Yet another fantastic week!
So on Monday we had a zone activity where we played volleyball basketball and all brought stuff to make burrito's. It was some good stuff! Then I came home and some mail waiting for me. My oldest brother, Dustin, had sent me a letter that really stuck out to me. It said something like, focus on your mission, everything else can wait and there will be enough time to think about stuff when you get home. Nothing is more important than the work you are doing right now. That really stuck out to me. Then we got to go down to White Mesa and visit A and give some service to her weeding her front yard. What was funny is we did it in our proselyting clothes and it was about 95 degrees. So later that day the police officer came up to us and talked to us about it. We had a good laugh. We also got to visit the L family and learn about Joseph Smith.
Tuesday I had a chance to play the piano a little so I finally decided to try some music that my sister, Niki, had sent me. It was the Jon Schmidt Hymns. Wow that are some crazy fun and crazy hard pieces! Then we also got to visit with a new family the L's. They have been less active for several years and once we got inside the mom just opened up to us. It's weird how people will do that to us missionaries, but it's kinda cool and sacred at the same time.
Wednesday we had apartment checks. We cleaned it up that morning and the senior couple that came to look at it were very impressed. Then we also got to meet with M & P and learn about Joseph Smith. We also took our ward mission leader down to see the B's and they welcomed him better than we thought possible so a very productive day!
On Thursday we got to pick up an old investigator again, E. He asked if we could stop back by so we did. We also found out that he had gone to church about 3 weeks ago. Wow, cool stuff! We also had to go down to White Mesa to get a signature on a baptismal form. So we talked with the dad, wow that guy is super nice. He respects the church and hopes that his kids get involved even though he himself is very traditional.
On Friday we got blessed to meet with someone who is normally really busy and doesn't really have time to meet with us but still wants to learn. She is a fantastic lady and is trying hard to make the best life for her family. We also got to learn some more Navajo with Bro. Glover.
Saturday we had a FANTASTIC baptism! It was the first baptism in White Mesa in about a year! Oh man was D, the person getting baptized, prepared! He is so full of charity and love! He is going to be a great tool in the lord. I also got to baptize him. So funny story, I got to baptize him and after we got out of the font we went to the changing room and he was just standing there shivering and saying it's cold. So I asked him where his clothes were and he said back in the other room with his family. :) So I quickly stuck my head out and asked his sister for the clothes. Then we got give some service before we headed down to White Mesa. There we got to play some basketball with our newest recent convert. Oh good times!
Sunday we had D's confirmation and that was the largest I have ever seen the White Mesa building be filled. It had over 50 people! And I don't think any were there because of the confirmation! Normally we are happy if we get 15 people, so we were thrilled when we had a full room! Then that night was the missionary broadcast. WOW......................... Missionary work is REALLY going to change. For those of you who weren't able to attend this is some of the things that will be happening in the next few months. Missionaries will get Facebook profiles and will be confirming appointments online and the churches will be left unlocked so people can come in and get church tours whenever they want. People will be there when the building is unlocked so it won't always be unlocked but still. The main thing is missionary work is really going digital. This is really an exciting time to be a missionary and I feel so humbled and blessed to be apart of it.
Thanks for everything, Hagonet!
Elder Bryson Chipman
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