Yaa Teeh!
It has been a crazy week!
Monday we were in Farmington most of the day doing medical stuff for Elder Krstyen. We did get the Old Testament on CD and started listening to that. Within the week we've finished all of Genesis!
Tuesday morning was pretty rough. We went to one of our best investigators and he was SUPER drunk. He even offered us some whiskey! That was a first. Then we went into Farmington again for another appointment. Then we went up to the Apache Building (Mission Office) and got the mail. I got a letter from a family that I taught in Blanding! They have moved up to Clear Creek Utah now but they are doing really well! We used to go over there and read the Book of Mormon with them and now the dad has the Book of Mormon on tape or CD, i'm not sure which, but he's listened to it 10+ times! It only takes him 3 days to listen to the whole thing!!!!! That was so good to get that!
Wednesday I was on an exchange with Elder Harward from... WEST JORDAN UTAH!!!!! BUT... he went to Kearns. So we went walking, in a mild blizzard and we walked past this house and a dog came running at us. This thing was mad. Well I keep rocks in my pockets for this very reason. The dog got about a foot away and I took out the rock and threw it at the dog and hit it in the face. Ya the dog didn't really bother us any more. Then I turned to Elder Harward and asked if he had any rocks handy. He said no. So I asked if he wanted one, "Yes please." Oh good stuff. Then we walked around that corner and got to another corner that was filled with mud. A truck drove by followed by a car. The truck stopped in the mud then spun it's wheels. It missed us, thankfully, but drenched the car following it. I'm still not sure if they were trying to hit us. Then we had a really spiritual lesson with one of our less active Navajo's. We read from the Book of Mormon and then watched "Joy to the World". He really felt the spirit. He said that all he wanted was to be happy like that. It was great!
Thursday we had a zone training with district meeting. After the zone training was finished we split into our districts with about 5 minutes left. Ya so I just had everyone bear testimony about the Book of Mormon. That was really cool to see everyone else's experiences with it. Then we got to go down to Bloomfield and help with an event called Joy to the World. The stake puts it on every year, what it is is everyone in the stake brings their nativities and pictures of Christ down to the church and set it up. They play some spiritual music. IT IS SO COOL! My favorite was a painting called, "Peace is Coming" by Jon MaNaughton.
Friday we got to go into Farmington again for Elder Krstyen. I got to read for a while, it was good. Then we went to another one of our best investigators and he was SUPER drunk. He could barely even stand up because he was so drunk. So basically 3 of our best investigators got SUPER drunk this week. 2 of them we met with and the other cancelled because he was so drunk. Such is the life of a missionary.
Saturday we had the ward christmas party. There was a piano and I got to play for a little while. Later that day we went up to an investigators house and started reading the Book of Mormon with them, in 2 Nephi 14. Oh and this particular investigator asks question on everything! So we got to explain an Isaiah chapter, but with the help of the Spirit it went really well!
Sunday we woke up to an inch to an inch and a half of snow. We the roads were pretty slick, and the church is on the top of a hill. So we made it up ok but right before church started we noticed that people were having a really hard time making it up. So with the help of another bishop we walked down and told people of a different way to get up to church. It was so cool to see some of the members help other people get to church.
It's been a good week and I'm looking forward to another good week. Thanks for all the support! Until next time, Hagonet!
Elder Chipman
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