Ooops..............hope you can make sense out of the picture mix ups..........

Again we had a baptism of two girls from Ganado...........

Sawmill Trip - 06/14/09

Elder Hafen's Visit from the tooth fairy...........

6-08-09

Elder Hafen developed a whopping tooth ache while here and since we are not Navajo we couldn't get in to get it looked at..........fortunately we had a card from the Parkes who were here before we came about a good dentist in Blanding--------------we had called on Saturday and they called us back early Monday morning and told us to be there by 3:15............so off we went......LONG drive. Elder Brent Johansen (turned out to be from Elder Hafen's home town) - he and his wife were wonderful with us. His father had been our typing and shorthand teacher in high school..............gave us a wonderful missionary discount and after deliberation we decided it was best to extract the tooth...............so here we are!!!

As Trip to Sawmill..............Up the Mountains

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............

Flea Market Day......

Flea Markets are the big thing here.................they have them every week end in every little town..........you can find about "anything" that you are looking for and many things that you aren't!!!!!!!!!!!! However, this is one of the best places to find nice jewelry and things at the best prices...........I am going to try to get some things in the next couple of months. I am going to take a Navajo (Daniel Laughing) with me when I shop because he knows what is real and can help me not get ripped off!!!