Hello from Page AZ. it is fantastic here and everywhere you look is beautiful.
Funny: At church in the Page 3rd ward there was a young girl who was giving a talk about prayer she was explaining the steps of how to pray. Also about half of the ward is really old and fall asleep often. She was talking about how "when you close a prayer by saying in the name of Jesus Christ amen" when she said that about half of the congregation also said amen because they thought she was done. The man conducting the meeting even woke up and almost stood up to close the meeting.
Spiritual: We only got to teach one real lesson this week but we did give a lot of spiritual thoughts. one of which was to this old ex-polygamist guy in Big Water Utah. He was only partially drunk (which is better than most out there). and we actually got him to commit to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. It really showed to me that where there is a desire then the Spirit will be there also.
Where I am at:I am in the Page 3rd ward and the Echo Cliffs Branch. The page 3rd ward goes from Page AZ. almost to Kanab, Utah. We go past the fancy hidden hotel Amangiri . It is about a 45 minute drive out that way. the Echo Cliff branch is a deep rez area of a little town called Bitter springs. In total our area takes about 2 and a half hours to drive the length of. we drive a 2017 Toyota Tacoma and it is a very very very nice truck. My companion Elder Barnard is the best but he is also doing a ton he is:
-training me
-training two 6 week elders
-zone leader
-white washing
Please pray for us! we are white washing which out here is tough because Page is a war zone. there are 12 other religions trying to get people and the town isn't that big so everyone has seen/talked to the missionaries. But all is well and I have gained 20-25 pounds already.
I love you all
Elder Black
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