“We lived in Albuquerque for a short time,” she says. “There are more opportunities and activities in the city, but we like the space and freedom of life on the reservation—it’s much more of a home life. It’s diffi cult, but that keeps us tight together as a family.”


Fortunately, the Winters and other families living on the reservation have a helper—full-blooded Navajo and North American Mission Board missionary, Rose Ignacio. “It’s always a good thing when Rose comes,” Winters says. “She watches the kids while I work outside and she just starts cleaning the house. Not many people would do that, but that’s Rose, and it means a lot to me.”


Earning the privilege to share Christ with the Navajo is often a long process. Rose, a Mission Service Corps mission-


Rose leads a weekly class for Navajo women and teenage girls teaching them to read and speak their native language. While teaching them about their native customs, she weaves the story of Christ’s love through each lesson.


34 Fall 2010 • onmission.com


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