October 2, 2025 • 18 mins
"A Beacon of Hope" - Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission & School
Episode 5, “A Beacon of Hope,” concludes the story of Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission and School with a powerful reflection on its unwavering dedication to the Diné (Navajo) people. Rooted in faith and service since 1974, the mission provides more than just education—it offers food, clean water, safe housing, home repairs, funeral support, mental health outreach, and community building.
This concluding chapter celebrates stories of resilience—like that of “The Water Lady” Darlene Arviso, repairman Benjamin Harry, and youth empowered through scholarships and athletics.
The mission impacts every aspect of life in Thoreau and the surrounding Navajo lands, grounded in compassion and faith, and continues to rely on the kindness of donors committed to helping the Navajo people take the next step toward a thriving future.
www.stbonaventuremission.org
Episode 5, “A Beacon of Hope,” concludes the story of Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission and School with a powerful reflection on its unwavering dedication to the Diné (Navajo) people. Rooted in faith and service since 1974, the mission provides more than just education—it offers food, clean water, safe housing, home repairs, funeral support, mental health outreach, and community building.
This concluding chapter celebrates stories of resilience—like that of “The Water Lady” Darlene Arviso, repairman Benjamin Harry, and youth empowered through scholarships and athletics.
The mission impacts every aspect of life in Thoreau and the surrounding Navajo lands, grounded in compassion and faith, and continues to rely on the kindness of donors committed to helping the Navajo people take the next step toward a thriving future.
www.stbonaventuremission.org
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
In this episode, we take you on a journey with
Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission and School, an unwavering pillar for
the Navajo people, walking with them in faith, dignity, humanity,
and hope. In this concluding episode, we honor Saint Bonaventure
Indian Mission and School's unwavering commitment walking with the Navajo
(00:37):
people in faith, dignity, humanity, and hope. Should farm children
step into the school buses early morning across the Navajo
Nation in New Mexico. Here at Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission
and School in Thuru, students begin their day in prayer
(01:10):
and with a pledge spoken in the Navajo language. Since
nineteen seventy four, the mission that served the Eastern Navajo
Nation guided by a deep Christian faith. School Principal Tracy
Lee sees the result of this deep commitment from staffords
and the mission supporters.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Families are enthusiastic about their presence here at school. Their
children go home, they're excited for their religion. Lesson if
they're all so excited about the sacraments that they get
to experience.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
The mission goes far beyond with a steadfatz commitment to
lifting lives through education When.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
The mission started fifty years ago, it was really to
meet the immediate needs.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Christopher Alter, at Saint Bonaventure, Indian Missions, Executive Director.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
We continue to meet those immediate needs with a broader
vision of how we move forward and help the Navajo
move forward.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
The school's belief education is the most powerful tool to
break the cycle of poverty.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I am so elated to be a part of this
entire journey with our students, arts, teachers, all of our
staff members. It's a joy to be here, and every
day is different. Every day is a good challenge for us.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
School Principal Tracy Lee sees the result of this deep
commitment from Stafford's and the mission supporters.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I'm always telling our students, I need to see you
guys flourish and to succeed so that they can replace
us because we're not always going to be here.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And all the deep commitment is working. Welcome.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I know that when the mission started, the graduation rate
from high school was ten percent of the of the
local community. Today, the entire local community is about a
ninety percent graduation rate from high school. Our students at
(03:27):
Saint Bonaventure have a one graduation rate from high school
which is really quite remarkable.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The next step scholarships for high school, college and vocational training.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Our scholarship program does help these students try to meet
those needs. If I feel like a student is needing
help with food, there's a lot of hunger issues in security,
even among the college students, and a lot of times
these students don't have food in their dorms or in
their apartments, and they you know, they're looking for a
(03:59):
fresh meat, eat fresh food, fresh fruits and vegetables to
be able to add to their daily diets. Then they
can come back to us and ask.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
For help fulfilling those needs is entirely dependent on the
generosity of donors.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Through our generous donors, we are able to help need
educational journeys for a lot of the Native American students
in our area who do not have this opportunity. Our
area is completely underserved.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
In this high desert land. Water precious and hard to reach.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Water table is very very deep, and it's been almost
not impossible, but very very difficult to locate where there
might be underwater veins to drill well. Fortunately, Saint Bonaventure
we do have a well. It's about two hundred feet deep.
(04:55):
And we have with our partners Deep we have a
total of five water trucks that go out five days
a week and provide thousands of gallons of water to
Navajo families. So water is very precious and without without water,
(05:21):
many of these families could not survive.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Leading the way, Darlene r Viso just that.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
I'm happy that I'm still working and delivering water to
the to Uh, to my people as they're in need
of water, and so they'll they'll be happy.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
To see me.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Across a Navajo nation, she is known as the water Lady,
the water lead. Does everybody know who the water Lady is? Yeah,
sometimes we see her on the road. What does she deliver?
Does she deliver food? She delivers water. The Navajo Nation
sits at a very high elevation smithly over seven thousand
(06:01):
feet above sea level the Rousse it's even higher at
about seven five hundred feet right off of the Continental Divide.
Across these hard and dry lands, finding a reliable water
table takes a lot of work and money, and getting
that water to those in need takes a lot of
dedication from everyone. In Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission in school.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Saint Bonaventure has been delvine water over ten years.
Speaker 7 (06:28):
And still yeah, they're doing it.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
If it wasn't for Saint Bonaventure, I wouldn't have water
behind these brown, red and beautiful rocks and mountains. There
are a lot of good memories.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
I mean, my dad used to go hiking all the
time with gaunting.
Speaker 8 (06:45):
We used to go to blue water.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
All the time. But also a lot of hardship.
Speaker 8 (06:51):
The root was hard. There's so many obstacles that I
ran into. I've been boomed probably prove three times.
Speaker 9 (07:04):
People come in off the street. Sometimes some people are homeless,
they say, but we still help them out.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Darlene van Dervert manages Saint Bonaventure thrift Shop.
Speaker 9 (07:15):
If people had to burn out, they didn't come back
there to get clothed, like blankets, shoes, whatever they need, towels, houseware.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Stuff from water to clothing to food.
Speaker 9 (07:26):
Okay, we give them everything that we have for the
pizza family, beans, whatever each beach, vegetables.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Or whatever we have. Saint Bonaventuer's thrift Shop does what
it can to meet essential needs around the eastern part
of Navajo Land.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
One of the interesting aspects of through New Mexico, where
Saint Bonaventure is located, is that the nearest actual grocery
store is thirty miles away, so it's a sixty mile
round trip. It's difficult for families to get to a
Virstus store sometimes, and so our food program is very
beneficial for people.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Housing is another mission, affordable and safe mobile homes to
shelter families.
Speaker 10 (08:05):
The housing is a huge, huge benefit and huge support
just being able to live in close proximity to the school.
It makes it easier for me to care for the
students and the community as a whole.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And recently new housing for teachers begs to donors that
it's been.
Speaker 10 (08:25):
A long journey and there's been a lot of people
who have helped bring this to fruition, and so just
being able to enjoy the fruits of the labor and
the blood, sweat and tears, one might say is we're here.
We're finally here. So it's exciting.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Through this land high desert winds are brutal, and.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
These winds sometimes will blow all day and all night long,
and with no buffer, the winds basically attack the houses.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
As a result, home repairs are constant and critical.
Speaker 9 (09:06):
The old porch was dangerous and it was rickety and
yeah it was miserable.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
This porch they was built by Saint Bonaventure.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
Yeah, so the guys came and they spent a little
bit of time and they just made it from nothing.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I mean totally.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Benjamin Harry is one of the many hands helping this
aging population.
Speaker 11 (09:28):
That's a lot of things that we come across on
the reservation with alderlies, you know, being some of them
are disability unable to take care of projects like this
on their own. The majority of them or on fixed incomes,
so they can't afford you know, materials, tools, uh workmanship,
(09:50):
to pay you know, labors and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
For Benjamin Harry and the mission, it is rewarding to
see elderly and war veterans smile, to.
Speaker 11 (09:58):
Put smile on their face and a change for them,
you know, because sometimes they like they seek, there's no.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Help helping those who live here.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
Yea.
Speaker 9 (10:09):
These guys are amazing.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
But hard working man.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
And helping those willing to learn and help future generations
of Native Americans.
Speaker 12 (10:23):
I wanted to do something new, learned something new, and
always wanted to do a job like this with helping others.
It's a great experience learning as I go step by
step and continue to be working here.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I like it.
Speaker 12 (10:43):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Even in grief, the Mission shows up.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
So thank you Sat Bonaventure. It was really helpful and
you know, it helped us to lay my little brother
to rest, and we're very, very thankful and grateful.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
The Missions supports funeral costs and visitation services and has
helped many like the family of Laye Boyd.
Speaker 7 (11:05):
I've been living here a half of my life. I
do appreciate it. Wont to Venture, all their employees, directors,
all the workers. They get up each morning, they help
a lot a lot of people. They don't push them
away even a little bit of help. They help them.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
When the economy is bad, people here feel it even more.
As a result, many lose hope.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
So we started to really think about how can we
address those needs. Suicide mental health issues are still a
major problem.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
One of the missions innovative ideas is to reconnect people
in other simple but effective ways.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
We feel like if we can provide a safe space
for young people to go enjoy coffee or some kind
of a healthy fruit drink.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
A coffee shop, a gathering space, a source of healing.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Time that you have a place that you can go
or something to do that obviously creates, you know, positive energy.
If you're stuck at home, there's nowhere for you to
go that creates negative energy. And so we feel like
this coffee shop is a real opportunity for the community.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Another safe space is this only fitness center in town.
Speaker 5 (12:24):
It's a small little gym where everybody likes to I
would just say, come together at.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
The heart of through This fitness center has other special
meetings for many around the area. It's my therapy, my
mean time.
Speaker 8 (12:38):
It keeps me healthy, keeps me grounded.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
I don't know what I would do without the fitness center,
just because, like I said, everybody here's so supportive and
so nice.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Probably my favorite place to be other than home. So
I really love it here here at throughout the mission,
a dedicated group of individuals work quietly but powerfully to
uphold a vision of compassion and service.
Speaker 8 (12:59):
There are things that do around here help other workers too.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Everywhere.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Many employees at Saint Bonaventure wearing a lot of hats
and often blessed.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Several years ago we experience not having any religious on
campus and there was a huge void there. We were
blessed again to have excuse me.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Each effort, powered by the kindness of donors and the
dedication of workers, is a testament to the resilience of
the Navajo people and to the hope that together we
can build a better future.
Speaker 8 (13:39):
Learn a lot, learn the truck.
Speaker 7 (13:46):
Good.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
The mission recognizes practicing sports to build strength and resilience
at the last annual track meet, aiming to win in
the field, We're gonna win and in life.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I want to see our school continue to thrive, and
I want us to be a safe place, continue to
be a safe place for our students, and I want
it to be a place where they know they're supported,
they know that we have their best interests at heart.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Your donations build is hope.
Speaker 8 (14:28):
Do these words. I'm content, I'm confident, I know my
direction and I know what I have. I may be poor,
I can't, i may be a crime, but I'm achieving
in the science. I may not hear it by none,
(14:54):
I may not have it, but I'd get it to things.
These are the words.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Your donations build this future.
Speaker 11 (15:05):
You know it's a lot of value to sat Moon's
How do how they manage to go out and do
some do a lot of repair work for the Navajo
nations and stuff, and well we can't get to all
of them, you know, we can't get to all of them.
Speaker 10 (15:21):
I mean, it's just continuing to build that community, build
those relationships. We're here to support one another.
Speaker 7 (15:27):
So very fortunate Sa BoNT Adventure is here, and thank you.
We'll never stop saying thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm just so grateful the same part of ventures.
Speaker 13 (15:41):
I love you guys.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
You know you guys are in my prayers.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I pray you pray for all of us too.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
It's just that I'm very thankful, and I want to
say thank you very much for for their donation to
the mission. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Please join Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission in school to continue
providing education, food, water, housing, repairs, and mental health across
the Navajo community. Please help the Denay people take that
next step.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
It's hard for them to get to that next level.
Your support to Saint Bonaventure helps us to help them,
and I believe that very strongly. I believe that these
people are worthy and deserving of an opportunity a better future.
(16:36):
And because of the goodness of you as donors, you're
able to help us to help them take that next step.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Saint Bonaventure, Indian Mission in school. A beacon of hope,
she washes.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
Her face with clean, warm water, small to make it
with under a strayed sky to begin.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Her work again.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Please visit Saint bonam Intermission dot org and donate today.
Thank you.
Speaker 13 (17:12):
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Speaker 6 (17:17):
You? Uh?
Speaker 13 (17:19):
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any you yere any young he old one way?
Speaker 9 (17:32):
Hey?
Speaker 13 (17:34):
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In this episode, we take you on a journey with
Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission and School, an unwavering pillar for
the Navajo people, walking with them in faith, dignity, humanity,
and hope. In this concluding episode, we honor Saint Bonaventure
Indian Mission and School's unwavering commitment walking with the Navajo
(00:37):
people in faith, dignity, humanity, and hope. Should farm children
step into the school buses early morning across the Navajo
Nation in New Mexico. Here at Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission
and School in Thuru, students begin their day in prayer
(01:10):
and with a pledge spoken in the Navajo language. Since
nineteen seventy four, the mission that served the Eastern Navajo
Nation guided by a deep Christian faith. School Principal Tracy
Lee sees the result of this deep commitment from staffords
and the mission supporters.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Families are enthusiastic about their presence here at school. Their
children go home, they're excited for their religion. Lesson if
they're all so excited about the sacraments that they get
to experience.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
The mission goes far beyond with a steadfatz commitment to
lifting lives through education When.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
The mission started fifty years ago, it was really to
meet the immediate needs.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Christopher Alter, at Saint Bonaventure, Indian Missions, Executive Director.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
We continue to meet those immediate needs with a broader
vision of how we move forward and help the Navajo
move forward.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
The school's belief education is the most powerful tool to
break the cycle of poverty.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I am so elated to be a part of this
entire journey with our students, arts, teachers, all of our
staff members. It's a joy to be here, and every
day is different. Every day is a good challenge for us.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
School Principal Tracy Lee sees the result of this deep
commitment from Stafford's and the mission supporters.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I'm always telling our students, I need to see you
guys flourish and to succeed so that they can replace
us because we're not always going to be here.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And all the deep commitment is working. Welcome.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I know that when the mission started, the graduation rate
from high school was ten percent of the of the
local community. Today, the entire local community is about a
ninety percent graduation rate from high school. Our students at
(03:27):
Saint Bonaventure have a one graduation rate from high school
which is really quite remarkable.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The next step scholarships for high school, college and vocational training.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Our scholarship program does help these students try to meet
those needs. If I feel like a student is needing
help with food, there's a lot of hunger issues in security,
even among the college students, and a lot of times
these students don't have food in their dorms or in
their apartments, and they you know, they're looking for a
(03:59):
fresh meat, eat fresh food, fresh fruits and vegetables to
be able to add to their daily diets. Then they
can come back to us and ask.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
For help fulfilling those needs is entirely dependent on the
generosity of donors.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Through our generous donors, we are able to help need
educational journeys for a lot of the Native American students
in our area who do not have this opportunity. Our
area is completely underserved.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
In this high desert land. Water precious and hard to reach.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Water table is very very deep, and it's been almost
not impossible, but very very difficult to locate where there
might be underwater veins to drill well. Fortunately, Saint Bonaventure
we do have a well. It's about two hundred feet deep.
(04:55):
And we have with our partners Deep we have a
total of five water trucks that go out five days
a week and provide thousands of gallons of water to
Navajo families. So water is very precious and without without water,
(05:21):
many of these families could not survive.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Leading the way, Darlene r Viso just that.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
I'm happy that I'm still working and delivering water to
the to Uh, to my people as they're in need
of water, and so they'll they'll be happy.
Speaker 6 (05:40):
To see me.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Across a Navajo nation, she is known as the water Lady,
the water lead. Does everybody know who the water Lady is? Yeah,
sometimes we see her on the road. What does she deliver?
Does she deliver food? She delivers water. The Navajo Nation
sits at a very high elevation smithly over seven thousand
(06:01):
feet above sea level the Rousse it's even higher at
about seven five hundred feet right off of the Continental Divide.
Across these hard and dry lands, finding a reliable water
table takes a lot of work and money, and getting
that water to those in need takes a lot of
dedication from everyone. In Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission in school.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Saint Bonaventure has been delvine water over ten years.
Speaker 7 (06:28):
And still yeah, they're doing it.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
If it wasn't for Saint Bonaventure, I wouldn't have water
behind these brown, red and beautiful rocks and mountains. There
are a lot of good memories.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
I mean, my dad used to go hiking all the
time with gaunting.
Speaker 8 (06:45):
We used to go to blue water.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
All the time. But also a lot of hardship.
Speaker 8 (06:51):
The root was hard. There's so many obstacles that I
ran into. I've been boomed probably prove three times.
Speaker 9 (07:04):
People come in off the street. Sometimes some people are homeless,
they say, but we still help them out.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Darlene van Dervert manages Saint Bonaventure thrift Shop.
Speaker 9 (07:15):
If people had to burn out, they didn't come back
there to get clothed, like blankets, shoes, whatever they need, towels, houseware.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Stuff from water to clothing to food.
Speaker 9 (07:26):
Okay, we give them everything that we have for the
pizza family, beans, whatever each beach, vegetables.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Or whatever we have. Saint Bonaventuer's thrift Shop does what
it can to meet essential needs around the eastern part
of Navajo Land.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
One of the interesting aspects of through New Mexico, where
Saint Bonaventure is located, is that the nearest actual grocery
store is thirty miles away, so it's a sixty mile
round trip. It's difficult for families to get to a
Virstus store sometimes, and so our food program is very
beneficial for people.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Housing is another mission, affordable and safe mobile homes to
shelter families.
Speaker 10 (08:05):
The housing is a huge, huge benefit and huge support
just being able to live in close proximity to the school.
It makes it easier for me to care for the
students and the community as a whole.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And recently new housing for teachers begs to donors that
it's been.
Speaker 10 (08:25):
A long journey and there's been a lot of people
who have helped bring this to fruition, and so just
being able to enjoy the fruits of the labor and
the blood, sweat and tears, one might say is we're here.
We're finally here. So it's exciting.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Through this land high desert winds are brutal, and.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
These winds sometimes will blow all day and all night long,
and with no buffer, the winds basically attack the houses.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
As a result, home repairs are constant and critical.
Speaker 9 (09:06):
The old porch was dangerous and it was rickety and
yeah it was miserable.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
This porch they was built by Saint Bonaventure.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
Yeah, so the guys came and they spent a little
bit of time and they just made it from nothing.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I mean totally.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Benjamin Harry is one of the many hands helping this
aging population.
Speaker 11 (09:28):
That's a lot of things that we come across on
the reservation with alderlies, you know, being some of them
are disability unable to take care of projects like this
on their own. The majority of them or on fixed incomes,
so they can't afford you know, materials, tools, uh workmanship,
(09:50):
to pay you know, labors and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
For Benjamin Harry and the mission, it is rewarding to
see elderly and war veterans smile, to.
Speaker 11 (09:58):
Put smile on their face and a change for them,
you know, because sometimes they like they seek, there's no.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Help helping those who live here.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
Yea.
Speaker 9 (10:09):
These guys are amazing.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
But hard working man.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
And helping those willing to learn and help future generations
of Native Americans.
Speaker 12 (10:23):
I wanted to do something new, learned something new, and
always wanted to do a job like this with helping others.
It's a great experience learning as I go step by
step and continue to be working here.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I like it.
Speaker 12 (10:43):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Even in grief, the Mission shows up.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
So thank you Sat Bonaventure. It was really helpful and
you know, it helped us to lay my little brother
to rest, and we're very, very thankful and grateful.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
The Missions supports funeral costs and visitation services and has
helped many like the family of Laye Boyd.
Speaker 7 (11:05):
I've been living here a half of my life. I
do appreciate it. Wont to Venture, all their employees, directors,
all the workers. They get up each morning, they help
a lot a lot of people. They don't push them
away even a little bit of help. They help them.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
When the economy is bad, people here feel it even more.
As a result, many lose hope.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
So we started to really think about how can we
address those needs. Suicide mental health issues are still a
major problem.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
One of the missions innovative ideas is to reconnect people
in other simple but effective ways.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
We feel like if we can provide a safe space
for young people to go enjoy coffee or some kind
of a healthy fruit drink.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
A coffee shop, a gathering space, a source of healing.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Time that you have a place that you can go
or something to do that obviously creates, you know, positive energy.
If you're stuck at home, there's nowhere for you to
go that creates negative energy. And so we feel like
this coffee shop is a real opportunity for the community.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Another safe space is this only fitness center in town.
Speaker 5 (12:24):
It's a small little gym where everybody likes to I
would just say, come together at.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
The heart of through This fitness center has other special
meetings for many around the area. It's my therapy, my
mean time.
Speaker 8 (12:38):
It keeps me healthy, keeps me grounded.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
I don't know what I would do without the fitness center,
just because, like I said, everybody here's so supportive and
so nice.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Probably my favorite place to be other than home. So
I really love it here here at throughout the mission,
a dedicated group of individuals work quietly but powerfully to
uphold a vision of compassion and service.
Speaker 8 (12:59):
There are things that do around here help other workers too.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Everywhere.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Many employees at Saint Bonaventure wearing a lot of hats
and often blessed.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Several years ago we experience not having any religious on
campus and there was a huge void there. We were
blessed again to have excuse me.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Each effort, powered by the kindness of donors and the
dedication of workers, is a testament to the resilience of
the Navajo people and to the hope that together we
can build a better future.
Speaker 8 (13:39):
Learn a lot, learn the truck.
Speaker 7 (13:46):
Good.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
The mission recognizes practicing sports to build strength and resilience
at the last annual track meet, aiming to win in
the field, We're gonna win and in life.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I want to see our school continue to thrive, and
I want us to be a safe place, continue to
be a safe place for our students, and I want
it to be a place where they know they're supported,
they know that we have their best interests at heart.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Your donations build is hope.
Speaker 8 (14:28):
Do these words. I'm content, I'm confident, I know my
direction and I know what I have. I may be poor,
I can't, i may be a crime, but I'm achieving
in the science. I may not hear it by none,
(14:54):
I may not have it, but I'd get it to things.
These are the words.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Your donations build this future.
Speaker 11 (15:05):
You know it's a lot of value to sat Moon's
How do how they manage to go out and do
some do a lot of repair work for the Navajo
nations and stuff, and well we can't get to all
of them, you know, we can't get to all of them.
Speaker 10 (15:21):
I mean, it's just continuing to build that community, build
those relationships. We're here to support one another.
Speaker 7 (15:27):
So very fortunate Sa BoNT Adventure is here, and thank you.
We'll never stop saying thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm just so grateful the same part of ventures.
Speaker 13 (15:41):
I love you guys.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
You know you guys are in my prayers.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I pray you pray for all of us too.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
It's just that I'm very thankful, and I want to
say thank you very much for for their donation to
the mission. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Please join Saint Bonaventure Indian Mission in school to continue
providing education, food, water, housing, repairs, and mental health across
the Navajo community. Please help the Denay people take that
next step.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
It's hard for them to get to that next level.
Your support to Saint Bonaventure helps us to help them,
and I believe that very strongly. I believe that these
people are worthy and deserving of an opportunity a better future.
(16:36):
And because of the goodness of you as donors, you're
able to help us to help them take that next step.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Saint Bonaventure, Indian Mission in school. A beacon of hope,
she washes.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
Her face with clean, warm water, small to make it
with under a strayed sky to begin.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Her work again.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Please visit Saint bonam Intermission dot org and donate today.
Thank you.
Speaker 13 (17:12):
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