Here are some pictures of our New Year's Eve 2012 with Elders Justensen and Elder Hart.
Elder Hart is brand new from the MTC. He is from Santa Rosa California!! (note John). We had to be in our apartments by six so we didn't see much action. I fixed a nice home cooked meal for the Elders. They gobbled up everything. Then we spent the night playing monopoly.
However, the next day we heard how crazy it was on the reservation. President Fossum said Mescalero was crazy and almost every house had fireworks. We are lucky the forrest is wet. His wife is a police women and they heard of arrests all night long. Someone actually had a revolving rifle and was being shot off and everything and everyone, but the police could not locate it. It was crazy.
The next day was the first Sunday of the year and we were anxious to get a good start. But disappointment set in. We sat for two hours with no one there. At 10 minutes before Sacrament Pres Fossum showed up with his kids (his wife was home cooking thier New Year meal. Even Lula who is always there, didn't show up. We were about to just have the sacrament and go home when Birdena showed up with a couple of people. So we held a small sacrament meeting and showed a video on the Savior. To say the least, the missionaries were terribly disappointed. It didn't seem to bother Pres Fossum, he said said, Oh I guess they are sleeping because it is the new year. What a way to start the new year.
