Yaa Teeh!
It has been a good week down in Flora Vista New Mexico!
Monday we had a lesson with an investigator where we talked about gratitude. It's amazing how when you are grateful you are happy. It any of you out there are un-happy try giving just a prayer of gratitude. It works, I promise! :)
Tuesday I went on an exchange with Elder Vance. We stayed in Flora Vista. One of the appointments we went to was to a less active and we watched "On the Lord's Errand". Oh that movie is great! It really helped him see that miracles and prophets are real in this day and age. We also walked to go contact some referrals. We almost got attacked by some dogs. I'm getting better on how to defend against dogs. That really comes in to play tomorrow, Wednesday. We also went to the house that has 6 Akita's... I was wearing a black suit when I went in. I came out with a light grey suit. :D
On Wednesday we went and taught the some less active the we watch "On the Lord's Errand" with but we watch a movie on the Atonement, actually the one that Grandma and Grandpa Lynn sent me. (That thing is AMAZING!!!) Then he expressed an interest in repenting but he didn't really know how. So we pulled out a pamphlet and started talking about it. It was really neat to see the spirit work through Elder Krstyen and I. Elder Krstyen has such a powerful testimony. And he is really humble. He is such a great companion. Then we got to go tracking. We went up to this house with a small chain link fence around it. I kick it to see if any dogs came out. None. So we walked in and knocked. I thought I heard a back door open then the next thing I see is 3 dogs come running around the side of the house. Aw crap... So the biggest one, funny enough, comes right up to us and starts rubbing us and lets us pet it. The other two are growling and barking. So I turn around when we are walking back to the gate and we made it out of the yard with out a scratch. I love being obedient, it brings so many blessing. :) And the prayers of everyone else is really helpful to. :D Then I remembered that we need a movie that I had lent out for a lesson that night. So we decided to walk about 3 miles one way and grab it and walk back. We had about an hour and fifteen minutes. Well we got it and we were heading back and we were late for our next appointment and then we see a truck pulled over on the road and this guy moving stuff around. He asked us if we needed a ride and so we climbed in and got to our appointment only about 5 minutes late instead of like 30. The cool part about this though is 2 other people had pulled over and asked if we needed rides but they were both females so we couldn't. The Lord really does bless the obedient.
Thursday, for every appointment but one we watched a movie. I'm good with it. It helped the people we were teaching and I like movies! But Elder Krstyen is even better than I am at watching movies. He has watched "On the Lord's Errand" about 20 times in the past 2 weeks and he is still going strong. He's great! That night we went up to the basketball night and had some fun. We are going to try it for a little while longer but I'm not sure if it is going to be productive or not, we'll see.
Friday we did service for most of the day for our Elders Quorum President. We helped him install a mail box. Built some chairs and helped him move some machinery. Good stuff. He also showed me a sling that he used in the Army for throwingGrenades! He said he is going to make me one. SCORE!!!
Saturday we had a lesson with one of our investigators and we watch the movie on the Atonement. He really enjoyed it. Then after the lesson his wife and I had a discussion on the lights in the kitchen. Like where they should go and what the should be. That was funny. We also got to visit with one of the youth in the ward about his beliefs about the church. He is a really smart kid and I'm excited to start teaching him!
Sunday we had church and then a lesson with another youth in the ward. We talked about the 10 commandments and why they are important. Then we tried to see how long we could keep 3 balloons in the air both by ourselves and with a partner. That was a lot of fun!
Well I'm loving my mission! Thanks for all the support! Until next time, Hagonet!
Elder Bryson Chipman
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