February 2017
Dear Friends in Christ,
Early this month, we had 3 snow storms hit, one right after another, leaving us with 37 inches of snow. Just beautiful! But not good driving weather. After the snow, we had several days of very warm weather and though it made the snow disappear, it replaced it with mud! We did get out on the Navajo Reservation once this month and had to leave behind paved road and returned home with about a pound of clay and sand stuck to our feet.
However, though not traveling out of town much, we have used the time to prepare for future ministry. Each summer, the Western Navajo Bible Fellowship holds a week-long conference here in Flagstaff at a campground at the base of Mt. Eldon. We have helped with this conference for several years now. Though Sam won’t be able to be one of the English speakers this year, he is again preparing an outline for the speakers to follow. This allows both English and Navajo sessions to follow the same study and also helps the speakers know what is to be covered for other speakers and avoids repetition on materials. The leaders have chosen the topic to be the “Fruit of the Spirit” for this summer’s study.
In July, at the same time that the Mt. Eldon conference will be starting, Sam will be leaving Flagstaff to head for Alaska. He will be driving to Seattle and taking the ferry to Ketchikan and then another ferry to the Prince of Wales Island. He will be pulling a trailer so that he can take up needed tools and equipment for the work and also provide transportation to and from the site. The cost of travel by ferries will be approximately $6,000 because of adding the trailer.
There are at present, 6 men that will be joining him for a week to install the septic tank and erect the exterior walls. Please pray with us for safety and completion of the work. We really don’t want the outside walls to be partially completed and then deteriorate by being exposed to the weather.
Pray with us for the needed costs for the construction. A local Christian man with a lumber business in the area has offered to supply the needed lumber and the septic is estimated at $6-7,000. Pray also that the materials will be available during the same period that our workers are available.
Once again, thank you for your prayers, as well as your gifts!
II Cor. 2:11 “Ye also helping together by prayer for us.”
In Christ,
Sam & Janet Grammer