BY GRAHAM RUSCO: Day 5 presented the challenge of self reflection as we embarked on our first ever Navajo sweat lodge experience. The Navajo people utilize the sweat lodge as a method to cleanse the body of toxins. Specifically designed to mimic the environment of the womb, the sweat lodge poses total darkness once inside. […]
BY: MEGAN POSER Navajo ABST day 2 Yá’át’ééh from Navajo Nation!! The day started with a 7:30 AM breakfast at the Hogan Restaurant. After we were full of energy and great food, we went over to Coalmine Canyon. Coalmine Canyon is a very sacred place for the Navajo because this is where the Long Walk […]
BY GRAHAM RUSCO Tuba City, Arizona – Today marked the first day of our journey to learn and discover the beautiful culture of the Navajo Nation! Venturing to the Little Colorado River Gorge and the Grand Canyon, we learned of the significant spiritual importance of this sacred location to the Navajo. To the Navajo, the […]
Hello all! Today was a sad day for the group as we had to say goodbye to Tuba City, AZ and make our way down to Phoenix to stay the night before our early morning flight. It wasn’t all bad though as we had the opportunity to go to a flea market on the reservation […]
Hello again! We are coming at you with a sad post as it’s our last day here on the farm before we start our travel back to Phoenix and then Erie. For our last day of service in the Navajo Nation, we finished a roofing project from Wednesday. Then, we got to visit Coal Mine […]
Hi everyone! Coming to you live from Tuba City, AZ after another amazing day. Today we started out with our usual breakfast spot and headed back to the church to make our bagged lunches for the day. We had a great opportunity to meet a priest from the local Catholic Church who kindly offered to […]
Hello friends, families, loved ones, and others reading our blog! Today was our second day of service around the community. We cleaned up landscaping by clearing trees and bushes and installing a new fence and gates for the front yard. Everyone on our team used tools and did tasks that were new to us! We […]
Today was our first day doing service with the amazing people in the Diné (Navajo) community. We focused on clearing debris and mud from an irrigation channel that was clogged. Throughout the course of the day, we connected with the Earth through the physical labor. For dinner, we enjoyed a home cooked traditional meal of […]
Hello again!! Today was day two in the Navajo Nation. We woke up bright and early and packed our first trail lunches as a group, then set forth for the Grand Canyon. As we were driving, we stopped at the Little Colorado River Gorge and got a taste of what the Grand Canyon was going […]
Hello! We are the Navajo Nation group! Today was our very first day in Arizona, and we spent much of it traveling and appreciating the sights from our van. We flew into Phoenix early this morning and started on our journey to Tuba City. Along the way, we stopped for some authentic Mexican food at […]
