Allrigiigghhgthy! So you know how sometimes you blink and suddenly an hour goes by? Picture that, but for an entire week. Geez. Annnnd here are the weekly highlights!
Monday: Found out that a decrepit vent in our ceiling had been a hideout for ~10000000000000 flies. (Cue Lord of the Flies joke, ba dum tissss). One broken fly swatter later, they are now all gone. What a rush. Also got to do an incredible church tour with Eric and his son today!!!! They weren't able to come to church Sunday, but hopefully this coming week that'll change. They rock so much.
Tuesday: Incredible Zone Conference in Tuba City!!! Learned so many great things, and gave a training on teaching simply! Went much better than expected :) Also found out my foot's been a wee bit too heavy on the gas pedal from the vehicle coordinator. So, now I'm the safest driver on the Rez. My goal is not to have a single "check your speed" from the little tiiwii box (like an electronic backseat driver) for an entire week. Should be good, even if the old shumas are passing me :)
Thursday-Saturday: Got a lot of great work done, nothing too noteworthy, except for a dlaanii (drunk) named Looking Glass stopping us on the side of the road and chatting us up for half an hour. We left him with a good message, and away he went! That's one of the saddest things we deal with out here... it's terrible knowing there's really not much we can do for them other than love them until they're sober, because nothing we say gets through when they're intoxicated... geez...
Sunday: Flew by! As usual. Didn't get a single 'check your speed today :)' Unfortunately had to drop an investigator, as she wasn't keeping any commitments... That's the second saddest thing ever. We KNOW she could feel the spirit, and we were teaching with the spirit, but no matter what we taught her, she wasn't willing to put forth any effort to change on her own. Agh!!! Agency is an incredible gift, but I think I'm beginning to understand, at least in part, how sad Heavenly Father must be when we use it foolishly.... this was cause for some introspection as to how I'm using my agency--are we doing all we can to become the men and women Heavenly Father needs us to be? This week is a great opportunity to ask, "What lack I yet?" As we do, we will get customized counsel from the Holy Ghost as to how we can do and BECOME better. Because that's a major purpose of this life: who we become.
Anywho, I'm about out of time for this week! Hope you all have a great one! And if you're having a rough week, remember, God created us to have JOY! (Men are that they might have joy) So change what you need to, focus on what's most important, and look for the good that's all around you! I love this Gospel! Christ lives, and His gospel is on the earth today! How fantabulous is that?
Nizhoni na'ash!
Elder Kraus
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