. We then set out to do some admin downtown, get lunch, go to the cultural centre and then head back to the church to grab our gear and head out to Sunshine Canyon. We set up our canopy at the dead end and started kicking a ball about and blowing up balloons and cooking hot dogs. Sue and Alice went door to door and a crowd of kids and a couple of adults joined us. A lady came up with a little child that we had prayed with when we'd been in the area before to tell us that she had walked further than she had in months and that she had noticed an improvement immediately after the prayer. So we were able to pray again with her for further healing.
We stayed for about an hour just blessing the kids - one lad said it was the best day of his life! So humbling.
Then after Enchilladas and Frito pie made by Peewee we went down to the Coffee House to sing in the cafe. Again we were joined by folk we'd met in the town square when we did tea and a chat and whom have had an answer to our prayers today! God has provided work for them!
God is blessing our mission! We feel so very blessed. Tomorrow we head up to Farmington Navajo Ministries.
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