So, our travels begin with Michelle taking a trip to Kansas. Then we will be traveling around Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and then Texas and who knows where else. It will be good to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and see how missions is done around the USA at the churches we visit. Cannot wait for this adventure... but even more we are longing to return to our home in Dine Bikeyah, the San Juan Region of the Navajo Reservation!
What can we say? When there are over 265,000 Navajo living in an area a little larger than the state of West Virginia, and only 1% - 2% are born again believers. 48,000 of these live in the San Juan Region, and we have only 10 churches among the Navajo in this region. That is 1 Small Church (holding 100-200 people) per 4,800 Navajo. Poverty is high. Many areas have not had electricity yet, in 2013! Hopelessness is a Great Plague, and often is the root of alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual abuse, and suicide all of which are 5x's higher than the National averages. Is it any wonder we long to get back to our mission work among the Navajo?~ Rob and Michelle Nickles
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