Rancho Sierra Vista

What started out to be a short drive after we had already been to church at Many Farms and Lukachukia because I wanted to finish listening to a story we had begun on our way home from the wedding in Utah.
I didn’t realize we were low in gas. Dad said we could go to [...]

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I haven’t written in quite some time, life is demanding on the rez! The senior sisters took me and another sister to Kismish in Window Rock. Kismish is Christmas in navajo. They use the word for their Christmas craft shows etc. We went to bazaars and pawn shops and to [...]

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Today we got up early so we could walk. Mighty cold out there this morning. The wind was blowing and I bravely went out without a coat just a sweatshirt. I about froze to death, the walk back to the trailer was better, I was warmed up from the walk and the [...]

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Today, we got up and walked our two mile walk, to help us stay somewhat healthy. We dressed and headed for Granada where we picked up the job opportunities that we took to eight of the chapter houses in our area. We covered a little over 225 miles and enjoyed the scenery as [...]

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Preperation day found us, dad and I and Charlee walking the turn outs along the southern border of canyon de chelly. Dad and I walked the 600 foot drop to the canyon floor to see the “white house”. It was a fantastic walk, we enjoyed every minute of our decent as well as [...]

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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 [...]

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Today was busy from the get go. We got up early, put on walking clothes and took off on our two mile walk to the post office. No mail. Wanted to stop at Bashsa’s for a donut or something, but told dad only once a week. Actually I would stop everyday [...]

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Time on the rez is either fast or slow. We either get lots done or sometimes we seem to get nothing worthwhile done. Driving to Farmington to pick up an order at the bishop’s storehouse was a full day and we enjoyed all aspects of it. We tried a navajo road out [...]

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Tuesday we traveled to Lukachukia to deliver job opportunities to the chapter house. Then we traveled up over Buffalo Pass, which was one of the tightest switch backs that I have ever been on up over the mountains. It was a beautiful drive, we loved every minute of it. Anyone with a [...]

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Sunday began with the Elders from Many Farms coming over to go to church with us in Lukachukia.  We had a pleasant day and came back here for dinner.  We were creative as none of us had thought about the eating part of the day.  Food was not scarce it was the choices of what [...]

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