Hello ,

I recently had the privilege of visiting our Wesleyan churches on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, traveling with Rev. Steve Babby, the Superintendent of the Pacific Southwest District of The Wesleyan Church.  

It was a joy for us to meet with Pastor Darwin and Ann Tsosie of Red Rock Community Church and Pastor Ben and Bettie Yazzie of Low Mountain Wesleyan Church.  You may have heard that Pastor Ben was hospitalized for several weeks and had part of his leg amputated.  The weekend we visited was his first weekend back in the pulpit.  The church threw a party to celebrate his birthday and thank God for His healing hand in Ben's life.    

Pastors Ben and Darwin shared their vision to raise up new leaders in their churches, and their desire to plant a new church north of Low Mountain.  One of the biggest challenges in leadership development is the lack of good jobs in their area.  Several emerging leaders have been trained in the past, but moved away in order to find work to support their families.  Sadly, many on the Navajo Nation must move or drive 100 miles (or more) for a good paying job.

Please pray for us as we work together to find solutions for this problem.  No church can sustain itself or multiply itself if the people don't have a good income from which to give, or if good leaders move away for work and never come back.  Thank you for your continued support, which is an investment in the long-term sustainability of our existing and future Native Wesleyan churches.

In Christ,

Rich Avery,
Director