"da Hopi boys...mafia style"
Things in Polacca kinda slowed down this week due to Halloween and more cultural dances called "basket dances." They are kinda like the women's initiation coming of age thing. Pretty cool, but still really annoying because they have been happening every weekend for the past few weeks. Every village does one and there are 3 mesas with 2 or more mesas on each. All week people are making crafts and things to throw out to the crowd. We may or may not go to the one at 1st mesa this weekend since it is like 5 mins away from us. Just to get some cool Hopi stuff, its nice since I am taller then about 80% of people here as well so I will have a better advantage mwhahah. But yeah during the winter they do a lot more ceremonies and things so we might be forced to slow down a bit. We both got pretty sick on Halloween. I will try to explain the funny story without being grotesque for those of the sensitive stomach and mind. We both had some "tummy problems" pretty bad and we couldn't stop it. Every 30 mins or so we would have to go back to the trailer or church all day to use the restroom. That night....oh boy. We pulled in after a lesson and I said dibs on trailer!!! I ran in there as past as possible and he went to the church right next to the trailer. After I came out I went to go check on him and then I needed to go again really really bad so I ran into the women's bathroom because there is only 1 john in each bathroom. We were both yelling at each other to check on each other to see if the other was alive still. Then......the power went out. It was pitch black and we were both helpless on our separate thrones. The lights are sensor lights to so its not like you could just walk over and flip on the switch! So we just had to sit there and then when we heard the power go on we somebody had to get up and walk in front of the sensor. So i waddled over there and saved the day. I am sorry if that was a little to much information....I'm still 19....for one more month so let me be 19 haha.
Our main man Chris Lowe who will be baptized on Nov 16th came to stake conference with us yesterday and really liked it. He is solid and I am learning so much more from him then what we teach him. He has completely changed his life around. We had some more awesome lessons by the campfire about dreams and animals and whatnot. I really am becoming an Indian. I love it. My respect for nature and stuff has grown a lot. The winter weather has picked up here for sure also. I opened the truck door one night and jumped out, then got the door got blown into me and smacked me pretty hard. Reminds me of home! Ive been reading a lot still in the Old testament, that is some cool stuff in there. Its nice to be able to see where a lot of the commandments we have now came from and all the jazz. There is an Elder Lords that finished 3 week ago and he was in Polacca for a bit and he is on his tour of the mission with his parents and they are coming to Polacca today so we will take them up to the Mesa and show them around. He was one of my favorite guys to serve with. He was my zone leader in Farmington and I have a lot of respect for him. He is going to try and walk on to Utah as a pitcher I think. He's pretty good, so I'm kinda jealous.
Well I certainly don't know what else to talk about....we had a lesson on top of Walpi...that really old village that was pretty sweet. Basically were sitting on the edge of a cliff. I think thats all she wrote for this week folks! HOORAH! GO BRONCOS!
Love, Elder Christensen
Well I certainly don't know what else to talk about....we had a lesson on top of Walpi...that really old village that was pretty sweet. Basically were sitting on the edge of a cliff. I think thats all she wrote for this week folks! HOORAH! GO BRONCOS!
Love, Elder Christensen
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