I have had a great time this past week! Me and Elder Briscoe had to do this thing called a "car fast" which is where we don't drive for a full day. That was yesterday. We have bikes, so we were riding those around the neighborhood while being chased by vicious dogs. It was fun! I was entirely worn out by the end of the day, but I was glad to get the exercise.
I went to a member of the stake presidency's home. His name is President Sutanto, and he fed us some really interesting food. I got to try crab for the first time, and I actually liked it a lot, although the meat is really difficult to get out of the crab arm. He also fed us shrimp, mexican rice and some Californian sushi.
The family that had the home that I blessed a while back has been really progressing in the Gospel, and they have had other family members come over to listen to our discussions. I think they opened up to us after finding out that our blessing worked, and they took that as a sign that the LDS church could be the correct church to join. Also they fed us "rez bread" and some cinnamon rolls.
We also helped someone named Janice set up a trampoline. We aren't allowed to jump on the trampoline, so we mostly just stared at it after it was done being set up.
I took a picture of the bread that the Zuni people make on certain days as part of their religion. It is shaped the way it is because when they bake it it rests on the wall of the oven.
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Did you know that here in Zuni almost everyone makes and/or sells jewelry? Members will often wear turquoise necklaces, watches, earrings and rings, and some of the jewelry they wear is gigantic! I've seen necklaces with so many pieces of turquoise that you would probably weigh an extra 5 pounds while wearing it. I often try to relate to this because I have had experience from you (Grandpa and Grandma Thomson) about polishing stones. The main difference is that they buy their stones rather than find them.
The Zuni people are different from the Navajo people because the Zuni's don't have a belief in Jesus Christ in their religion, and they do a lot of idol worshiping. There is a hill here called Greasy Hill and the Zuni people will plant these things called prayer sticks in that hill. Apparently, if we were to hike up that hill we would get shot at.
Another difference is the ovens that they have all over the place. They bake bread as part of their religion on certain days, and they will either sell it, eat it, or give it away.
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