Yaa Teeh!
What a crazy week it has been in Flora Vista!
Monday we went to the church for P day and I started to learn a Piano Guys song by ear. That's some hard stuff! :) Then we went to a members house that had recorded the first presidency's devotional for us because we were practicing the Messiah when it happened. It was sooooo good!
Tuesday I got 3 packages! It was awesome! Then we went and I got to have a vocal training session with a ward member because I was singing a solo on Sunday and I wanted some help with it. That was really neat! Then we went and looked for some wood because one of our less active members was out of fire wood. So in New Mexico the electric company goes around and cuts down wood that is getting close to the power lines, then they stack it by the road for people to come and pick up. Well we found this pile of wood next to the road and we started to load it in the truck. Well this man comes out and says that it's his wood and the electric company was supposed to throw the wood on the other side of the burm. He said that we could take a what we had already. It was really nice of him.
Wednesday we had studies then opened ALLLLLLLLLLLLL of our gifts. Not going to lie, being a missionary on Christmas isn't half bad. ;) Then Elder Krstyen called his family and I watched a DVD I got, Mormon Messages 2, so good! Then we went to a members and I got to Google Hangout with my family. That was way fun and very good to see and talk to everyone. Then we went up to dinner and we had Prime Rib and Crab. That was some good stuff! I'd never had Crab before but it was pretty good. Then we went down to our recent converts and spent the night with them. It was a great day!
Thursday we went on exchanges with the Zone Leaders after District Meeting. I had Elder Jamison in Flora Vista. We were out trying to catch an investigator that we hadn't seen in a while. So we go knock on his door and he isn't there. Well we start to walk back up his drive way and this truck drives past the drive way, sees us, backs up and pulls in. I'm thinkin', "Aww crap." Well he rolls down his window and starts taking to us. Come to find out he'd been trying to get a hold of us for some time and so we went to a better place for a lesson and started teaching him. That was pretty sweet. Then we did a practice for my solo. So I had a ward member play the piano and another play the violin. The song was, "Savior, Redeemer of my Soul". It went really well.
Friday was somewhat uneventful. We had some lessons during the day then at night we went down to our recent converts and they had non member family over. So we started to teach them a little with out it being a formal lesson. It was really cool.
Saturday, oh Saturday... So we started studies and about 30 minutes into personal study we get a phone call from President Batt. Elder Krstyen answers and then says that he wants to talk to me. So I take the phone and talk to President. He asked me if I would accept a calling to serve as a Zone Leader. I said I would. I asked him where I would be serving. So I'm going to be serving the next 6 weeks in.... Bluff, Utah! And since I'm a Zone Leader I can go on exchanges to my first area in Blanding! Crazy! But the sad part is that I'm leaving Flora Vista. :'( So then we got to travel down to Escrito to do some Baptismal interviews for the missionaries down there. I got to interview 4 people. It's a really interesting/ heartbreaking feeling when you have to tell someone that they aren't ready to be baptized. Luckily I only had to do that to one of the 4.
Sunday we had a missionary homecoming talk and then I got to sing. So if you haven't figured it out yet, I'm really close with the recent convert family here. Well they were sitting on the front row. Right when the music started for my song the mom and her 2 youngest (Who never cry) broke down in tears. The spirit was in the room as I sang and I am so grateful for that. We then spent the day taking pictures.
Tonight I get to say good bye to that recent convert family. That's going to be really REALLYREALLY hard. I'm just glad that I live so close to my mission so I can come back and visit afterwards.
Well my next email will come when I'm back in Utah! Until then, thanks for all the support! Hagonet!
Elder Bryson Chipman
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