SANDERS

THE POCKET OVER HIS HEART!

NUMBER ONE!!!!

GO FORTH AND SPREAD THE WORD OF THE LORD

ELDER SEARLE AND ELDER RUHTON

So time is winding down out here and I only have one more week left which is just about the weirdest thing ever! I feel like it is still so far away! I think I have just convinced myself that I will be out here forever which is a good thing cause it keeps me working hard! At this point I am just sitting here trying to soak it all in because I know I will never get this opportunity again for the rest of my life! It has been fun! I have learned so much out here and although it scares me a little bit to go back home I can’t wait to take the things that I have learned out here and bring them back home and use them every day! I am so excited to see my family it’s hard to believe it has been two years since I have last seen them! I know this church is true I would not have spent these past 24 months away from my family if it wasn’t! I Love the Navajo people they have honestly became my family! I know that if we do what is right we are blessed because of it! I’m grateful for every second I have served out here it wasn’t always easy but through the good and the bad I have learned so much! I want to thank everyone that has helped me out on my mission and been there for me and all the prayers that have been sent my way they have helped so much! Take care and we will see you soon!

So this past week was pretty busy we had the opportunity to go branding with our branch president that was so much fun we had a blast!  It brought back some good old memories of doing that back home with my buddies Kade and Kade!  Anyway Saturday night we were out trying to visit this couple that lives way back about 7 miles down this dirt road into the middle of no where!  So we get our there and we missed the turn to there house so we turn around and right as we get about 2 ft off the road we get stuck so instead of digging we were just going to call someone to come pull us out well no service haha we would have had to walk back about 6 miles to get service!  haha so we were pretty well stuck it just so happened that this happened at about 7 at night!  So I went to get into the back of the truck to get the shovel because my whole mission I have always had a shovel in the back of the truck especially for moments like this!  Well as I look back there it was gone so for 3 hours we dug ourselves out i felt like bear grills getting tree branches and sage brush and putting them under the tire to get unstuck I ended up having to jack the truck up with the jack and then putting the branches under each tire but we finally got out haha and barely got home in time it was a crazy experience haha but I know the lord answered our prayer that night anyway we have been having some fun its fun having four elders living so close to one another!  I love you all and hope you have a great week!  

The Wide Ruins Church House

Beautiful Horses

So over this past week things were pretty good!  Im still trying to adjust to the new area its weird living so far away from home and not being able to come back to the house for lunch and having to try to take something with you!  I hate that I miss warm food haha but its all good.  I love being way out there!  Church was great this week, we really pushed to try to get more people there this week!  We were able to have about 8 people there!  It was great to see!  We spent a lot of time tracting this past week, just knocking on door after door!  I get frustrated sometimes because it's hard to try to stay so positive after you hear no's for a long time.  Honestly the Navajo people are so great they are really nice about it!  We found a new guy who was awesome.  We sat right down with him and talked about the restoration.  He mentioned the struggles that he is going through, how him and his wife just separated because she got hooked on meth.  He has 2 beautiful little girls and he knows it's not safe for them.  It was great to talk to him.  We had a great lesson, and we invited him to church.  He showed up it was awesome!  I am loving Wide Ruins it is hard at times but we all need to be tested in life to become stronger!  Thanks for everything!