Arizona Reservation Ministries - Globe, AZ

I've been here almost two weeks now. The drive here was full of cotton fields (some being harvested), saguaro and prickly pear cacti, and vast land that is the image of the old west.

Lots of activity going on here and I was put right to work.

A bridge is being put in as part of the driveway to the ARM property. Volunteer crews have been filling in rock, moving dirt, and then the best...a crane came and lifted two flatbed rail cars onto the abutment. awesome.

Houses on the San Carlos Apache Reservation are being built. Crews go out to work on several homes that are in various stages of completion.

The "Church Bus" goes out each afternoon to different neighborhoods on the "Rez." The bus has been gutted and painted with bright colors. It has folding tables attached on the walls and chairs lining both sides. The driver beeps as he drives through the neighborhood and the children come running and get on the bus. Then the bus parks at an empty lot or playground. There is a Bible lesson, memory verse, craft, snack, games, and activities. After an hour, the horn blows, the children help clean up, and the bus takes off returning the kids, and then going back to Globe.

During the day I have been working in the office sorting, organizing, and helping with items that will go into big stockings for the children that ride the "Bus." I also help with miscellaneous other tasks. Then in the afternoon (3-6pm) I'm on the "Bus."

What an amazing ministry this couple has been called to create. Check it out at azrez.org

To Arizona

I took my time and stopped a few places along the way. I stopped in Pecos, TX, but didn't stay. It was not a place you need to put on your "need to see" list. Then on to Deming, NM, nice little town with a good museum. It is the place where the second continental railroad was completed.

I then spent a couple of days in Benson, AZ. I was able to drive to Tombstone, AZ and saw the real OK Corral. It was a fun stop. Not very big, and in early November, not very busy. No lines for the stage coach tour, re-enactment of the great shoot-out, or street car tour.

I had to go through a couple of border patrol check points. Interesting.

I was then only a few hours from my destination of Globe, AZ.

On the Road in Texas

Just thought I would share a couple of things learned along the way.

A team member told me that a good way to clean the RV's tanks was to use a gallon of vinegar for every gallon of tank capacity. So, there I was in Muskogee, OK filling my Walmart cart with 15 gallons of vinegar. I managed to push it to the far side of the parking lot where I park the RV, (the half mile walk to and from the store is good). I then had to put the gallons in the RV, and pour it down the tanks. With that completed, the idea is to drive around, letting the vinegar slosh around doing it's thing. I found that it also makes the RV smell like a pickling factory while the empty bottles roll around as the RV maneuvers the curves, hills, and sudden stops.

Arriving at a campground for the night, I had to find the dumpster to deposit the 15 empty bottles and empty the tanks. Wheww, glad that's done. Hope it worked.

Another fun thing was driving through an area called Bugscuffle, TX. I love that name!!. I wonder (I have lots of time to ponder things) if that area was to grow to be more than just a crossroad, and was big enough to have a high school, what would the football team be called......hmmm. Like I said, lots of time.