Mom,
It sure is great! Both of the brand new missionaries in the zone are visa waiters for Brazil like Elder Aguilera was and one is Elder Hardy from Layton, UT! He's serving in White Mesa on the Ute reservation. He went to Layton High and grew up way on the west side right before it turns from Layton to Syracuse he says, so I don't think I've ever been out to his area really.We were able to teach this old couple who is less active, Kerry and Marsha, about the temple. Kerry acts like a mean old grumpy guy but it's just a face he puts up, he's actually really nice guy and Marsha is such a sweet lady. We taught them about the temple and she said that she felt like going to the temple would help her feel "more complete as a person." So we are working with them on that! They just moved here a couple of months ago. We are also teaching this 16-year-old named Jim who is being adopted by a family is is returning to activity and it went so awesome! They asked for us to bless their home and to give a lot of them blessings and it's so cool to see this family who has been out of the church for 10 years to ask for these things and to rely upon the Lord and His Priesthood. One other cool thing is we took this less active guy named Jeremy out with us to teach a lesson to a lady and her family who live here in Blanding but she's from Sweetwater, Arizona (it's on the rez so you wouldn't know where it's at haha) and her father just passed away and he was a Navajo medicine man (traditional priest) and she's trying to decide if she wants to follow the traditional teachings or move to Christianity and Jeremy bore such a powerful testimony of when his family converted to the church and how much it helped and strengthened them! His parents were raising him and his brothers and sisters traditionally and then the missionaries started teaching them and he talked about how he gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of Heavenly Father and it was such an awesome lesson! Jeremy's sister gets home from her mission in Brazil this Friday, so his mom (who is Sister Oliver who sent you the purse) is really excited and is going up to SLC to pick her up!
Update on Bluff people, this past Saturday and also the 10th there were two baptisms of people that I taught the lessons to and I got to go to both! Wilbur was married at 11 AM on the 10th and then baptized at 11:30 so it was a pretty awesome day, and then Kervyn and Briannon were married last week and then she got baptized on Saturday! She is 9 months pregnant and due this Wednesday, so she is probably the most pregnant lady to ever get baptized. I was worried she'd go into labor while in the font, hahaha. Just joking. Also, Tiffany and her family were at the baptism so I got to see her and she is doing awesome! Her and Lyle and the Kescoli girls gave talks in Sacrament at the Bluff combined meeting (which usually has about 60+ people now) and did an awesome job I hear!
That sounds pretty interesting! Where is that home you're talking about? You have to be careful when you're looking at hole-in-the-rock stuff because sometimes they are talking about the Bluff pioneers and sometimes they are talking about the hole-in-the-rock at Arches National Park and there's probably a million other holes in a rock somewhere. The place I went to was up by Canyonlands.I love you all so much and hope that things are going great. I pray for you often and hope that your testimonies are being continually strengthened and that you feel the Spirit often.
Love,
Elder Schaelling
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