Gypsy - Michelle's Bike

Joy of joys!  I was blessed today to be able to add a bicycle back into my life.  She is blue and silver, and I have dubbed her "Gypsy", as it seams the truck, "Gypsy Dakota" might not be with us long.  At last I can ride about as in the old days... I can fly on my wheels and feel the wind in my face.   Truly, having a bike to get around even for short rides, here in Flagstaff and on the Rez, keeps me from going crazy.  I dont feel so trapped.  Sure walking is cool, but riding "Gypsy" is better!

~ Michelle


PS:  Thank you Pastor David Hart for this blessing!

A Week of Travels

What a week it has been, traveling all over the eastern side of the Navajo Reservation.  From Kinilidi (Flagstaff) to Naʼnízhoozhí (Gallup), up to   Shiprock then  Chinle and Window Rock, what a trip!  Most of the time we were sleeping on a hard floor or an old sofa bed with the springs poking out, but sharing at churches and seeing the young people and adults getting excited about what they can do to help eachother was well worth  the floor and couchsurffing.

~ Rob and Michelle Nickles

Snow in Flagstaff

Here we sit in the scared mountains surrounding Flagstaff, AZ. We have been snowed in all weekend, with over two feet of snow, and horrid colds on  top of that.  Ahh, such is the life of missionaries.  Soon a friend should be able to rescue us, and we can get out to get cold meds at last.  Ran out prior to the roads being good enough to get out.

~ Rob and Michelle

Journey to Flagstaff

We have left for Flagstaff, AZ stopping off at Broken Arrow Bible Ranch to work for the last week of this summer of 2010! Flagstaff lies just beyond the southwestern boarder of the Navajo Rez, and was nested in the southwestern scared mountains of Dine Bikeyah called the San Francisco Peaks.  We are going be to get more training to aid us in our ministry, while going out to other locations like Gallup and Kayenta, and maybe others.

Flagstaff is an awesome city, a mix of Hippyishness with Old Westerness meeting in a modern college town, and though it is beautiful, and traditionally part of Dine Bikeyah, it still is not "Home".  After a year dwelling here we hope to return to Broken Arrow Bible Ranch for a summer, and hope to settle in  the eastern part of Dine Bikeyah.

What does this journey hold for us next?  Little do we know, save He who created all of Heaven and Earth, tis He who charts our course and show us the path to walk,.. May we His servants but listen to His guidance, and follow His path.

~ Rob and Michelle