This mission covers parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, so the weather is everything from very dry desert to lots of snow.
This mission also covers 6-7 different Native American tribes where you serve on reservations. The water is not drinkable on the reservations, so a filtration water bottle is very handy. The water on reservations also is also very hard on clothing, and shirts look dingy after awhile. The people are poor and humble and wonderful. A lot don't have phones or addresses, so appointments are often just showing up.
There is A LOT, A LOT of service in done in this mission. So much. They work hard. An axe and steel toed boots may need replacements (a couple of times) because of so much use. You can chop wood, haul water for people without running water, sheep shearing, round-ups, clearing homes, lots of service. This also wears out their pants, so missionaries sometimes can go through 15 pairs of pants.
You can learn a lot of cool skills serving on the reservation: how to make authentic maccasins, do bead working, and silversmithing.
Food is expensive on the reservations and there are not a lot of products there.
Blundstone boots are recommended for the snowier and colder parts of the mission.
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By far the most mentioned boots in ALL missionary threads. It is a Chelsea boot style. A thermal version is available for really cold climates. I haven't found a negative review of Blundstones. Many missionaries say these lasted their entire mission and still look nice.
Serve shirts have a ventilation panel in the side of the shirt making them noticeably more breathable. Missionaries serving in hot or humid places absolutely RAVE about this feature. The most popular shirt for hot-climate missions, for sure.