We had a three week break in between teams, and I felt it was my responsibility to go out and appreciate God’s creations in Arizona. To do this right my cousin flew out from Indiana and took me on quite a memorable adventure. We hiked through the Grand Canyon, took a flight over and around the canyon, and rafted down the Colorado River. It was just the exciting escape I needed to rest for the remaining teams to come. I write this not to brag about my vacation, but to write about what God did in my life through this excursion.

Before going on this trip with my cousin, I was feeling pretty beat down. I was so exhausted from the work aspect of it all, I was missing my family pretty badly, and feeling just incredible low point in my life. I needed something in my life to rejuvenate me. I felt as if I had been running a marathon and did not feel as if I could go any further. Then out of nowhere God provided me with this excursion with my cousin that just completely rejuvenated my soul. This served as a reminder that God knows how to provide for your needs, and just when you need it He will give you a drink of cool refreshing water. I just need to remember that if I rely on Him, He will provide for me.

-Chris

The Fed Church rolled up to the church in their big blue bus this week ready to serve God to the best of their ability and truly made a lasting impact on the Navajo Nation. Being here three weeks now I am starting to see the gigantic need throughout the Navajo Nation, and am inspired by these teams taking time out of their lives to help their fellow Americans.

This week we split up into a few different teams, but I mainly followed a team that went to Grandma Margie’s household. Margie has been suffering a great deal with cancer, and has been in and out of the hospital for quite awhile. She does not get much support from her family, because the family wants her to rely on the Navajo traditional religion to heal her. During this week she was gone in the hospital for some treatments and we set out to surprise her with some aid. The team tiled her floor, painted her walls, and created a shade for her to enjoy the outside with.

The most amazing part about the experience we had with this family was that her husband and sister were with us the entire week. People pushing her to rely on the traditional religion were able to see the love of Christianity and truly moved them. They even began to ask questions about Christianity which was a gigantic step in the right direction. My prayers will be with them and I am sure the team will continue to pray for the family as well.

-Chris

This has been another great week here at the Inscription House. We had two teams here, and one was from a town near my home town, so it was kind of fun meeting people who knew my home area. I even found out that one of the team members was a friend of my uncle. So that was fun working with people from my home area.

Anyways this week shaped up to be one eventful week of service. We went back to Jean’s house this week to work on a few projects that could really help Jean out. One of these projects the team worked on was building a shade for Jean. Jean has a bad case of diabetes and has trouble walking around. So instead of moving around to shade, or finding ways to stay cool in the Arizona sun, she sits out in the open most days and bakes in the heat. So to lift her spirits even more and protect Jean from the sun we built a shade attached to her house so that she could enjoy the outdoors in comfort. We also patched up her roof to protect her house from the weather.

We also got the opportunity to help Grandma Mary repair her house. Mary is an elderly woman who has such bad arthritis that she can not walk upright and has to crawl around to get from place to place. Her family has been less than supportive and have torn up her house through vandalism and had put several holes in her walls.

So the team patched up the holes and then painted the walls. Mary was so pleased with everything that she showed the team how she spins wool. Mary was very inspiring to me. Even though she has such an intense handicap and very little help, she works so incredibly hard simply to make a little money. Mary left a lasting impact on my life as well I am sure on the team that worked to help her.

Chris