When all the interesting photo ops of the Sabbath happened...I was without my camera (or didn't think about it until the op was finished).
We began the Sabbath last evening with our neighbors across the "road". Dorie and Pollie P are house parents and also our pastoral unit for the mission. Each Friday evening, they invite the staff and surrounding community in for supper and a non-denominational vespers. They sing songs in Navajo, which is a hit with the older crowd. The group that attends are not the same people we saw in church this morning. This appears to be an opening wedge.
This afternoon Karl wanted to walk the northern border of the mission and get the surveyors pegs plotted into his GPS. Several of the newest staff decided to tramp along with us to help them get a better picture of the mission size, and to get some Sabbath afternoon exercise. Of course, we had the patriarch of LaVida, Bob, lead the "expedition". He has been at LaVida for 30 years. In the photo, Bob stands by a stake that has been placed by the surveyor's peg. If you look closely you can see the mission buildings scattered across the hill in the background.
With the wind blowing the ever present dust/sand, we had to rinse grit from our mouths and eyes when we returned in concert with the beginning of a new week.
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