THE BAKERS' DOZEN
and Then Some
Four Decades of Adventures in Navajoland
by Jim and Kay Baker
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
Category- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Adoption & Fostering
Type : Paperback
ISBN : 9781498426879
Price : $17.49
Navajoland… It’s a place of
beauty where flat deserts are interrupted with rugged rock formations and
forested mountains. Its home to the Navajo, the largest nation of Native
Americans in America. It also became home to Jim and Kay Baker in 1975 when
they responded to God’s call to become houseparents to Navajo boys and girls.
Caring for nearly three dozen
youngsters over fifteen years, there were times when they really were a
“Bakers’ Dozen!” As you read their story you will soon realize that this is
God’s story lived out in their lives.
Through their adventures you
will also discover the beauty and the strong character of the Navajo people.
You will get a front row seat of what life as a houseparent is like and how God
can use anyone to do His work if they are willing to respond to His calling in
their lives.
The Baker’s story could just
as easily be your story. As you follow their journey of faith you most likely
will discover that God has an adventure for you to experience, too!
Jim and Kay Baker met in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania when they were youngsters. In 1969 they were married
and in 1975 God called them to Navajo Missions (now Navajo Ministries). As
houseparents they became “Mom and Dad” to children needing a home. In 1987 Jim succeeded
Jack Drake, the founder, as President. Kay served as Director of Children’s
Services for many years.
Today, Jim and Kay serve as
Co-Directors of the Partnership Ministry at Navajo Ministries. The Bakers have
two married children living in the Farmington area. Lisa and Jami Chavez have a
daughter, Breann, who lived just three years before returning to her home in
heaven. David and Heather Baker have two daughters, Seattle and Samantha.
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