Located two hours from the nearest grocery store in dusty Rock Point, Ariz., the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission sits figuratively and literally in the heart of an American Indian community that began struggling with poverty and high unemployment long before the nationwide recession.
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| Janie John teaches her granddaughter, Teyanna John, 7, how to use a sewing machine during summer classes at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Ariz., sponsored by several ELCA congregations from Wisconsin. |
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