We're busy

 A mission is not all fun and games and we find that we're exhausted as the day comes to an end.  I think it's harder than it was to go to work in the salon every day.  We're back to living in a single wide trailer, but it's enough room for now.  The furniture is basic and some of it is not too comfortable.  One of the toilets is threatening to fall off it's foundation, but what the heck.  We actually have the better of the three trailers that are parked behind the church.---- The travel is unbelievable.  We've only been here two weeks and we've traveled hundreds of miles.  There are miles and miles to travel between the areas where we go for district and zone conferences.  We haul the young elders when their mileage allottment runs out.  They've all been great guys so far.---- Elder Cain and I spoke in church on Sunday, taught the Gospel Principles class, then held adult Institute at our house that night at 6 pm.  The Spirit was strong and many tears were shed and not all of them were ours.---- Out blog is called Enjoy the Heat, well, where we live it's not as hot.  We sit at 6,800 feet above sea level.  The summit is 7,750 feet.  We seem to have sunshine every day, but this morning I woke up at three and it was raining.  We've had rain one other day, last Wednesday.  The air is beginning to cool, so in the mornings we've needed to turn on the heat.  I brought a big double batted quilt with us and we've used it several times.  I don't know what the winter will be like.  Cold I am sure but they tell us that any snow doesn't usually last too long.  We'll see.--- The main roads here are paved, but there are lots of patches and potholes.  The other roads are all just graded dirt.  When the winter weather hits we've been told that they turn to icky sticky mud.  Cars have been known to get stuck up to their hubcaps.  Most people park next to the road and hike in to their homes when the roads are bad.--- We have been able to teach a couple of lessons so far and have a few booked for the rest of our week.  The Navajo people have been nice, but are very reserved.  Learning the culture is going to take time.  Our stake president is Navajo and is a great help to giving us a heads up as to how we should proceed.  The ward mission leader is going to help us learn more about the culture and wants to teach us a church song in Navajo that we missionaries can sing in church one Sunday.---- I'm glad I like to read because there's lots to read.  Yesterday I had a  beast of a headache after all of the reading.  I need to pace myself.  As the mission president stressed in our recent zone conference, you need to be OBEDIENT, so that's what I'm trying to do.--- Gotta start the day and review our plan of action.  We'll try this again another day.