Elder Dittmers Journey to New Mexico

Hello from Zuni! I got transferred! All the Navajo I learned in Kayenta has now been tossed down the drain, because the Zuni people speak a totally different language! Yaaaay! Not only that, but the Zuni people don't like the Navajo language very much, so the name tags that I got that have Navajo words on it won't be used until I'm out of the Zuni reservation. Oh well, diversity has it's pluses, I suppose.

Well, this past week has been rather interesting. I left Kayenta on Monday at 5:30pm and went to Farmington, where I stayed the night with the Farmington 5th ward missionaries. The next morning, we had breakfast at the stake center where I separated from Elder Oftedahl. I packed everything I had into the transfer van and headed off for Gallup, where I would meet my new companion, Elder Briscoe. It was when I arrived in Gallup that I realized that I forgot my bag with my camera, scriptures, and all my study materials behind in Farmington at the stake center. Hopefully my bag can make it back to me someday, but for now all I carry around is a Book of Mormon and a few pamphlets. Elder Briscoe drove me to Zuni, we unpacked, and went to work. It was a rather tiring trip, but I'm grateful for the living quarters, which are much nicer than where I stayed in Kayenta. 

So far, trying to remember the names and places and faces of the people in Zuni has been difficult. I have been devising ways I can commit to memory lots of the things that I need to remember, but most of it goes over my head. Hopefully all or most of the puzzle pieces will eventually fit into place, and I'll be able to serve the Lord with full proficiency!

I stay even closer to the church than I did in Kayenta! It's only about 2 or 3 yards away from where I stay. I stay behind the church in one of these photos. (I can't tell if I actually sent the photo or not)

Thanks for reading! Here's my new Address:

Elder Isaac Sherman Dittmer

P.O. Box 1086 

Zuni, NM 87327

United States

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We finally got snow in general! it was about 4 or 6 inches or something like that. It made it so that the meeting that we usually have every Sunday was instead spent just shoveling the parking lot for the church. If you use google maps to find the lds church in Zuni, that's where I'm staying!

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I called the mission office this morning (1-23) and they found his bag and will have it delivered to him today!
There is a zone conference where it will be delivered.  
Tender mercies!

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