Happy 2020 from Navajo!

Dear Friends in Christ,

A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

This year we celebrated Christmas Eve with the children pictured above (and some others). During the service, we performed the Christmas Story and sang “Joy to the World”.

Eleven days before Christmas, we did our annual service project of Christmas boxes, where we deliver food staples and some treats to single seniors and others in our community in need. We were helped greatly in this endeavor this year by Grace Lutheran Church in Albuquerque, who bought the supplies and packed the boxes. They also added a turkey which we had not included in the past. A school from Colorado, Our Savior’s Lutheran in Pagosa Springs, contributed their offerings to the project as well.

The Christmas box project has been a great joy for everyone involved in the past, and this year was no exception. The children and youth introduce themselves to their elders in Navajo, and then we sing a Christmas carol or two and pray for the people and the home that we visit.

One of the people who participated was still beaming the day afterward, and one of the elementary school kids said, “I never want to move from Navajo.”

Earlier in the fall, we had the joy of more baptisms. The family pictured below received the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5) on October 6.

It has been a delight to have them as a part of our community, as the children are eager to learn and the adults have invited their neighbors to worship the Lord (Ps. 122:1).

We were also blessed in the fall to receive a visit from Living Word Lutheran from Grapevine, Texas, who taught art classes and helped with projects around the church.

God continues to call people to faith in Him. A family who used to worship regularly with us, and then sort of drifted away recently returned. The children in this family are much older now, but they are still eager to learn more about their Savior and follow Him! Praise God!

Thank you for your prayers, please join us in:

• Thanking God for

  • The 4 people who were added to His kingdom through Holy Baptism on October 6.

  • The 15 Christmas boxes delivered to single seniors, and mothers of small children and other needy members of our community.

  • A great Christmas in Navajo, NM

• Please pray with us:

  • For those who continue to struggle with addictions

In Christ,

Tim & Heidi Norton