Hi All,
Brandon
transferred to what may be his last area, the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation
(transfers have typically been 6-7 months). Background on the reservation on
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Navajo_Indian_Reservation
A YouTube video I found that shows the landscape and talks a little about the
reservation of around 2,000 people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v92yKZBIYo
You'll be happy to hear that in my new area we go off roading
every day! hahaha. I'm on the Alamo Navajo Reservation! The only full
reservation in the mission! It's suuuper different out here. It's practically a
different country. People live in trailers,
and there's wild dogs, horses, cattle, and other animals just running around
everywhere. Everyone here speaks English, but they also speak Navajo. Which
makes it kinda hard for us. I'm trying to learn some, but it's a suuuper hard
language! I feel like I'm choking on my tongue when I try and say a regular
sentence. There's a free gym here! So that's super nice! We live in a trailer
too, with a swamp cooler. It's not quite
enough to keep us cool! Some good news though!
We have 5 people on date for baptism! two of them are looking really solid, and
there's another three in the family that we might be able to get too. Really
exciting! That's all happened within this past week! This area hasn't had solid
bap dates in a long time! We're working hard, and we're already seeing the
fruits of our labor. We live right next to the Church building. There's a small
branch here, and about 50 people attend every week. So there's hardly any member
support with the missionary work. We're in what's called "phase 1"(Missionaries
do all the work). Probably sounds familiar to Dad! So we don't get fed meals in
this area. Maybe once a month. We hardly ever get members out teaching with us,
BUT! It's all improving already. We were able to get 4 lessons this last week
with a member.
I'll tell you a bit more about my companions, Elder Ah Loy
has been in this area for about 7 months. This is also his first area. He's
super tall, and is roughly half Polynesian. He says is 38.5%... He also makes
the best spaghetti I've ever had in my life... I'll have to get the recipe from
him. Elder Farb is 25% Japanese, and has been out 9 months. This is his second
area. Before this he served in Taos, up by Los Alamos. I actually saw him come
into the mission and get trained up there. We all get along great. We've been
able to mold our teaching style's really well. All of us have been learning from
each other.
Well, I love you all! Glad to hear that everything is still
going well for you! Stay safe and healthy!
Love,
Elder Wallis (your belegaana son, that means white person
hahaha)
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