Early Saturday Morning 4 valley folk and 4 Hopi friends packed into the Blue Corn Express and headed south to the fence. A new pastor friend had invited Soaring Eagles Ministry to join him praying at the boarder. Pastor Stan leads a church in the valley but has been ministering to his people on the Tohno O'odham reservation for ten years. Originally he held services in the chapel of a nursing home but currently he broadcasts on a radio station as well as making regular trips to the fence to pray.
The long drive was aggrandized by the poor road and failing air conditioning. The two hours that we were at the fence in the midday sun were hot but the prayer and worship we experienced made all the discomfort worth the trouble.
Pastor Stanley typically prays about boarder issues including drugs, gun and illegals that affect the Native Americans. He was especially pleased with our visit as he had never had people from another Native American nation join him praying at the fence.
After praying at a "gateway" for a while we rode down the fence about a mile to one of the original boundary markers. Attached to the side of the marker were hooks to hold a standard (flag) so that you could see from one boundary marker to the next.
Before leaving we tied a "we were here" fire cloth to the fence. We have plans to join Pastor Stan again in July and August. The goal is to secure the local recreation center so we can spend the night in worship and prayer. After such a good first visit maybe we'll have more boarder prayertrol next time.
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Looks hot.
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