Here I am, in Kayenta! This area is part of the Navajo nation, and the only way you can live here is if you have a job here, are Navajo, or your married to a Navajo. I can live here because I live right next to the church (I'm basically in the parking lot!). So many things have happened, I don't think I'll remember them all. First of all, I should tell you all a little bit about the area. There are a few neighborhoods worth mentioning; Monopoly, New NHA, Old NHA, Top of The Hill, and Bottom of The Hill. I live at the Top of The Hill. My favorite area here is Monopoly because the roofs of all the houses are colored in reds, blues, and greens, and sort of looks like the houses in the monopoly board game.
Another thing about this whole area is that the only grass in the entire area is at the church. Everything else is just hard-packed dirt or pavement. Some people are growing trees, but they take a lot of work.
The people here are really nice as well. I have yet to see anyone call us names or throw things or anything like that.
I've been learning a lot of the Navajo language as well. Here are a few of the words that I've learned:
Oh - yes
YaT-ey - hello
Ahyehe - thank you
Doh-da - NO!
Ti-ga - no...
Doh-beega-da - Not good
Hako-oneh - Goodbye
Beega - Good
Twoh - water
Yadalah - What the!?
That's about the extend of my knowledge so far. I may learn more later.
I've taught so many lessons each day here in Kayenta. The very first day I invited the Hunts to be baptized, and they said no. The next time I met with them they fed us Navajo tacos, which is like a taco but on a pie... sort of.
I've also taught an investigator named Tina Zonnie, and she seems to get the Gospel perfectly. She's what they call a 'Golden investigator'. She was repenting before she even knew what it was! Also, she's super nice.
There's... a lot of dogs here. Some cats, but mostly dogs. Lots. and lots. of dogs. Everyone has at least one dog, if not, then about 3 dogs is pretty average, I'd say. Well, there's some cats too. But mostly dogs. Yeah.
There's this one dog named Princess that doesn't bark, is super tiny, and is the most hyperactive dog on the planet. That dog was really adorable.
I'm not allowed to use words like 'cool' 'awesome' 'sweet' and a few others, just because it sort of ruins the image of being an Elder. You won't see me typing them, either!
I'm also not allowed to shoot lightning fast emails, because it's like texting, I suppose.
Google Hangouts is against the rules
I wake up normally at 5:30 in the morning and that gives me a lot of time to do study work. Here's some scriptures I found:
Alma 5:30-31 (this one's for you, Jacob! hehe)
Ether 12:12
Moroni 7:33
Ether 9:27 (Elder Stead's scripture)
Helaman 5:12
2 Nephi 31:20-21
I'm only given an hour to work on my Emails, so I wasn't able to say everything I wanted to, but next Monday I can probably tell you all a little more.
Oh yeah, and I'm in a trio! So instead of having one companion, I have two companions. Their names are Elder Stead and Elder Rainey.
My P.O. Box is 151 Kayenta, Arizona 86033
Elder Rainey (left) Elder Stead (Right)
This stick bug we found was just this morning!
I wish I had more pictures to send, but I guess I never had the time. I promise to take some better photos next time I write!
I haven't really had time to write letters either because my schedule is reaaaaaallly fixed tight. I'll see if I have time to write some today, but if not, then I'm gonna have a really hard time finding the time to write letters.
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