Hello everyone,

 

So this past week was pretty good it was definitely a different kind of week!  I started out by waking upon Tuesday with a bit of a sore throat I didn't think much of it so I just went through the day and then went to bed!  Well on Wednesday when I woke up I had a fever of 100 a really bad sore throat and some sinus pressure! So that morning I called Sister Batt and she told me just to take it easy that day and it would go away!  Well that day we had dilkon coming down to winslow for exchanges so while Elder Gnehm and Elder Kay went out and worked I sat in bed while Elder Hunter watched me haha It was the worst feeling the entire time when your sick on your mission you hate sitting there in bed you feel so terrible about it and you feel like you should be out working but you cant so the whole time your just fighting yourself and your frustrated! haha Its just no fun!  Anyway me and Elder  Hunter took off for Dilkon that night around 4 and we finished the day teaching out there!  So the rest of the week I lost my voice and I cant hardly talk!  That always is no good when your a missionary because that is all you do is talk! So it has just been a frustrating week but I am feeling better so that is good!  This week we spent a lot of a time tracting a part of town called south side!  Its on the other side of the railroad tracts and lets just say no one really goes out there!  Well we really felt like we would find success out there!  So we went!  We talked to lot of interesting people and didn't find much success!  But if there is one thing I have learned on my mission it is that when you show the lord that you are putting forth your effort  he will reward you!  It might night always be in the way your expecting but he will reward you!  So on sunday we talked to this kid that we met playing ping pong with at the seminary building the kid is a member anyway he said his dad is ready to take the missionary lessons!  So we went out and met his dad wow his dad is so prepared!  His wife just left him because he wasn't living the best like he wants to change and knows he can through the atonement he wants to become a better husband and father and that is exactly what this gospel will do!  Anyway Im doing great im loving my mission!  I hope everyone has a great week!  Take care love ya!

 

Elder Rushton