Well another week has come and gone, and it's been a great one!
Monday
we went hiking in Blanding for P day. That was fun. Then we went back
to Bluff. When we pulled in I hoped out to go close the gate. Well I
jumped out and E Tucker started to drive off. Well my suit coat got
stuck on the truck some how. Thankfully he wasn't going very fast. :)
That was some funny stuff. We both got a laugh about it.
Tuesday we met with Bob, a Navajo guy that
is basically deaf with out his sound amplifier that we have to yell
into. He has been meeting with the Jehovah's Witnesses and the have been
giving him some anti stuff. His biggest concern about the BOM is, "If
the Nephites were fighting with metal swords why haven't we found any?
And we didn't' they teach the Lamanites to build swords like that? Cause
when the spanish came they were fighting with stone knives!" (face +
palm) I tried arguing with him for like 30 seconds but it wasn't going
anywhere so we just invited him to read and pray about the BOM. When the
day was over we went back to the house and E Tucker was laying on his
bed reading. Well you can see his bed from the opposite side of the
house and right above his head are those plastic blinds that make a lot
of noise. Well I was playing with a racquetball that we had found and so
I decided to bounce it off the ground, over his head into the blinds.
Sooo FUNNY!!!! It scared him way bad!
Wednesday was absolutely insane! So we got to
go do some service for this Navajo family. We moved some tumbleweeds
away from there house and then we got to watch them burn it. The pile of
tumbleweed was 8 feet high, 8 feet deep, and 30 feet long. No joke! It
was awesome! It made a popping sound. Like a bunch of bubble wrap going
off at once. The flame so so hot though. It was just awesome! Then we
started going around the back roads trying people and making our way to
the Tapaha village which is where our next activity was. Well we were on
this dirt road and we went down this really steep hill, like really
steep. Like you couldn't see the whole thing until you were on it,
steep. So we went down it and I said, "That would be so much fun to bike
down." E Tucker said, "You want to?" "Either way." Next thing I know we
turned around went back up the hill and took out my bike. So I biked
down the dirt/ sand/ rock hill at 40+ mph with E Tucker behind me in the
truck. AWESOMENESS!!! Then we got to the Tahapa village. The reason we
were there was because we had been invited to come to a worship service
for a Navajo Christian Church. So we walk in and no one was there. So we
started looking around. Then some people walk in and the main girl asks
us, "Can either of you play the piano?" I said that I could and so I
followed her up to the stage and sat down at the keyboard. She marked 3
songs for me. I started looking through the first one. When I got
through that I went to the second one but before I could practice she
asked if I was ready. Uhhhhhhhh, sure. So I sight read all the songs
while they were singing. And then they threw another song on me in the
middle of the service. That was crazy! Oh and half the songs were in
Navajo so I had no clue what was really being said. Lol!
Thursday
was pretty cool. We had District Meeting up in Blanding. On the way
back I was really struggling with some stuff as a leader. I then had a
prompting to listen to the Atonement track that we had in the truck.
It's so cool to receive meaningful revelation for your benefit and
others at the same time. Well then we went out to White Rock. So the
first house on the north side of the road, whenever we walk in has 15
dogs. Every time we leave there is 15 cats. It's pretty weird but funny.
Friday we decided to do a vehicle fast so we just walked around Bluff all day and tried to do some service.
Saturday
we a baptism for an 8 year old named, Kaeahliya. This girl is solid!
She said the opening prayer at her baptism and had all the women in
tears and even some of the men! Then on Sunday she ask.... ASKED to
give a talk! She did such a good job too! Well her baptism went really
well. She had asked me to do the confirmation. That was really special
for me. That night we also got transfer news. I am staying here with
Elder Tucker. E Provard is going to Blanding South!!!!!! My first
area!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! I went nuts when I found that out!
So my mailing address for the next 6 weeks will be:
PO BOX 116
Bluff, UT 84512
Sunday
we had church. I sang a solo, "Savior, Redeemer of my Soul" again. And
again it went really well. Then we had a meeting with the stake
president in Blanding. Then we stayed for a fireside. The speaker was
Clive Romney, the author of "Scripture Power" in the primary song book.
It was so good. I got to talk to him after. He actually lives less than 2
miles away from my home in WJ! I also got to talk to some people from
Blanding that I haven't seen in a while. It was really good!
So that was my week! It was a good one! Well, until next time, Hagoonee'!
Elder Bryson Chipman
Kaeahliya's baptism
3 main Navajo foods: Fry bread, beans, and salt
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