A very special Thank You! to everyone who participated by giving and going to Hopi, a very trditional Native American tribe. The team included people from Riverside, CA; Lyle Claw from Phoenix, Bry & Rachel Claw from Sedona, Stephen Almquist from Flagstaff, and John Parra & family, all from Arizona; the Craig family from Gallup, NM and all the Hopi friends who also gave a hand. It was a great success and we saw about 3,000 people attend the Family Fun Night (The Hopi officials said that with everyone not able to come in, etc. there were between 4,000 and 5,000 people!!!). We also connected with many of our Hopi friends, and blessed the village of Shongopavi with a fun, impromptu event for the kids.
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For information on our ministry to Native Americans visit our website http://www.hopi.org/
Family Fun Night '09 in Hopi
Hopi Summer Trip '08
Monday, June 31 to Saturday, July 5, 2008
A very special thanks to our team (photo) , including Bianca from New Jersey, Steve Almquist from Flagstaff and Lyle Claw from Window Rock.
Activities included an event in the village of Hotevilla on Third Mesa, work on Janet & Maya's traditional Hopi rock house and a 4th of July event with the village of Polacca on First Mesa with Ivan Sidney (former Hopi Chairman) and his band, the Hopi Clansmen.
The men of CLC are planning a trip back to Hopi in October to continue working on Maya's house. We'll give more details later.
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Hopi Summer Trip '07
We took a 25-member team to the Hopi Reservation (Arizona) and Zuni Pueblo (New Mexico) July 1 - 7. This was definitely the largest group we've taken from Riverside, CA and one of the most challenging & exciting trips ever :-)
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HOPI - Our time on Hopi went by too fast. We did a small work project in Kykotsmovi that consisted of putting a new roof onto a building belonging to one of our friends, Lucinda Guss. Our men worked on that roof in 100+ degree weather! The rest of us visited our many friends.
ZUNI - In Zuni Pueblo we took part in the 9th Annual Zuni Youth Conference, sponsored by the Zuni Tribe, which culminated with our "Family Fun Night" event. The sessions we were responsible for were Gang Awareness and Anger Management. Over 100 kids attended the Conference. Members of our team assited the Shesche/Kucate family family in painting and repairing their Kiva, the place for all religious activities, the construction of a bread oven, an important item in the life of Zuni women.
We went home excited and are looking forward to going back next time. Again, thanks to everyone who provided, prayed and participated by going. We can't do this without faithful people like YOU!
Email us at jackandjane@integrity.com with any questions or comments.
