Navajo Code 9/23

       Yaa Teeh!

 

       What a great week for the Elders of the Flora Vista area of the Farmington, New Mexico Mission!

 

       So on Monday I got to go on an Exchange with Elder Manumaleuna (Elder Manu for short) who is from Hawaii, around North Shore I think. Is that where you went Dad? The crazy thing is that we went to one of our less actives and his MTC companion was from the same area and Elder Manu knew him. It's a small world after all. :)

 

       Tuesday we taught 8 lessons tracted a little then we had dinner. So the family we ate with has a daughter that plays Alto Sax in the Marching Band. All through dinner I kept saying "Should've been a Trumpet, Should've been a Trumpet." Oh man You could feel the fire coming out of her eyes, WOW! :) Haha.

 

       Wednesday we went and tried a former investigator and found him home. We made a little small talk then he said that we could read the Bible with him but not the Book of Mormon. So we sat down and started reading the Bible. He started reading and the message was the same but the words were different. I then realized that he was using a different version of the Bible. Ya, that was interesting. Then we went up to Crouch Mesa and found a new investigator. She is cool but man oh man can she talk, WOW. We were there for probably an hour to an hour and a half and said maybe 50 words total. She talked about interesting stuff but if she finds a tangent, there she goes. :)

 

       Thursday we met with one of our families that is on their way to being reactivated. The two boys got some paper and started doing some origami. It was pretty cool. Then we got started into riddles. Thank you Jessica and Chris! That was fun I stumped them a couple of times before we had to leave.

 

       Friday we got to talk with a family that has an inactive son about how they could better feel the spirit with him. I showed them the section on listening in Preach My Gospel. That was a really neat experience. Then we had a successful appointment with someone we found tracking. (That almost never happens.) It was a little rushed and crazy first lesson, but still very effective. The man is really into history, including history of the church. So he is willing to learn more about it. :) Then we had an appointment for the lady we have on date to be baptized this Saturday! She is ready to go! I'm so excited for her and her son, who is also being baptized. Then we had an appointment with an investigator who is starting to overcome heavy drinking. He has been off alcohol for 10 days now!!! It's wonderful!

 

       Saturday we decided to do a little bit of tracking. So we walk up to this house, the dog is out side. It's a small dog but still a dog. So we walk up and knock on the door with no problems. Then we start walking back. Well the dog is sitting at the edge of the driveway connects to the walk to the door. It's about 10 feet from us. Well when we turn around from the door and start to walk towards to leave it got a little angry. It barked and kinda showed it's teeth and Elder Deakin took off. Of course the dog chased him. Almost got him too. I looked back at the dog, ready to kick it all the way to WJ if it came at me. So that was an interesting experience. Then we got to go help our recent converts build a fence. That is a fun thing to do. Especially trying to get the wire across the stream/ small river in their back yard. Good stuff. :)

 

       Sunday we had church and a storm rolled in. So during Elders Quorum the lights in the church flickered. :) Then one of the boys that was making some origami stuff for me on Thursday walked up and gave me this huge paper star thing. Pictures coming when available. Then we had a lesson with our recent converts and when we were driving up a horse was trotting by going the other way. "That was interesting" I said. Then I see two of the kids we were going to see run after it. So we kinda got to help catch a horse. Kinda because when we parked the truck and walked up to the horse it had gotten calmed down so one of the kids put a rope around it's neck and took it back inside the fence. Oh fun stuff. :)

 

       Well, it's been a good week! We had a total of 27 lesson this week, tieing the area record. Well I better get going. Thanks for all the support. Until next time, Hagonet!

 

Elder Bryson Chipman