Valentine's Day

Fun Picture from a stranger.  He needs a haircut. 

Monday: 2/8

Wow this week was much better!   Fasting and prayer took a role fore sure.   We were able to stay busy and it was a good busy not just pointless busy. We did a lot of tracting.  Which of course makes fore some pretty funny story's. I wont share them all but, my companion did get bit by a dog haha! He is  okay though it didn't break skin so that's good.   Now he will never turn you back to the rez dogs . We talked with a lot of people and met people of all walks of life. In one neighborhood of about 20-30 houses we met, old, young, widows, disabled, mean, nice, weird, needy , loving, excepting, searching, confused, depressed, and people who don't speak English.   It was very interesting and really made me think I didn't know my neighbors very well.  I suppose all who read this are in the same boat. There are people that not only need the gospel but are ready for it in your own neighborhood as well as people who need lots of other help.  So help them &  care a little more.  There was a lot of success that we had this week.  Including some people who stopped contact with us & now started letting us meet with them again. My knowledge and experience is growing a lot and I am much better than I was 2 weeks ago or even last week. Still no where adequate in my opinion but Ill keep trying. 

I do need a haircut. I will try to get one next time.   

My ponderize scripture is Moroni 9:6 Its a great one that helped me and will continue to help me through my life. I could type it up but I want you all to look it up and highlight it in you own book of Mormon. If you don't have one just use lds.org its easy. Anyway,  I love you all and I'd say it in Navajo but its hard to spell and I'm already bad enough at spelling in English so yeah. 

Well, love you guys lots bye.- Chase

Ps - didn't get a chance to get to the post office today. So I'll be going on Wednesday the 10th. 

Hardest week so far

That's sooooo awesome about dads new job!  I am so happy for you guys!  Those trees blocking the mountains in the picture you sent are what make me the most jealous haha . This week has been really sad, hard, tiring, mind numbing, cold. hot, challenging, and windy. Elder Bjork  (my new companion) is awesome he is so ready. He pushes me to work harder which is great because I asked him to haha! But really he is a good dude and is studying his tail off to become a better missionary and I really respect that because I have to do that to. He is also pretty ripped and a very good dancer apparently so that's neat. 

   Anyway, this week was tough driving a truck after driving an electric car and not driving at all for 5 months. Plus, I had to take over the area and train a new missionary, so yeah it was rough. Wednesday was terrible and Thursday wasn't much better but thing got better the more earnestly I prayed and the harder I worked. We just started knocking on doors that we felt like we should and walked around and talked to people.  We picked up 4 new investigators and one of them is very interested. They even gave us donuts and let us right in. It may have been because it was 29 degrees and we didn't have jackets on hahahah but hey whatever works I guess. We have met lots of new people and have made some solid goals for the upcoming week and weeks to come. I have struggled more this week thanprobably any other in my mission but,  at the same time it has been one of the best in lots of ways. I have grown in so many ways mentally, spiritually and maybe physically. 

This week was weird weather hot Monday and Tuesday then super cold Wednesday and Thursday and cold and windy Friday Saturdays and Sunday. Also,  l talked to an old white guy for two hours in the cold wind but it was well worth it. He helped build the Snowflake temple and he told us a ton of miracles that blew my mind and touched my heart. So that was awesome. Just found out by snooping on my companions computer that Sister Fortin was in his MTC district so that was cool. Anyway, I love you all and hope you have a good week and read the scriptures.

 

Transfers & training

Nice letter from Chase's mission president today. 

January post 2

Wow it sounds like every thing is going good at home.  I will be mailing you guys a package on Thursday.  Hopefully you will get it some time next week.  So, you already found out from President Palmer that I am training.  I am really sad to see Elder Tollefson go but I’ll probably see him sometime.  We both have a lot of mission left still. I don't know who I am training yet but I’ll meet him on Tuesday.  Then I get to drive back from Farmington for my first time driving in 4 plus months.  Its over a four hour drive. Im so nervous about it all but it will be good.   A lot of growth is going to happen for me and this place and I am excited for that. 

 

Well time is very limited my so I've got to go but love you all and want to say thanks to who ever reads these emails.

 

 

January update

We got a sweet voice mail from the stake President in Chase's area. I texted him to say thank you 

So these are the questions I asked Chase in his last letter. 

Mission stuff?  What are your days like?
Favorite thing of mission so far?
Least favorite thing?
Favorite new food?
Least fav new food:

His answers.....

Hey guys!

So my favorite new food is probably Navajo burgers. They’re basically a normal hamburger but cooked over an open fire and no buns instead its fry bread. My least favorite new food is pickles in a slushy. Not a fan at all! My least favorite thing is that we can’t haul wood or water around in our truck for people because that would make it a lot easier to help people but I get the rule it protects us and the truck.  Still a little inconvenient. Our daily schedules are wake up at 6:00 I lay there for about 5-10 min then go work out until 7:00 then get ready for the day eat, shower, etc. Then study to 8:00 to 10:00 then go out and try to find people that are home and like us that will listen to our message and do service for them. Then we come home at 9:30pm and plan for the next day then pass out. We also have an hour for lunch and an hour for dinner somewhere in the mix usually we have them. hope that answers the Questions.

  Dilkon is doing good.  Transfers are this weekend so I’m really nervous.   I have a feeling I might train but super nervous but willing to do whatever Mission president asks me to do. Just as long as I don't leave Dilkon haha. We were supposed to have a baptism on Saturday the 23 but he never came to church and wont respond to our calls or texts. So we are kinda super sad for him and hope he reaches out to us when he is ready. We might get to help some one put up solar panels on their Hogan.  Which is super exiting. Its warming up here already it is in the mid 50s and then down to the low 30s.  We actually walked like 3 miles the other day it was nice I only threw a few rocks at dogs. A cute little puppy tried to follow us home it was sad. We went on some epic hikes on Monday. I saw a coyote. It was pretty fun. Ill send pictures next week I forgot my camera at home so I can’t download the pictures.  

Well,  I love you all  talk to ya later.- Chase

 Fun Picts of some people with Chase and his comp. 

 

 

Fun text from a stranger.

See your happy elder today. 😊they have a baptism set for the end of month.  Doing so great here.  Sister Larsen 

Dang this week was slow! To be honest not a lot happened.  We found some houses that we have been struggling to find.  Dang Rez directions. " turn left at the dirt road across from the white house then drive on it for like 8 miles then turn left at the second tire after the third one. its the house with a van. " Reality there is no white house just light brown and the dirt road is 4 miles long the people don't have a van and there are no tires. Seriously its so hard to find people! No street addresses or organized house numbers.   But its well worth it when we find someone needing our help.  

 The new year was crazy... we went to bed at 10:00. I have lots of new goals and a new calendar. The calendar is of the most Beautiful mountains and Mount Rainer is on it.  Which is the whole reason I purchased it!  

My ponderize scripture is in the Book of Mormon this week.   

3 Nephi 12:48 which I really like because its actually possible and its expected of us by god.

 -  48 Therefore I would that ye should be perfect‍ even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.} 

During our new year I think we should all set goals that will improve us spiritually, physically, and mentally so that we can be just a little closer to being perfect even as Jesus Christ and God the eternal father are perfect. 

Well that's all I got for yall this week, like I said sort of uneventful but still learned a ton.

love you all

hagoonee