For a funny title I'd call this week drug week, but for a serious title I'll say move in week. :D
Monday
we finally got to meet with Dory (The new mission rule is I can use
first names.) and Family! They have come to church for a whole month but
we haven't been able to meet with them yet! It was so nice. She has one
son and one daughter. They are really prepared to receive the gospel!
Tuesday
we went to a little village on the reservation called Little Water.
Well we met with Randy and his family then went out side and played
basketball and football with all his kids. Then the whole village showed
up to play. It was awesome!
Wednesday
we went on an exchange with the Montezuma Creek Elders. I brought Elder
Patterson to Bluff. We went down and talked to this guy named Ernie. We
asked if we could help him with anything and he said we could chop some
wood. SCORE! So we went to town. We really didn't chop for that long,
but we over filled his pile. He had to start another one. :) Then we got
to go out with our Branch President. That was a lot of fun. He is a
professor at the college in Blanding. He talked to us about the Navajo
Code Talkers. AWESOME!!!! Then we came in that night and started to do
our nightly planning and it was cold! It was really cold inside our
little trailer! So we called Elder Tucker, because he likes to do some
jokes. He didn't know why it was so cold but he told us to go out and
check the propane. Yep, we were out. So we packed up and headed to the
church and we slept there. That's the second time I've slept in the
church on my mission. :)
Thursday
we exchanged back and then went to district meeting. Then we came back
and cleaned the trailer because we had gotten word that we would be
moving into a new trailer right next to the church on Friday so that trailer could go up to the missionaries in White Mesa. So we spent the day cleaning.
Friday
we finished cleaning the trailer and got our new furniture for our new
trailer and moved in and got settled. Our new trailer is sooooo big!
It's awesome!!!
Saturday
we went to a funeral at the church. It was weird for me because the
last funeral I went to like that was for my mom. But it was good. I
didn't know the guy who had passed. Then we got to go down to black
water and visit Shawn. Well he has a really cool converson story. He was
in jail and his native prayers weren't helping him. So he grabbed a
Bible and prayed, then 2 days later he was out of jail. He is a lot of
fun to talk to.
Sunday was good. So
funny story, I have my gallon jug of water with me when I go out and
teach. Well yesterday I had a member with me and we went and tried to
find this person to teach. We went to his house and his dad said he
wasn't home. Well later that day me and my companion went back and
knocked on the door. The dad came again and said he wasn't home. Then
the conversation went like this, "Ya, two guys came by earlier today
looking for him. They were dressed like you too. One was old and one was
young. One of them had a jug, I don't know but it might have been
Moonshine!" I had to turn my head and put my hand over my mouth so he
couldn't see me smiling. To make it even better my companion started
playing along. Eventually I turned to him, still covering my mouth, and
said, "Just tell him that we stopped by. Thanks." We walked up the
street and I was laughing so hard, I was crying! It was really funny.
Well right after that we went into a lesson with Eno. He is a native
christian. He said he had been thinking about the book of mormon and
that he had decided to just stay with the bible. Well he invited us in
and we were able to talk with him. The spirit really influenced Elder
Tucker and I. We pulled different scriptures out but they fit perfectly
with what we were talking about. I was able to boldly testify that we
need a living prophet and that we have one in President Monson. It was
one of the most spiritual lesson of my mission.
Well It's been a great week, Until next time! Hagoonee'!
Elder Bryson Chipman
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