Navajo Nuggets: July 27

Navajo Nuggets

Children are not a distraction from more important works. They are the most important work. – C.S. Lewis

Dear Friends,

The Chess Sets find a new home.

It all started in the spring with homeless chess sets. My brother Don, while down-sizing, asked me if we wanted chess sets for Hilltop Christian School. We don’t have an active Chess Club, but I read in the Navajo Times about a school on the Rez that had sent two boys to the state chess competition. So, a couple of clicks later, I was able to e-mail the chess coach, Dave, and offer the chess sets.

His response came quickly and enthusiastically. Yes! As we continued to correspond, we learned that the coach and his wife were born again Christians living in Ohio but working with Navajo children during the school year.

Yesterday, we handed off the sets along with three chess time-clocks. Dave expressed amazement at the quality compared to the cheap plastic sets and tablemats the children were using now. We fellowshipped with them for a long time, comparing our life-journeys and reveling in our Unity of the Spirit. We were so excited to make some “forever friends.”

* And here’s a God sighting… While we were giving Dave and his wife a tour of Hilltop, my brother called, which is a rare occurrence, and Dave was able to thank him personally. They felt an instant connection and plan to keep in contact also.

I was reading in Micah 7:18-19: “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”

When I think of the amazing, inimitable God, I reflect on God’s creation, His control of the oceans, or His power over the storms and earthquakes. But this passage doesn’t go there. God is wonderful and powerful because He forgives sins and does not stay angry forever. He delights in showing mercy and compassion to His people. That is the Awesome, Amazing thing God does. The Forgiver is Who God is.

Joe from the Radio Ministry talks with the
Navajo Nation President and Vice-Prez.

Tomorrow is a Campus-Wide Day of Prayer and Fasting here at Western Indian Ministries. Thank you for praying along with us for financial and personnel needs. Also, continue to pray that Western Indian Ministries and Hilltop Christian School are effective in bringing Christ to the Navajo People.

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