Dry Fork, Petroglyph and a Dead Deer

So its P-day and what better way to spend it than driving 20+ miles into the middle of nothing trying to find Dry Fork Canyon to end up going the WRONG WAY! We called Sister Leota, and she couldn't remember where it was, then we called Sister Cooley (who is actually a non member)  and she said to keep taking the road we were on, but we were like "yeah, its not this way, so we turned around and called Sister Ercanbrack (Also a Non Member) and we got us in the right direction.
   Now that we're in Dry Fork we see a sign and we pulled over and took pictures, and across the caynon there is an American Flag on top of a mountain, it was HUGE! 15'x25'. here are pictures.



Pretty Amazing right? Well guess what... a girl the day after we went here committed suicide off the cliff!  Anway we got back into the car to drive a little further and here we find an amazing view area, so we pulle dover. We got out and started walking around and we found a trail along the side of the mountain. We followed it a ways and then I climbed on some rocks and i found Petroglyphs.  They're so cool. What are Petroglyphs? They're rock carvings made by native american's many many years ago. And along with these amazing beautiful art work, people added graffiti destroying the beauty of the scene. Enjoy the petroglyphs.

Another really cool thing about this place has to do with sounds! So my companion was on one side of the trail and I was on the other, and when we talked to each other we had no problem hearing heach other. It was way cool. This happens because the sound revirbarates off the wall of the rock we were by, so the sound carries. But if you were in an open field with nothing for the sound to bounce off it "carries away in the wind" wicked cool.
    As I was trying to show Sister Quist something and there I find this container. And I was like What the Heck.?! So I opened it and there i find a GeoCache. Never seen one of these things before in my life. So what is Geocaching? Its a hidden object that is strategiclly placed, you have to have a GPS to do this. I don't know much more but the website you tell you more. Geocaching.net. Apparently there are tons in Vernal. This one we found was left in November 2004! It was really cool. One rule is if you take something out of the container, you  must put something in to replace it. So Sister Quist took a dinosaur finger puppet and we left a "key to our heart". These things are cool must check more into it.

Now its the end of our p-day. We enjoyed Heavenly Fathers Creation, and the art work of the native americans. Its time to head home, shower and get ready for our one appointment for the night. I was heading back to the car and there were some birds on the ground making noise and i went to go check ito ut and then i'm like "OH MY GOSH THATS GROSS!"



A half eaten deer. Yup! :) Here are more pictures of heavenly fathers creation

A Baptism and A proposal

 Saturday was the most spiritual felt day, i've had in a long time. One of my investigators who moved into the Elders area was baptized. His journey with the gospel wasn't an easy one, he accepted everything that was taught, that wasn't the problem. Satan worked really hard with him because he so easily accepted the gospel. Everything that could go wrong with him and his life, did. First started with housing situation, which caused him and his fiancee to move out...out of our area. Second was with being put to jail on false charges for tires on his truck.  I felt so bad that all this was happening, but we continued to encourage him to do what was write.  He easily accepted the word of wisdom, and tithing, as a matter of fact he wanted to start paying tithing before he was baptized. I just love this guy.

So at the baptism, his fiancee sang "When we believe" from the Prince of Egypt movie. Brought tears to my eyes. Then as we were baring testimonies, the spirit was instantly there. He even got up and bore his testimony, and it made his Nonmember Mother and and Brothers all cry. His younger brothers all want to be baptized. :)  So here is Cosme Lopez, our golden star.

This is Nadia and Cosme

Me, Nadia, Cosme, Elders Hatch and Asbury

Cosme Lopez

Jordan Caulderon and Cosme

Me, Cosme and Sister Quist

Comse's family, Sister Annie, Brothers Dallas and Dakota

and his mother Wendy.

After the Baptism, we all wen to the temple. Cosme told us all what he was going to do there and not to tell his fiancee Nadia.  We all arrive, taking pictures and such, Nadia still oblivious to everything. Then her mom is like "Cosme, it's time for me to give you your present.  And she pulls out a build-a-bear wearing a suit, holding flowers and a book of mormong. He gave it to Nadia to hold and check out. Her mom is like then "Nadia, squeeze his paws." She tries it but then it doesn't work, and she's like what is is supposed to say? Then Cosme pulls out  a peice of paper and said "this is what is supposed to say." and he reads a proposal  poem.

 

Needless to say it was adorable. To my future husband, you must be creative too when proposing! The best part is when the fiancee is clueless. :)  Here are some further pcitures

 

T.A.G

So lately me and my companion have been playing tag with our District Leader and his companion. This is done to relieve the tension from the hard long work day. Because if we don't relieve our stress, we can go a little crazy. :) So here are some pictures of our amazing fun!

A little suspicious with the Silly String!

We totally Tagged the Elders Door, with the silly string

Full door! :P

Me and my companion after being ninjas!

Now as we were running home from their appartment (since they only live down the street) we saw someone parked down by our house, and then the car left, and drove by us and i was like "Is that the Elders?" Then i watched the car turn around and was like "SNAP ITS THE ELDERS!" We ran for our lives. And they're like what are you doing? Why are you home early? and So on... Then I was like "What the heck were you doing at our house! Yeah Epic Night

March 13, 2013 Elder's Attack...

So last night i was looking for my special pen that was given to me by my old Landlord, and I searched the house for it, and I had a feeling to go look out in the car, and as soon as I opened the house door, i heard some noise like someone was running, and then I hear a car door, and I looked up and here are the elders, taking off! Bwahaha. I run up to tell my companion and we're like Creepers.  Later maybe 10-15 minutes later, I'm writing in my journal and I was thinking, they're going to come back, they're going to. So i get up and looked out the bedroom window and here i see the elders Saran Wrapping our Car!!!! Those Sneaky elders. Then I ran and told my companion and we run down stairs, and I went out the back door to catch them by surprise but that didn't work because my companion turned on the kitchen light...Then We find a note that they wrote saying that we're getting split up that my companion was going to be sent up to Dutch John and i was going to stay in Vernal! Crazys Well here is the result of their attack!

Announcement

Alrighty to all of my beloved Friends I know some of you prefer to email me, and in the past i was not able to email any of you back. WELL, that has changed. The first presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have changed that rule, and now i can email all friends and family. Except if they live in the Mission bounderies. Which most of you don't. This makes me extremely happy. But don't think I don't expect letters in the snail mail, I get sad if there is no letter in my mail box, there is a poem/epistle that i need to post on here that I like about Writing Missionaries. ITs amazing. Anyway. This is some exciting news!

Oh one of my investigators that moved out of my stake, into the one next to mine,(being taught now by the elders) is getting baptized this weekend. Its really amazing. I cannot wait for it he's a "Golden" investigator we call them. They just soak up the gospel like a sponge, and not questioning anything. I love those types of people to teach. On Fast Sunday, one of my recent Converts Carolyn Mitchell, got up and bore her testimony in front of the entire congregation for the first time. It was epic, I wish i was there to see it.

The Snow is finally melting away, and i'm super excited for that! :) Because I'm tired of snow, but watch next winter i'd be like Oh my Goodness SNOW! :) haha because I have a feeling that this summer is going to be a killer hot. yeah. Today is my 8th month mark! I'm excited that means I only have 10 months more! Not that i'm counting down, because I'm having the time of my life out here. I would be a missionary all my life if i could. Anyway, that is all from me till somethign cool happens next time.

Landon Parker Leavitt's Baptism

So Landon, is an 11 yr old boy whom me and my last companion sister Quinnelly contacted as we were trying to go see his recent convert sisters! Not knowing that he was not baptized. Well we started teaching him and here he is today... When we first met him he had a girl friend... and he's like I have to break up with her? O_O And then he was struggling with prayer and reading his scriptures. but he sure did love to take the sacrament. :) But Here are his pictures

TRANSFER 6

We just got our transfer calls today! And Guess what, It is my 6th transfer out of 12 or 13... Depends on who you talk to. SO the result of that Transfer Call is, I'm staying in Vernal another 6 weeks! WOO HOO! My companion Sister Quinnelly is opening a New Area on BYU Campus and is training a new sister. I have been so blessed not to have trained yet... Knock on wood... but I don't feel like i'm ready to train yet. Only the best of missionaries Train! I'm not not quite yet the best missionary, I try but still not there.

The snow in Vernal is FINALLY melting... I have been able to see grass and that is the most amzing thing in the whole wide world. I was like I do believe in Grass, I do, I do! It was funny! But the thing is that the weather is still Cold, like in the mid 20's. But what am i going to to say, its the north! But pretty soon spring will be here, in which i'm excited because that means its warm enough to go swimming ... wait, I can't go swimming. dang it!

Still no baptisms from this transfer, but that is ok we have one coming up next week in which i'm super excited because, this little boy really wants to be baptized and have the priesthood so that he can pass the sacrament. The frist time that we met him, he had gone to church for the very first time, and he's like that bread and water tasted so good. I want to be able to pass it one day, but first I have to be baptized. So he's a golden kid.  But all our other investigators moved either out of state or out of our stake... because in Vernal there are 5 stakes, which is crazy, but then again it's Utah. But that is ok, planting seeds. Planting seeds!

I hope all yall had a great valentines day! Me and my companion got a basket full of goodies from one of the families we are working with. No special someone yet... he's busy... haha JUST KIDDING. Anyway it was a great day anyways!

Here are a few more pictures

Some lady gave us Mardis Gras masks!

Sicky Icky!

So, This past week and a half I have been trying to recover from a lung infection known as Pneumonia! Yikes... I know it sounds bad, but its not all what it seems. I just had to be put on Antibiotics, an Inhaler and House Arrest! So for the past 4 days or so I have been stuck at home being baby sat by members of the the church. yeah... BORING! And you know what I did with that Time... I took the Bible, and Starting From Adam, I traced down to the Son of Moses. Learned that Moses is a great grandson of Levi the son of Jacob (Israel). And Also it gave me time to write letters to people that I've been meaning to write for a VERY long time.

Our New Apartment/Townhome

The Single Tree Next to our Town home

So True, Enjoy the Journey of the Temple

Our Living Room, Quite Spacious

The Harry Potter Closet, Couldn't get a good picture.

Also Two weeks ago we moved into a new apartment. We were living with a Bishop and His family in Glines 5th ward. But Since our area split and we are no longer covering the Glines Stake, we had to find a new apartment in our area. Yeah, So we moved into a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath town home. All the elders were jealous of course. They're like You have no idea how lucky you are to have such a big home! And We're like Yup! But hey, the Lord loves his sister missionaries... Okay, i'm getting a little prideful, i need to humble myself. Haha. One thing I love about our Town home is that we have a spare 'oom (Narnia) and a Harry Potter Closet.. YUP! A Spare 'oom because we use the master bed room, and one of the other bedrooms as a study room. So we have a Spare 'Oom! how great! :) I'm loving it.