This week went by really fast so we'll see what I can put down. :D
Monday we played pool with a member until we needed to go, then we went out to the reservation and found a really prepared 9 yr old little girl named Allyn. She has already read the Book of Mormon Stories book, the one with pictures, and is really excited to get baptized.
Tuesday we were on exchanges with the assistants. I was with Elder Knighton and Elder Lindsay. We went up to an area called 5 points, because at one point there are 5 roads going in different directions. So I've only been up there twice while I've been in the area. So we did some truck-ting, yes truck-ting. Most missions go tracting to find people to teach. Out on the Reservation however you have to go truck-ting to go find people. It's really pretty interesting. It's like a game of hide and go seek except they can't run, however they often don't answer the door. :) Fun stuff.
Wednesday we went out to a place called Toda. We go there a lot and bike a round to save some miles and time. This time we decided to try and find a shortcut. There was a mesa in between us and our next house we wanted to visit. So instead of going around the mesa we tried going over it, with our bikes. So we couldn't bike up the hill to the top of the mesa because it was too sandy. When it wasn't to sandy it was to steep. So we get on top and start walking around, because of how much sand there was we couldn't bike. We eventually found that there wasn't a trail and started walking the general direction of the house we wanted to go visit. We had our bikes on our shoulders for almost the entire time we were up there because of how many bull heads were around. So what normally was a 5 to 10 minute bike ride tuned into a 30 minute hike. lol. :D But hey, it was loads of fun. Then we went to the Oasis village and contacted a referral. Well when we were coming out Elder Lindsay realized he had lost his helmet clip. So we spent 30 minutes looking for that, but we did eventually find it. Then we had a lesson with Randy and family. We read Alma 17 with them, they have an 8 yr old boy so I thought he'd like the story. We also invited them to baptism and... they accepted! That's always nice when that happens. :) Then we had dinner with one of the senior couples here in Bluff.
Thursday we had district meeting then we had a meeting with Bro Martin about the tutoring program we are advertising for. He ran us through the program..... oh my goodness amazing. The biggest things I got from it was to succeed in college have a study group and read a head. He said if I brought a flash drive he would give me the whole presentation. So worth it. Then we went and saw Kaeahliyah. She is so smart! We taught her about the sacrament and how it relates to Baptism. Then we had a bar-b-que with all the senior missionary couples. I love having all these senior couples around, they're the best!
Friday we helped out with a funeral. Then we went and taught Marvin, we actually read and discussed Jacob 1 with him. Then we did some service moving some gravel and then played basketball.
Saturday was really fun. We help a guy move, then helped another guy put on a hood for his truck plus the grill. Then we got to go out to the reservation and see Wilbert. So we start teaching lesson one. We teach up to the Great Apostasy and then Wilbert starts teaching us the part on the Restoration! It was increadable! It was really quite interesting. Then we went and tried a potential investigator. I've never had a door slammed in my face before. Well, we went up to the door and an 8 yr old came to the door said some stuff that I couldn't really hear then said, "Bye, Bye" And closed the door pretty hard. So I'm going to count it, I've now had a door slammed in my face.... by an 8 yr old.... on the reservation. :)
Sunday we had fast and testimony meeting. Kaeahliyah got up and almost made everyone cry with her testimony! Then we went up to Blanding for a meeting with the stake president. Then we had dinner with a member in the ward. Fun Stuff!
Well GTG, until next time Hagoonee'!
Elder Chipman
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