Saying goodbye and learning to spin

Saying good byes are so hard. Elder Scoffield served here for a quite a while and then was transferred to Page. AZ. It was hard to say good bye then and even more hard to say good bye when they came through on his way to Ganado. That will be his last area to serve in before going home in 6 weeks. You grow to love the young Elders and just like your own kids they are all different. They bring such a variety of personalities and skills. The majority of them are hard workers and love the work. Occasionally one is discouraged and it is challenging to get them motivated and back on task. This group of Elders have been great. They are fired up and ready to get going. It is so great to work with them, but also so hard to let them go. Elders Dunn, Scoffield, Beus, and Anderson. Elder Anderson came down from Page with Elder Scoffield. He has not served here, so we don’t really know him. Elder Beus was transferred to Durango, CO., and Elder Yengling transferred into Tuba. He is not Asian, in fact he is German. He explained a little about his name, but I did not write it down. Will try to do that. The other picture is not the best but it shows me learning how to spin the yarn that I will use when I do the lacing on my rugs. I sorta of got the hang of it, but the hard part is next and I will have to practice that a lot. I have decided weaving is the easy part. Putting the warp on and getting the loom set up is the hard part and takes quite a bit of time, but watching your rug take shape is really fun. I have been doing more crocheting for the last little while, so my rug is just sitting for a while. We will have Stake Conference next weekend. We have had some really great ones in the past and I expect this one will be just as wonderful. We now have 42 new gardeners up and going. That means we have slots for 8 more. It is fun to see the first time gardeners get started. The young Elders have been given permission to help till. Serving in that way provides lots of opportunities to share the gospel. If we are lucky we may have 4 Elders back here for a while, but if not the two we have are willing and able to help. The Blacks are back in Polacca, but he spent a few days here in the FHC and helping package seeds. I forgot how much fun it was to have them here. Sister Black is amazing with computer skills. I am going to sign up for a Microsoft 2013 class that is being offered here by BYU I It will last 4 weeks and I am looking forward to learning more about my computer and how to use it better. The class is free to members and when they complete it they will receive a certificate. Sister Olson