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Written by Ruth Grendell from the Village Church

Several years ago, I met a pastor from the church on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona.  We discussed the possibility of taking student nurses to partner with nurses at the hospital, there.  He said there was a sufficient place to stay, a restaurant, and even a multipurpose store nearby!  That summer 15 students and I drove there.  We stayed in a barn that had been converted with small rooms, a bathroom, and a shower.   (Sometimes, a horse would peak through the window.)  We discovered delicious home-made brown bread.  Of course we took several short walks to the store! 

Each day a student went with the home-health care nurse while the others accompanied nurses in the hospital.  Communication was difficult due to the indigenous language, but we managed.  One day we were amazed when the native male fighters “danced “with their arrows.  (We stepped back!)  On our final day, I walked through the hospital and thanked the nurses for sharing their skills with the students.  When I thanked the Charge nurse, she said: “I am a Christian, too.”  I suddenly realized that I had encountered Christ every day.

If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed (John:8:31)