Hello everyone,

     So this week was a very long week idk why probably because it was slow but it was a great week!  First of all we have been slaying mice in our trailer the war has begun haha and there going down!  We started out by spending last monday night in gallup for a zone conference!  It was awesome!  President and sister Batt were there it was a great training and learned a lot of new techniques to use while we are teaching!  I hated being in gallup it was way too big of a city and i just wanted to get back to the rez so bad haha!  We found this old  lady who really wanted to learn but we couldnt teach her cause there was just one little problem she only spoke navajo!  So we took a member out with us and he translated everything haha it was definately different but it was a really cool experience!  We had exchanges this week elder beck came here from many farms and stayed with me because we had to do some baptismal interviews!  We had some great experiences and taught some of the best lessons since ive been here!  This morning we had a baptismal service for one of our investigators we have been working with for so long!  She is so incredible i have seen her faith grow so much from when i first got here!  She had a coffee problem and really just couldnt quit it at all many missionaries have tried everything with her she just couldnt but for some reason me and elder fonnesbeck were prompted to set a baptismal date with her and see if she would accept!  Well she did and from that day forward she never drank a sip of coffee it was the most amazing experience i have ever seen in my life!  So today was her 61st birthday so we had the baptism in chinle since you know we dont have a building or anything but i had the privelage to baptize her i was so honored to do that she is such an amazing lady!  being down in the faunt and watching her walk down the stairs with her cane and seeing her struggle and helping her into the faunt was one of the most spiritual moments i have ever had in my life it almost brought tears to my eyes!  Nothing was gonna stop her because this is what she knew the lord wanted her to do!  Being able to do that was incredible the feeling everyone talks about when they talk about the warm hearted feeling in the chest from the holy ghost that was exactly what it was like!  Incredible moment that just assured me that im out here for a reason and that is to bring my brothers and sisters closer to christ and to never give up no matter what kind of problem people have in there lives with the power of the preisthood and the holy ghost anything is possible!  Love you all have a good week!

Love Elder Rushton