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5 Rules for Life on the Rez

February 25, 2016
Arizona
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Here are my five pieces of advice for future volunteers serving on the Navajo Reservation in St. Michaels, Arizona. 1. Don’t drive on the dirt roads for at least three days after it rains. …

Hózhǫ́

January 26, 2016
Arizona
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I have been fascinated by the language of the Diné (Navajo) people since living on the Rez. In the nursing department we have been trying to keep up with learning a new “Navajo Word of the Day.” The language is…

5 Pieces of Advice For A Future Mercy Volunteer

April 21, 2015
Arizona

If I could give 5 pieces of advice to a future MVC volunteer they would be…. Be open to change. As an MVC volunteer, you will live in a community where everyone starts off as a complete stranger, while working…