Hello Everyone,

 

So oh man there is a lot to cover since I missed emailing last week this email today is going to be over the last two weeks!  So For pday two weeks ago we were able to go to the movie theatre and watch ephraims rescue!  Man was that weird walking into a movie theatre on your mission!  haha but the owners are members and so they let us have it on Monday to watch that movie it was awesome!  Free popcorn and drinks!  The later in the week Elder Carpenter got invited out to dilkon (Which is in our zone) to speek in sacrament out there!  Dilkon is a little town on the reservation (Elder Kay and Elder McCarrey cover it)  Elder Carpenter used to serve there so it was cool to be able to go out there again!  So they told Elder Carpenter he would have to give a little talk and then we would leave I was like awesome I don't have to speak!  So we get out there and What ends up happening??  Well our other speaker cancelled so Elder Rushton will you speak for us today?? haha So I Just went with the flow!  I love it I would have never been able to do anything like that before my mission but its amazing how I can just get up now and speak for 12 to 15 minutes without any notes or anything!  It was definitely a good experience!  So on this last Tuesday we were able to have MLC (mission leadership council)  It was a great meeting I always love those!  This time it was crazy since we are in winslow we one of the farthest areas away from the mission home so last Monday we had a 4 1/2 hour drive into Farmington!  That's why I wasn't able to email last week!  I love those drives though!  That is the time that you and your companion just get to sit back and relax and just talk!  It is so fun! On Monday night we stayed at the assistants house which was totally fun!  Elder Anderson Lives with the assistants so I was able to see my MTC companion and best friend Elder Anderson on Monday night!  It was fun to be able to be with him and talk about how we were hitting our year mark that week and all the memories we had!  The next morning so Tuesday we had the mlc meeting!  It was great I always come away from those so happy and excited to get to work!  Then on Thursday and Friday we went on exchanges with Wide Ruins Elder Bunderson and Young they are 2 great elders!  I love them to death!  I was able to go to wide ruins and work with elder young for the day!  It was great and I was able to learn a lot from him!  That is the one great thing about being a zone leader is you get to do all these exchanges and learn from so many other great elders and apply what you have learned and take it and put it back into your area!  It works great! On the 4th of July we were able to watch the fireworks because they lit them off right in front of our house!  It was awesome!  The Winslow fireworks were great!  I love the fourth of july it has always been one of my favorite holidays its hard to believe ill be home for the next one!  Anyway so it was a great week none the less!  It is so hard to believe I have been out a year!  I have learned so much and I know that I still have so much to learn!  I love you all and have a great week! 

 

Love Elder Rushton