Shopping on the reservation

This is Bashes. They have a good selection of most of your grocery needs and also the needs of your horses,chickens,sheep. Most of the flour they sell is Bluebird brand which is used for fry bread and sold in cloth bags. They also sell gallon cans of   soup called Menudo, the ingredients being tripe(part of the stomach) and hominy. The main meat they sell is mutton and it looks like the animal was rather old and skinny. The produce is fresh and a very good variety. I can even buy my Macintosh apples most of the time. They do cost me 1.79 a pound. Their prices are high but they have some good sales. Its an hour to another grocery store but it is also Bashes. 

This is Annie. She is a nice elderly lady who stops by occasionally  because she needs a ride to Bashas or to her nieces house a few blocks away. Another purpose for her visit may be that she has something to sell. I have bought a set of cushion covers  for more than I should have paid for them just because she is who she is. This is another way of shopping here, there is often someone wanting to sell you something. We have learned not to carry any cash so then when we are asked to buy something or to lend money we can honestly say we don’t have any cash.

Thr Flea market is held every day, the nicer the weather the more trucks there are selling. Mud doesn't slow it down too much. You can buy clothes, boots, shoes, jewelery, tires, sheep, hay(up to $18 a small bale), rugs, weaving yarn and even more stuff that its best not to mention.

This week has seemed quite busy. We met with the mission pres. in Chinle on Wed. which was good. We have visited several members and have had a few needy ones stop by whom we fed and listened to their story. We have not had a problem using up leftovers. Went to a funeral on Thursday which was interesting. A lady we met there, Rose Johnson-Tsosie has written a book about her sister and her called Finding Helen-A Navijo miracle. Shawna is buying one for us from Amazon.

This week has gone by much faster than the previous ones so thats a sign we are getting settled in and keeping busier. We are teaching an eight year old, getting him ready for baptism. His parents are members but haven't been to church . Hopefully we will find them home today. They live in a Hogan with dirt floor but they do have power so they have a computer and TV.

Love to all, Elder and Sister Lybbert