April 6th - Apirl 18th

Who thought it would be a month since I last updated this blog? I guess all of you who are checking frequently for updates! Time seems to by flying by.

The highlights

Mr. Bill started a Tuesday night Bible Study at Red Sands Christian Church! Yea! We have had three sessions so far, and I am really enjoying being in an adult Bible Study class again. We have covered the “Beautitudes” in Matthew so far. We run no bus for this service. We have had eight at each night. Abby & Kelcy do not have a “class” of their own, so they usually play or watch a DVD while we have class. Of course, that now means that Mr. Bill is the Director of the Mission, is teaching the third grade during the week, and he is creating/teaching lessons on Sunday morning (twice: Dilkon & Red Sands), Sunday night (Dilkon), Tuesday night (Red Sands) and Wednesday night (Dilkon). Yes, he is a busy man.

Resurrection Sunday

We had a lovely Easter service at Red Sands Christian Church. We had a low turn out for Sunday School Class, but ended up with 25 people at church without running the buses (everyone came in their own vehicle). We had a potluck meal today, with one of the families providing the ham for the meal. It was one of their own pigs that they had had slaughtered. It was so kind of them to do that! Mr. Bill brought baked beans, Miss Springer brought scalloped potatoes and rolls, I brought vegetables and dip and some drinks. We also had large submarine sandwiches, chips and cake provided by other members of the congregation. After lunch, Mr. Bill got to hide the colored and plastic eggs for the kids. I think we had eleven kids to hunt eggs. They had a great time. Abby’s friend Jessica was there and her sisters and brother. It was a little windy, but I think they all had a great time!

Mission Board Meeting

The Navajo Trails Mission Board Meeting was the weekend after Resurrection Sunday. It was wonderful to see Mr. Doug and Mr. Keith and all of the board members. We had a great meeting Friday night at the local Mexican restaurant. We all got to know one another a little better and talked about what the future could hold for the mission. Everyone was full of ideas. We made notes of contacts people have that might help in the recruitment of additional staff members. Abby & Kelcy played in the floor of the restaurant with their Barbie dolls and colored in their coloring books. They behaved very well, I thought. On Saturday morning, Mr. Bill and some of the other board members made breakfast for everyone. The menu included: pancakes, sausage, bacon, toast, scrambled eggs, milk, orange juice or coffee. The men had also began the lunch preparations by starting the beef roast and vegetables cooking prior to the meeting.

We had a great meeting. There was a lot of information exchanged. Everyone was very positive and the board made a lot of unanimous decisions. After the meeting, the board members went down to the school to see the building and to see the new equipment purchased with the Labels for Education program. It is well worth the effort to clip those labels and send them in. The students have seen a great benefit from the program!

Sunday morning Mr. Keith preached at Dilkon and at Red Sands. Mr. Jack, one of the board members, was still here for the service. I had my “usual” four in Sunday School class. We have been doing a series on Elijah and Elisha. They are really remembering the Bible stories and are beginning to memorize scripture. I taught “Wee Worship” this Sunday, so I did not hear Mr. Keith’s preaching. The kids had a great lesson about helping others and how they can help people in their families. After church, Keith headed over to the Grand Canyon and we went home to rest until church at Dilkon that night. The pot luck meal at Dilkon was this Sunday night and Mr. Bill was making pork roast with vegetables. We headed out about 4:30 for the 6PM Dilkon service. I needed to stop at the store and pick-up some rolls for the meal, so we left about 15 minutes early. We enjoyed the message from Mr. Bill about what it means to be saved and how we are saved. Then we enjoyed a fellowship meal afterward.