Healed to Help
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he date was May 1, 2021. Twenty-six individuals stood in the pastor’s study at the Holbrook church, preparing for baptism. Of that number, three were Navajo parents, ready to be baptized along with their children who attended the Holbrook Indian School (HIS). Just a few weeks previously, they had learned of their children’s decision to be baptized due to their Bible classes at school. The parents also asked for Bible studies so they could be baptized with their children. They watched as their children entered the water and smiled as they came up with a new-found commitment. When they entered, they were equally overjoyed as they came out of the water, renewed. Fast forward a little over a year to July 2022. The family was now helping to plan a unique run/walk across the Navajo Nation to promote a major evangelistic event, “Message from the Metal Man,” by the broadcast ministry It Is Written. Not only was this family heavily involved, but many more students from HIS were participating in the event across the Navajo Nation. It is a typical example of healing to help others, blessed to be a blessing. Their story is one of many, representing the ripple effect of God’s work through one small school in the desert. The Greyeagles Clarisse and Rudy Greyeagle have three children who have attended Holbrook Indian School: Dakota, Nathaniel, and Jameslyn. Before the family baptism, Rudy says he participated in a 12-step recovery program to break his drug addiction. The
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Holbrook Indian School
PHOTO: JEFF ROGERS
The Greyeagles pose with a group from Chinle near the starting point of Metal Man run.