Hello Everyone,

 

So things have been good down here in Winslow, AZ!  The Heat has defiately been picking up!  It almost reaches 100 everyday!  We travel out on our bikes at about 10:00 am and by the time we come home at about 12:00 for lunch we are soaked in sweat its pretty gross but there is no way around it! haha It is definitely a lot different from what I am used too!  So this past week we had a Zone Conference it was on Tuesday in Tuba City, AZ It was awesome to be able to take another road trip up there for that!  We had to wake up at 4:30 and leave around 5:30 to get there on time the meeting started at 10:00 but since there are an hour ahead of us up there the meeting really started at 9:00 out time that is something that is very hard to get used to!  The reservation goes by the normal time as back home but down here in winslow and Holbrook it is an hour behind!  It makes it very hard telling the other missionaries what time there meetings start!  haha The Zone Conference was great we were able to have President Batt and sister Batt there!  There are awesome people I love to listen to what they have to say you can always see how much love they have for us by how they act!  Very caring!  We also had a lot of meetings within this last week!  Here in the winslow zone we cover 2 different stakes!  The Winslow Stake, and the Holbrook Stake!  So this week Me and Elder Carpenter got to meet with the Winslow stake president on Thursday in Joseph City and then again on sunday morning early in Holbrook!  There is a lot of information that we have to gather for that meeting and it takes so much time but when you are finally finished with those meetings it feels like such a relief!  Winslow has really been picking up for our area!  We are finding more and more investigators each and every day! Talking with Elder Fonnesbeck (my trainer) at zone conference he began to tell us how they have been finding like crazy through going to garage sales!  So me and elder carpenter figured it wouldn't hurt why not try it!  Wow it was amazing we went out Saturday morning and were able to meet so many cool people!  We set 3 return appointments for people this week and they all are very interested!  Honestly I now have a testimony of garage sales haha it was amazing to see how easy it was!  The people immediately see your missionaries which starts them asking questions and immediately you can carry on a conversation from there and then its just a matter of asking if you can come back and visit with them next week!  It was great!  If you know of any other missionaries out there who are struggling to find tell them to go hit up garage sales every Saturday morning! I promise it will work! Plus you can find some great stuff!  haha Anyway im doing great really just having a blast with elder carpenter and loving my mission I appreciate it more and more each day!  Hope you all take care and continue to have a great summer!

 

Love Elder Rushton