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This IssueCircumstances under which Rose James, 4th grader, left were especially touching. Students have a different schedule this year than ever before at the Mission. When we needed them most, God sent Jerome and Marianita to LaVida to lighten the work load. Contacting office and staff at La Vida Mission is less complicated as of September 27. A road washout was result of the broken dikes which we told about in the last Navajo News. Every third Sunday at La Vida, Pathfinders and Adventurers meet at the clubhouse before heading out to do community outreach. Boise Idaho eighth graders came at just the right time to help get the campus ready. In Memory of & Honorarium We welcome interested individuals and churches to choose to make a difference in a child’s life. Rose must Withdraw
La Vida Mission School has expectedly unenrolled several students and enrolled new students since school began, but circumstances under which Rose James, 4th grader, left were especially touching. Our last issue featured a front page photo of Rose with her family. Rose’s mother, Dulcinia, had heard about La Vida Mission. Dulcinia was raised in a traditional Navajo family and didn’t know much about any Christian faith. She heard about Seventh-day Adventists but never really knew what they believed. She decided this year to send her daughter to La Vida Mission School and to find out about what Adventists believe too. Staff nurse, Betty Smith, agreed to give Bible studies to Dulcinia and had given her the first Discover lesson. Sunday evening, September 17, Rose didn’t return to school after home leave weekend. However, only a couple of days later, Rose returned with her parents, only to say that she would be leaving La Vida Mission for good. Her parents had told her the news that her dad was starting a new job in Phoenix, Arizona, and they needed to withdraw her from school. She would start over in a new school in Phoenix. Rose was heartbroken at the news, and hadn’t yet heard that the reason they were moving to Arizona was because her mother faced health challenges and needed to be close to treatment. Betty will contact someone in the Phoenix area to continue Bible studies with Dulcinia. Her medical condition, as well as her spiritual condition, is a matter of continued pray here at the Mission. We urge all our readers and supporters to hold up Dulcinia James in your prayers too. This is the mission of La Vida, to deal the bread of life to those needing the good news of salvation. While we work directly with the children, we never know the impact we might also have on their families. Our work depends directly on your financial and moral support and we thank you for both from the bottom of our hearts.
Students trained to work
La Vida Mission School students have a different schedule this year than ever before at the Mission. At 3:00 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday they change from school to work clothes in preparation for work study classes. On Tuesday, grades 1-4 split their time between Work and Careers class with Glori Williams, and Wood Shop with Bob Blair. Meantime, grades 5-8 are learning about how to do agriculture God’s way with David Boatwright, assisted by lower grades teacher, Danny Williams. Wednesdays lower grades learn about their Native culture through Native arts and crafts class. Not only does Bob Blair, art department head, teach fundamentals of art, he also teaches them Native symbols and their meanings. Julia Roanhorse, board member, assisted Bob in starting up the class. Wednesday afternoon finds the upper grades in the mechanic shop learning to decipher the mysteries of the internal combustion engine with David Boatwright. Students were disappointed to learn that this class would not consist of building a racing go-cart. Thursday afternoon David and Danny have the lower grades in agriculture class while the upper grades get initiated in the culinary arts during Home Economics with Barbara Bredenkamp, assisted by Glori Williams. In this class Deondra, the only girl in the upper grade room, feels like she has a little advantage. It helps to make up for being the only girl in auto mechanics on Wednesdays. Work study was initiated this year as part of seeking accreditation through the E.A. Sutherland Education Association, (EASEA). Again we thank our faithful supporters who make this school program possible for Navajo young people.
Jerome Shorty family here
When we needed them most, God sent Jerome and Marianita to LaVida to lighten the work load. Jerome began helping Barbara Starrett in the kitchen this summer, and his cooking responsibilites are expanding daily. Marianita works in housekeeping, cleaning guest houses and clinic to keep them ready for visitors. She works at the mission after leaving a care giver job in Farmington. Phone system improvedContacting office and staff at La Vida Mission is less complicated as of September 27. Warren Bredenkamp, administrator, hired a technician to reprogram the telephone system. Initially it was thought that the phone system needed to be replaced, which would have been extremely expensive. Warren discovered that we already had a high quality system which only needed reprogramming in order to take advantage of the features that it offered. Now a party’s extension can be dialed or a message left. And more WATER!
On August 24 a Wildwood Institute medical team arrived in time to experience nature’s last water incident at La Vida. A road washout was result of the broken dikes which we told about in the last Navajo News.
Sherri Kitney, Effie Thompson, Chris Mair and Mirek Glowaki arrived to assess the rural health needs in the Crownpoint/Lake Valley area. Hopefully a Wildwood team will return on a regular basis to provide health education in the community. The washout prevented them from going to the community and the community from coming to them, for about two days.
Staff members returned home by walking through the wash or across the water via a plank thrown across the chasm.
Pathfinders are moving
Every third Sunday at La Vida, Pathfinders and Adventurers meet at the clubhouse before heading out to do community outreach. A typical morning meeting may involve practicing drills, working on Pathfinder honors or discussing club business. Pathfinders are working toward achieving their cycling honor after accomplishing a 50-mile bike ride.
8th GradersBoise Idaho eighth graders, lead by teacher, Merle Bradley and chaperones Neva Black and Maritya Doherty, came at just the right time to help get the campus (church, school and greenhouses) ready for the arrival of LVM board members and constituents. One task pending for the already over-extended La Vida staff was folding and addressing the last issue of Navajo News. These energetic young people finished the whole job in less than half the expected time. Eighth grade volunteers were Alicia Bale, Stacy Black, Randy Durock, Angela Doherty, Martin Johnson, Shawn Lawson, Lindsay Nelson and Marti Phillips. Dedications
Would you be a sponsor?Currently we have four of our 19 students sponsored for the 2006-07 school year and we welcome interested individuals and churches to choose to make a difference in a child’s life. As a sponsor you will receive this newsletter, to let you know what the school and students are doing, a current photo of the child you are sponsoring, letters from the child, and a developing friendship. If you choose to sponsor a child, please fill out the form on the right and mail it to: La Vida Mission, P. O. Box 3308, Farmington, NM 87499. |
La Vida Missions, Inc. is an independent Seventh-day Adventist Mission to the Navajo. It operates a boarding school for Navajo children, first through eight grade, a clinic and evangelism outreach for the Navajo community. The mission is located on Hwy 371, 55 miles north of I-40 New Mexico Exit #53, or 50 miles south of Farmington, New Mexico. Mission Administrator Federal Tax Exemption 85-0168123 © 2006 La Vida Missions, Inc. |
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