A visit to Sawmill to visit Nellie Begay (who was recently baptized). This was such a fantastic experience. We went with the Elders and Daniel Laughing (to intrepret) and drove up the mountain. This is such a beautiful place - among the trees - houses and dwellings are SO spread out and far between. Nellie is just so sweet! As we go to these houses and trailers, we just are reminded constantly of how truly blessed we are, and yet as we visit them in their most humble circumstances, we feel that often they are more content and peaceful than we are with ALL we have! We are learning lessons daily from these wonderful people. Nellie had fry bread started, so immediately as we went to her house she started preparing...........
It reminded me of my Mom doing bread in our old coal stove........Nellie had a stove that she burned wood in - she'd stoke the fire and then put out a heavy cast iron skillet and put in the lard until it was popping and pinch off a roll sized dough ball and they form a fist with both hands almost and just spin the bread and turn it until it is like making a pizza......and then into the hot oil......or lard.........it bubbles up immediately (from the baking powder in the mix) and they wait just until the right moment and then flip it over............when it is done on both sides - they drain it on paper towels. We put salt on ours at Nellie's and yummy!!! They were delicious. Elder Hafen just took a half (to be polite)..............but finished that pretty quickly and asked for MORE!
Nellie is a weaver also - we may have her do a rug for us............
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