"It was a cool lookin cop car....I had to....and this is a very common site here in Polacca"
10 Months!
Loloma!!!
Things this week were kinda strange but were good in the end. There 3 basket dances going on at the same time on Friday and Saturday so the whole place was empty and up on the mesas. We didn't go because it is a big drunk attraction and people get in fights all the time. We went and chopped wood all day friday and saturday pretty much. After a few weeks of chopping down tress and whatnot you get the hang of just knowing when you can bend down and grab the tree around the trunk and lift. Then the tree just pops out of the ground then you just chuck aside this 15 foot tree, it makes you feel like your strong but really the roots aren't down that deep because there is really nowhere for the roots to go so it isn't that big of a feat in the end. Kinda finding my inner redneck and Indian out here its great. I love being from Idaho and being in a place where it feels like I am in the middle of Gowen field, now i just need a .22 and my shotgun and I'm good to go. I have learned about after a long week...Sunday is my favorite day. Sunday for a missionary is kinda like the judgment day for the week to see how well you did and how many people came to church. Yesterday was our fast Sunday because we had stake conference last week. It was really good! Chris came again and really liked it. he actually asked to move his date to Friday the 15th so thats when it its going down!!!!!! Friday at 5pm, if you wanna come be there. just kidding don't come, you can come in spirit but thats it. Chris is ready. We had a good lesson with him last night again. We asked him if he believed that Joseph Smith truly was a prophet and he said "yes I do." My whole body shook when he said that, he is one of the most spiritual people I've ever met. He told us he considers us his brothers and part of his family and he thanks us and God every time we come over. I don't care if i never teach a single lesson the rest of my mission, as long as Chris is baptized and continues to live the way he knows he should. We talked about the Ten Commandments as well and he related them to why Native Americans, especially Hopi people are afraid to follow the "Bahana" religion or white man. He said that he would be the "translator" for the hopi and explain to them that this is the original beliefs and things. I guess you could say that I am happy. Pretty amazing stuff. I know this is a short letter. I don't have much to say. It's kinda hard to stay motivated out here because of the culture. During December they are not allowed to go outside really, do anything that causes blunt force trauma to the earth, do anything with the ground according to farm work or ground breaking, no singing, no loud laughter, no drums.....ya pretty dead. So December may be a very difficult month here. But its ok cause guys like Chris will keep us entertained and busy teaching. Its all good in the hood! Thanks for everything.
Love Elder Christensen
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