Jesus And me

On the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation has approximately 180,000 citizens scattered over 17 1/2 million acres in four states. Almost five years ago, in December 2015, I was asked by a friend to organize a trip to Monument Valley to build a green house. 12 people volunteered and we left sunny and warm Texas the day after Christmas to drive 900 miles to snow and cold Navajo Nation. Everyone except me got sick! :) We held health classes, taught a new way to grow food, had children's meetings, sewing classes, musical recovery programs and helped build a root cellar. Someone had heard that I was a retired substance abuse counselor so he asked if I would counsel 2 couples, of course I said yes. So for 5 days I told them about the 12 Step Program, about how Jesus would help them to say no to drugs, and how the Great Creator God has provided natural remedies to keep his children healthy and happy, and if they have lost their health how to regain it. It was a fantastic 7 days with some fantastic people! On the drive back to Texas I was called and asked if I would return to the Nation to help with the alcohol and other drug problems there. I said I would pray about it. I really had no intention of returning, Texas is a nice place to retire and I was comfortable, half awake and half asleep spiritually. Then God (Jesus) stepped in. My Sponsor encouraged me to return, a friend encouraged me to return, and my trusted best recovery partner encouraged to return. They all said,"just go and check it out". So, I returned for two months. February and March. In the two months I was there 15 people died that I knew about! They drank and froze to death, they drank and committed suicide, they drank and overdosed, they drank and did stupid stuff that got them killed. I was stunned! I did alot of drinking and drugging in my days, and alot of my friends died, but never had I experienced the hopelessness, and the terrible abuse my Native American brothers and sisters daily experienced! Many had no electricity, no running water, no job, no vehicle, and generational alcohol and other drug problems. God (JESUS) said : you know how to stay sober, you know Me, come back and help. So, I came back for 6 months. In the six months we brought AA and NA meetings to a church. We started a brand new 12 Step Program called JesusAndme or JA as we call it, putting Jesus as the Highest Power at the center of the 12 Steps. Before the virus hit the Navajo Nation, (which has devastated it) we had upwards of 100 people come to our meetings every weekday night, over a hundred precious Moms and Dads anxious to learn how to help their alcoholic kids stay sober. Grandmoms and granddads wanting to know how to help their grandchildren or children, and even children wanting to know how to help their parents stay sober! We started JA Kids and were having 30 or more kids come and learn a preventative 12 Step Program so they will never even try alcohol and other drugs! When the virus hit, and the race riots began, and other signs of Jesus's soon return became apparent prettylittlebutterfly was created. What the world needed it seemed, was a Musical Bible Study designed to remind the truehearted .... that Jesus is coming back, and He is in a hurry...that the Bible is the Book from Heaven and that we should live by every word, and that Jesus is God, and God is Love. I sincerely hope you find something at prettylittlebutterfly that will help you get to know God (Jesus) better. For to know Him...is to love Him! :)

BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT VALLEY

MONUMENT VALLEY

EXCELLENT QUOTE FROM SITTING BULL

MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND ROSHAWNA LITTLEBEN

MY BUDDY GARY AND HIS DAUGHTER ALAINA

OFF THE BEATEN PATH...CANYON DE CHELLY

DOWN IN CANYON DE CHELLY

MY MOST EXCELLENT RECOVERY FRIENDS LISA AND FREDDY

I WAS BEST MAN AT MY FRIENDS DALTON AND JENNY 'S WEDDING

WORKING ON GARY AND JACKIE'S HOME

A PICTURE OF A HOGAN...A TRADITIONAL NAVAJO HOME

MY BUDDY JAMES AND ME

RABERTA AND BRYSON GETTING BAPTIZED

MY TEXAS MISSIONARY FRIENDS

LOOKING DOWN INTO CANYON DE CHELLY

FRIDAY NITE SUNDOWN SABBATH MEETING SINGING "IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LIFE" IN NAVAJO

VERY LARGE AA...NA...JA MEETINGS

WE HAD WELL OVER 100 COME TO OUR 12 STEP MEETINGS EVERY WEEKDAY NIGHT. MOMS AND DADS WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO HELP THEIR KIDS...KIDS WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO HELP THEIR PARENTS...AND GRANDPARENTS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. LOTS OF CRYING...LOTS OF SINCERE SHARING...AND LOTS OF LAUGHTER. THE 12 STEPS WITH GOD IN THE CENTER OFFERS HOPE FOR HOPELESS SITUATIONS

MY BEST FRIEND ON THE RESERVATION...MALCOLM (MACKIE). BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER MOTHER :) HERE HE IS SHARING HIS STRENGTH, HOPE, AND STORY WITH THE GROUP.

THIS IS JesusAndme kids. WE DEVELOPED A 12 STEP PROGRAM ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS SO THEY WOULD NOT EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS LIKE THEIR PARENTS DID. JA KIDS COULD ONLY HOLD 30 SO IT WAS 1ST COME 1ST SERVED. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME LEARNING TO USE THE 12 STEPS TO DEAL WITH THEIR POOR CHOICES. I CHAIRED ONE OF THEIR MEETING ONCE AND THEY RAN ALL OVER ME!! I QUICKLY LEARNED I SHOULD STICK WITH HELPING ADULTS! :)

DALE WOLCOTT AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE NANCY. IT WAS THEIR IDEA TO DEVELOP JA KIDS. AS THEY ADDED SONG AND BIBLE EXAMPLES THE 12 STEPS CAME ALIVE FOR THE JA KIDS.

JesusAndme DVD SERIES ON HOW TO GET STARTED ON HAVING A JA MEETING.

MY FRIEND CRYSTAL LITTLEBEN...MISS NAVAJO NATION. SHE REPRESENTED THE NAVAJO NATION IN A FINE WAY.

RABERTA AND BRYSON...CHAIR PERSONS DELUXE

BRYSON AND BERTA AND 3 OF 6 DAUGHTERS DEEP IN HOLY THOUGHT

TOM...TRACI...ME...FREDDY...AND MALCOLM. THE ORIGINAL CHAIR PEOPLE AT 12 STEP MEETINGS.

BRYSON AND BERTA LEARNING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.

ONE SUMMER.. BRYSON, BERTA , ROSHAWNA , HER SON SVEN AND I WENT ON A 10 DAY CAMPING TRIP TO A CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE IN TENNESSEE. WE HAD AN EXCEPTIONALLY GREAT TIME. MORE FUN THAN I'D HAD IN A LONG LONG TIME.

ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY POSTER FOR CHINLE CHAPTER...NAVAJO NATION

PRESENTING ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY ON THE PEPSI STAGE IN TUBA CITY.

ONE SUMMER I PRESENTED THE ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY PROGRAM TO THE NAVAJO NATION CHAPTER FAIRS. THIS ONE IS FOR THE WINDOW ROCK FAIR...THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION.

THE 12 STEP PROGRAM, USED ALL OVER THE WORLD, IS THE DIVINELY INSPIRED MEDICINE FOR THE ILLNESS OF ALCOHOLISM/DRUG ADDICTION. WITH THE LOVING GREAT CREATOR GOD IN THE CENTER OF THE PROGRAM, ANY ADDICT/ALCOHOLIC CAN LOSE THE DESIRE TO DRINK/DRUG, AND FIND A NEW WAY TO LIVE. BY WORKING THE PROGRAM (SPONSOR...STEPS...MEETINGS) NO ADDICT/ALCOHOLIC NEED EVER DIE FROM DRUGS/ALCOHOL. NO ONE.

DOCTOR DON (NOT REALLY) PRESENTING ACCELERATE RECOVERY, (8 DOCTORS) .ONE OF FOUR RECOVERY PROGRAMS 1. ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY (RECOVERY FROM DRUG ADDICTIONS) 2. ACCELERATE RECOVERY ( RECOVERY OF HEALTH) 3. GOD IS LOVE (THE WAY OF RECOVERY) AND 4. TIME IS COME (RECOVERY OF PRESENT TRUTH). AVAILABLE AT prettylittlebutterfly.com

" A HAPPY HEART, WORKS GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE...PLEASANT WORDS ARE HEALING TO THE SOUL. A TOUCH OF LOVE, HAS LIFE GIVING PROPERTIES, ALL THESE THINGS CAN HELP TO MAKE ONE WHOLE " KENT AND MARY

SINGING THE BUTTERFLY SONG

"TIME IS COME" PROGRAM IN CHINLE..NAVAJO NATION

" THE WAY OF RECOVERY " CHINLE...NAVAJO NATION.

ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY PROGRAM OFF THE PORCH OF MY HOME IN CHINLE

" COME ON PEOPLE NOW...SMILE ON YOUR BROTHER...EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER...TRY TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER RIGHT NOW...RIGHT NOW...RIGHT NOW. " YOUNGBLOODS

I THINK THIS IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE. MY SPONSEE, OLIVER, GIVING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO A FELLOW SUFFERING ADDICT/ALCOHOLIC. TO ME...THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

JESUSANDME

IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO RID YOURSELF OF ALL CONNECTIONS TO THE DARK SIDE, THIS INCLUDES MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, ART, AND ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE OCCULT OR EVIL. THIS PICTURE IS OF ME AT LAKE MICHIGAN CEREMONIOUSLY BURNING ITEMS THAT MY MAGICIAN FRIEND STEVE HAD COLLECTED IN HIS YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DARD SIDE. WITH MY BIBLE IN MY HAND AND A PRAYER IN MY HEART AND MIND WE CLEARED AWAY THE DARKNESS IN HIS PAST. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF WE KEEP THINGS IN OUR HOME THAT WOULD ATTRACT EVIL...WE ARE LEAVING AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE DEVIL. AND YES...THERE IS A REAL DEVIL WITH LOTS OF HELPERS CALLED DEMONS.New Paragraph