We rode out of the Zuni nation today - into Navajo country: Rehoboth, to be exact.
It's like two different worlds. The Zuni seem like they're trying very hard not to become like the outside. They are much smaller, more isolated, and more tied to their culture and religion. The Navajo and Gallup looks much more like small town America, with fast food, coffee shops, and the rest. Mission work among the Zuni must be so hard.
A follow up to last night. I wrote that blog after walking through the town - a walk that discouraged me because of the incredible poverty. I asked the question, "can't we do better?"
Well, we had our nightly ride meeting called "Peloton." At that meeting, six Zuni Christians spoke, shared, and sang "Amazing Grace" in Zuni.
This brave minority are the better way.
They aren't rich nor are they managing huge programs.
They are God's light, God's Kingdom outpost among their own people.
They are fighting for God with prayer, grace, and compassion. They are facing very real spiritual battles in the power of prayer and God's Spirit. The spiritual war is very close to the surface.
Bottom line, they are facing many of the same battles we face - an adversary who does not want the Kingdom to move forward. But "greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world."
The obstacles always look bigger when our eyes aren't on God.
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