The Journey Begins: How I got on this Journey-Task
Dine Bikeyah: The Land of the People, the Land of the Navajo. First time I ever heard that word was when I was just 16. It was August and I was sitting in a cold theater watching Rich Mullins' musical Cantical of the Plains. When I learned Dine Bikeyah was the Land of the Navajo, my heart started crying right then. It was as if God had spoken to my heart and said, "This Dine Bikeyah is where I am calling you. You are going to the Navajo." It had been a year since I left Mexico, having realized I was not called there full time as a missionary. Now at last I knew where in the world I was called... to Dine Bikeyah.
Dine Bikeyah: The Land of the People, the Land of the Navajo. First time I ever heard that word was when I was just 16. It was August and I was sitting in a cold theater watching Rich Mullins' musical Cantical of the Plains. When I learned Dine Bikeyah was the Land of the Navajo, my heart started crying right then. It was as if God had spoken to my heart and said, "This Dine Bikeyah is where I am calling you. You are going to the Navajo." It had been a year since I left Mexico, having realized I was not called there full time as a missionary. Now at last I knew where in the world I was called... to Dine Bikeyah.
But just where was and what was modern Dine Bikeyah like, I wondered. As time went on, I would learn Dine Bikeyah is in parts New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The Four Corners is located on the northeastern side of the Navajo Reservation. If you have been to Four Corners, you have been to the Rez...but not the deep Rez thats for sure. Window Rock, AZ is the captial of the Navajo Nation, and as of 2010 the population of the Navajo Nation is: More and more my heart cried to get to Dine Bikeyah... then the time of illness came...
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