My experience on the Navajo Mission trip so far has included God’s beauty, God’s Word and God’s Children.  I experienced God’s beauty on our trip down Canyon de Chelley on Saturday.  Navajo guides drove us through this magnificent canyon.  They explained the history, showed us the ruins and petro cliffs and shared their own stories about growing up there.  It was a great day!

I experienced God’s word on Sunday at the church at the Navajo Mission.  They read parts of the gospel in Navajo which made me realized that we are all God’s children no matter where we live or what language we speak and He loves us all.   During Pastor Deborah’s sermon she spoke of Christian’s who have come to bring Christ to the Navajo’s while also stripping them of their culture.  Unfortunately this resulted in many missed opportunities.  My prayer is that what we do here brings glory to God and perhaps plants a seed that keeps growing.

Today, VBS started.  I was able to go out in a van to pick up children.  We went to homes in need of repair that had no air conditioning, no toys visible and some with no transportation. Amazingly, the children came running up with smiling faces, excited to come and spend time with us.  You couldn’t help but smile.  It just reminds me that happiness is not about what you own, but Who owns you.  God Bless.

 

Angie Stenberg