The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1958

THE OHIO INDEPENDENT_BAPTIST June 1958 - NAVAJO-LAND CALLED US 1{, \ \~ 4\ 1, 1{1~ .. ~ a11c{ ~l) l~~ l ,l\ 1) .. \ \ IR 1 11 1 I I l l\ l i."i·io11a1·ie. • "'\\.. e f1 r,1 lt\Hl'llt'd ctllt)ttt Xn,·c1 t it , fro111 ()ttr I) t'H11 of ~tt1tl t) 11t ~ :1t \\"l1P,1tt)11 '()l lt'f.l' <l. Il e l1n<l bt')c11 a 1111~~1t111c1r) <1111011~r tltt)~e l)COl)le ftll' 111c111., ) 'Pell'~. \\T:) g·ot Olll' ~tart tlll tl1c."\ fieltl l>)· 1)io11eeri11g· ~l ,111c1l l <.111tst,1tio 11 ~el1ool ,,·orl{ for H l<lr~·e :\[t,tl10<.ii~t ) I i ~ io11 cl1ool i11 F ar111i11o·tl)ll, ... .... :.\[ . 'l l1e fi1· ~t fo11r , <?c11·~ of 0111' 111ar1'ied life ,,,e1'e ~l)<."111 t t l1e1·e a11c.l t lie. e 3"ear ,,·011ld 111al~e for i11tere ti11g· r e,1di11g·. .,,.,. e ... tr11g·g·le(1 ,,·itl1 "c111d, 111l1d a11d a ,c_ f orei 0·11 la110·11ao·e. "\\Te ,,ere not t1·ai11ed for ~chool ,,'"ork a11d felt a lJ111·de11 to 1·each the olcle1· and h T · TIT t111eti11eated og·a11 ..1.. a,-aJ o . , , e 1·e , ig"lleLl f ro1n tl1i c 11001 a pp lied fo1-- ,,·01·lc t1nde1· F ello-n- hip of Bapti t. £01' Home :\Ii , iou a11d i11 a erie of miracle the Lo1·d planted 0111· feet in an i olated --= l)Ot called :\Iexican "\"\ ater i11 ... .,.01·thea te1·n Arizona. For a nt1mbe1.. of 3rea1 .. , the r e er,ation had been clo ed to the e11t1·ance of an3r adclitional rni ionarie . In late 1951 our 1)e1 .. mit ,,a the fi1-- t to be g1 ..anted b~ ... tl1e Xavaj o Tribal ('founcil fo1· 111a11, ... ,...ea1· . i11ce then ho,veve1-- ._ " other de11omi11atio11 ha,,e ente1 ..ed. \'\Te pl1lled ou1"' tr·ailer to ~I exican \\T ate1· in J an11ar}r 19-2. e do .. not om1 the lancl 1101· do we have a lea e. \\Te a1·e 1nerelJr p e1·1nittec1 to lJt1il l a11d -n-ork i11 the area ancl ca11 be a ked to leave a11y time the .. T1·ibal '101111ril feel. o i11clined. :\Io t 1ni io11 l)l1ilcl pe1"'111anent clwelli11g· but ,ve did not f eel l ecl to cl o o. Ot11" 1nai11 p1trpo e in bei11g- the1·e i to e tabli. h a 11ative indiO'e11ot1. wo1·k ancl ,vl1e11 that time come ' . ,ve ,,·ill l)e mo1'e tha11 happy to 1110,e. L ocatio,i Get 011t a map ancl find Fa1·111- i11g-to11, ;\ .... ~I. awa3.. in the 11orth- ~:~e t co1·11e1 .. o~ tl1e tate. Rt111 yol11· f1n°·e1· 100 n11le to the ,,e t i11to . ..:\.1 ..izo11a, ancl ther e ,,e a1·e. Ther e nothi11g the1 ..e bl1t ot1r mi.· ·io11 sta– tion and a tracli11g po ·t for t}1e 111- dian . Thi i , the famo11. 'four - cor ..11e1'. area of t l1e l T .~ . ,v here ther·e i o ml1eh oil a11cl 11ranit1m aC'ti,Tit}"" the. e day . Ye:, ,ve 1·e 100 1nile f1..om our po. t office g1 ..oce1'3T tor·e. etc:. 011r 011Jv wl1ite neio·hbo1·. are the tr·acler incl hi famil,... "' Climate We have the u ual 4 ea on a J>. ). l O\. 8t 3, l<,1r111i11gio11. 1 e \ \" l exieo , ·c-cll'. ~t1111111<1rs ell'<' l1ot l)11t ,,,c • tl()ll ,t r el it cl ," i11 lllclll)r 1 lcl •(\' l)(:l- e cl llsc ,,·c cl rr l1ig·l1 i 11 a l t i tt1 1 c ,,r}1prp tl1erc i lo,,· 1· h111niclitv. .. "\\"" i11 t c1· , a r col cl 0111eti111e do,, 1 n to zero. b11t ,, 1 e l1ave l ittle ~ 110,, 1 • l-re11e1·a ll}.. J)eal<i11g-- it , . ' cl dr)r ba rre11 eot111t1·,.. of 1·o~lc f 01 ..1 1a- ._ tio11 · n1e a a11cl a11cl . \ Ve , 1 e 1na11aged to l1a, 1 e a flo,·ve1 .. ga1 ..den 1)}- ha11li11g' i11 li1·t a11d building 11p flo-n·er becl , for· \,e li·v·e pl·ac– tica ll,.. 011 . olid 1~ock. The oil ., i a11cly o we can 1~ai e onl3T hard3r , 1 a1·ietie . B11t we do enjo3T the bloo111 fro1n the fir t bulb in tl1 e 8p1·ing· to tl1e ·hr'}", antl1en111n1. i11 the Fall. Ollt llor;z e Tl1i. i. a 22 foot 11011 e traile1 .. onto ,,~hi h ,,~e ,~e b11ilt two ac1- joi11i11g· 1·00111 ·. 11e i the T a,~ajo 1·oom wher e the folk come for all 01·t of l'ea 011 a11cl into ,vhich ,, .. e ·rowd for 0111' t111da3r ~ e1--vice. . 111 lreeping \rith the i11 lig'e11011 principle ou1· folk a1·e a,1111g to,var l a cht11·cl1 b11ildi11g· of thei1· o,v11 g·i,ri11g· a11 equal an101111t of 1no11ey eacl1 montl1 to the , t1p1Jort of a ;\T a,raj () TO pe 1 1·aclio 1)1--oad– cru t. Tli c Cliriic 'I'hi.· ,va: bl1ilt i11 19-3 the g·ift of a · l1 t11·c 1 i11 thP Ea t. I t i. . n1al] b11t adec1t1ate a11cl i.· lJ11ilt :o a · to l)c JJ01·tal)le. It 011tai11s a ·111all ,, 1 aiti11g roon1 a 11 ove1·- 11ight 1--00111 t1·eatme11t 1·oon1 11111· ': be lroo111 ancl lJath. ..i.\ 11l11~ ·e \\ 1 orlrecl with 11. fo1' 11/ 2 :vea1\ lJ11t t l1e fl1ll 1·c po11,:ibility beca111c too 111uch a11d . lie left 1·ather tl1a11 face a 11ervo11r breal(– clo,,'"11. I11 ... rove111be1· 1957 a "\ 7 0t1110' .., t'°' n1i, io11a1'JT c1oC'tor joine l the . taff of a L11the1--a11 111i . io11 20 111ile.1 to t l1e Ol1th of 11. . That .·01111d. c lo. e 1)11 t it talre 11. ove1· a11 110111· to travel tl1at l1ort di. ta11ce. ~ 11ch are Ol11· 1--oacl. . Bl1t fo1.. tl1natel, ... he ha. a pl a11e a11c1 offe1 .. ec1 to fl;... to :\Iexi · a11 "\Vate1· fo1.. a cli11fc e, re1·y othe1· :\Ioncla)'". I 11 t l1e 11e afte1·110011 he t1-- at · l)et,veen 2- ancl 30 p eo1)le a11cl the11 hu1·rie home to land hi. plane befo1·e dai·l{. a eepl3r piritl1al 3rot1ng' n1a11, he ha. al1·ead"... bee11 a I'eal 1)le. i11g· to ll, a. a family a. well a. to 0111' l. Ta, 1 ajo. . e tl"ll t t hat ~i w~llingne to help will give 1ncent1ve to some R. . to come and joi11 ll. in the work here. .f lt. t u l iat clo 1l' f do? ()11 , '1£nrla .lJ ,,·e ha,'e a Xavajo .:e1·, ,iee i 11 tl1e 1no1·ni11g·. ~lloriclay i · cli11ic cl ay. ..c\lternate l\I onday. , the clo~to1· a11cl \Varren f lv to t he .. l11--a11it11n n1i11e 26 mile ,ve t fo r cl cli11ic the1·e. T z£e day i War– r e11 reg·ular day fo r going to t he ura11it1n1 mine for vi itation and a, raj o reading cla e . H e ha been teaching young uneducated mothe1~ ,vho want to lear n to r ead t heir o,~,.1 la11g11age. H e al o p end time with an edu cated ~avaj o 1nan ,,·ho read ,vell bt1t who i n ot a belie,rer. P ray.,. t hat a t he Word ente1-. hi · hear t ,,,,eel{ after week that the H oly p irit will show l1i111 hi. gr eat need of a aviour. And what abol1t t.he t ime in be– t,,·een ? ::\I an:y,. hol1r a week are . p e11t i11 the editing of a littl e ... Ta,Tajo-E 11gli h paper .. which come ot1t bi-monthly. Thi i a wee lJeo--i11ni110· towa1 .. cl n1eeting the g--1-- at 11eed fo1.. h1·i t i an literature 011 the ). T a,Tajo field . Variou e, rang·elical mi . ion on the field co11tribl1te the article and we p1 ..epa1 ..e it fo1· t he pri11ter and the11 mail Ol1t the f in i hed product. Thi ta1{e hour of ca1·efu l check– i11g an 1 1 .. echecking wit h n ative . I t . a ,,c,onde1·£11l aid in l earning la11g·l1age and a 1 ..eal 1·ewarding ,vl1e11 ,,,e o--et l etter f1..om t ho e ,vho ',re 1·ead it a11d been ble ed ])\'" it. The de ir e of all wh o have < c111J~ par·t i11 p1·epari110' or u in g t he little I ape1· i that it may be u ed a a n1ea11 of bringing p1 ..eciou Xavajo Olll to hri t. Pray wit h 11. · to,,,a1·d thi e11d. I f you d l ike to t1b c1-- ibe it 30 cent a yea1 .. f 01· the 6 i ue . Fo1.. 'eve1 ..al , rea1· orma ha '- bee 11 1'eadi11g· ea h Fi·iday morning ,,Tit 11 t,, 1 0 of 011r wome11 believer ,,r]10 l iv 10 mile ' llp t he r oad. ' Dacldy baby- it . he al o act a. 1·eg·i t1 .. a r of v ital tati t ic i11 0111· area a1 d o·et ce11 u num– be1-- fro111 the 1 T a,.,.a j o capital at "\\ri11cl o\'v R oe le, I'izona for acl1 J1e,v-l101·11 balJJr. ._ e a1·e ofte11 ·all 1 u po11 to be f1111e1·al cl ir e to1-- and W a r1"e11 i a 1--eal '11 .. . Fixit fo1· 1no t anythin g. I t l1as bee11 e. timatecl that le · t ha11 -.10 ro of the O000 01.. mo1 .. e .LT a, rajo ar e liter ate. Thi p er – entag·e i not £01· t he mo t p ar t livino' 01 the 1--e er vation but i atte1 .. e 1 t hrt1ol1t t he ,vhite man ' wor Id. o lett er r ead or writ-