Rancho Sierra Vista

Sunday we, dad and I and the Elders from Many Farms, drove up to Lukachukai for sacrament meeting and then on to the chapter house to give moral support to their proposed idea of building a meeting house. Presently they meet in the auditorium at the Dine’ college. This proposal has been taken before the Navajo Elders seven times in the past twenty years and rejected. Go figure.

We arrived at the chapter house a little after ten and didn’t get on the docket until after 2:30 p.m. We listened to a lot of Navajo gibberish before Bishop Deswood was allowed to come forward and give his speel. He did good. He gave the floor to an old navajo woman she spoke for the church and one old man spoke against it or at least wanted to see just what the community was getting if they let two acres of grazing land go the the Church. Trying to follow what was being said was pretty hard, except when Bishop Deswood smiled I knew it was good. He is the type of person who smiles a lot. When the counsel found out that if the Church disolves and gives up the land, buildings etc. it would go back to the family giving them permission to use it. And the people wanted to know how much they charged for funerals, weddings, and other uses. When they found out it was nothing the vote became very positive. The boy scouts, from mini type cub to giant size all in uniform served the turkey dinner provided for those in attendance everyone was very impressed. One of the counselman was very positive about the scouts and what they could do for the community. After all was said and done and more time spent on the debate it was put to a vote and it was passed.

Now I wonder how long it will take to get a building?

I told dad I wasn’t going to another chapter meeting as long as I lived. He reminded me that with that said I would probably find myself at another one very shortly. My lifes story, I make bold statements then I get to eat them.