September 9

 The weather down here is hot, but usually isn't not terrible. It stays in the 90s most days but sometimes it is overcast which is really really nice. 95 degrees isn't too bad when you aren't outside for too long, but it can be pretty hot when knocking doors and whatnot. Also, trailers heat up way bad when the sun shines on them so on bad days the heat just stays locked in the trailer and it is still really hot when we go to bed at 10:30. People say that it usually cools down in October. It sounds like it might be like Utah, where the fall and the spring only last for a week or two and it goes from hot weather to cold weather over the course of a few weeks.

 

Our temple trip is on September 30th to the Monticello temple!

 

... this past week we had a really good week and found 6 new investigators! A new investigator is someone who we have a lesson with for the first time and we have a return appointment scheduled. We have a really awesome new investigator named Kee. His dad was a member and attended BYU so Kee has always been a big BYU fan, but it doesn't seem like he had looked into the church much throughout his life. His father passed away a few months ago, unfortunately, and he decided to come to the LDS church here in Shiprock and we started talking with him and he would come to our basketball nights that we have on Fridays. He is such an awesome guy and our lesson he pretty much just spent the whole time teaching me and Elder Johnson everything we need to know, haha. He is really spiritual and knows quite a bit about the Bible. He goes to Provo for BYU games quite a bit and was up there this past weekend for the BYU vs. Texas game and I recommended he try J Dawgs and he said he really liked it!

 

Thank you so much for the ties and the Mormon Messages! I got both of them last week and they are awesome. I love the Mormon Messages, they work really well for families and it helps the youth and kids focus because they all enjoy watching TV more than talking with guys in ties, haha. If you haven't watched very many of them, you should. They are really great and you can watch them all for free online.

 

I hope you guys are all having a good week! I love you all very much.

 

Regards and love,

 

Elder Schaelling