December 23

Mom,

 

Glad to hear the Irvings made it safely to our house! They are the greatest people, I will miss them very much once I leave Shiprock. I'm glad that they do go up to Utah relatively often so that I can see them when they come up and whenever I am able to make it down to Shiprock. Yes! We found that Indian sauce over at City Market (they probably have it at Smith's there in Layton, it is by the Private Selection brand which I believe is only in that Kroger chain of stores) and she was kind enough to prepare it for us and she even tried making naan! Yeah, Brother Irving comes with us to a lot of people that we teach, especially when they either only speak Navajo or prefer speaking Navajo. He's really funny. I have another cradleboard, maybe I'll make another baby Jesus and try to mail that off to you sometime this week!

 

This week was great! The baptism with Bryan didn't happen yesterday, we decided with him that it would be best to wait another week so that he could become more comfortable with the ward members so it is scheduled for this Saturday, the 28th. But he is doing great and we love him, it seems he is kind of overwhelmed in some ways, but what can you expect? Baptism would be a lot to take in especially in this busy time of year. One of the families in the ward, the Zahne's, invited him over to their house on Christmas and that was so awesome of them to do that. Brother Zahne is a counselor in the bishopric and Sister Zahne is the young womens president. We made the crafts with Sasha Sanchez, she is investigating the church with the Masons as a fellowshipping family, so we were helping Sister Mason make those baby Jesuses for her primary class and I decided to send some home to the kids and Sasha started making a mini cradleboard. She is really crafty. She is dating Matt Mason. We've been able to meet with Gwenevere, and she is doing great and is starting to read the Book of Mormon which is awesome! She is doing awesome and has a real desire to learn and come closer with God. 

 

I'm glad the family all made it safely to Layton even if it took some rescheduling! The Shiprock ward doesn't have a choir, but we had a fantastic Christmas Program yesterday and the congregation served as the choir and sang a bunch of Christmas songs! It was great. I love you all and can't wait to talk to you on Wednesday!

 

 

Love,

Elder Schaelling