Hello Everyone,

So this week I spent my first week in Sheep Springs, NM it is so cool hereIi honestly love it!  I think I pretty much prayed every single day since I left Lukachukai that one day I could go back to the rez and finally it came true!  Its so weird to think about how I would rather be here in a one gas station town with almost 300 people in it rather then being in a big city!  I love the kind of work that goes on here, I definately love the people!  I remember my first couple of nights in lukachukai were tough I felt like I couldn't relate to the culture or the people.  I remember praying that the Lord would let me love these people and love the reservation.  Well he sure did that!  Its so hard to explain I just love what goes on here, the people are always so easy to get along with they will do just about anything for you!  The dirt and mud and everything that goes along with the rez is so fun to me i just love it here!  Anyway this week we were able to teach about 17 lessons which is the most since I left Lukachukai!  We were super busy and I can't wait to be able to try to keep reaching above that!  This area has a lot of potential to be even greater then it already is!  So funny story for this week, we were at a house somewhere way up near the mountain in a place called Naschitti!  Anyway Elder David says I know a shortcut we can take that we can get back to Sheep Springs with less miles haha so I'm like oh sweet alright lets take it.  So were driving down this dirt road and we go about 4 miles and were eventually just going up the mountain when the whole time I'm just like man I hope he knows where he is going haha we eventually end up way on top of the mountain and that is when I say Elder David are we lost???  he says ughhh ya!  haha I'm like oh shoot, cause by this point it is getting dark!  Anyway so were on a little tiny dirt road way out in the woods and its pitch black and im just trying to take whatever dirt road I can find that will take me north because I know that the main road that goes up the canyon is somewhere north!  So we are just taking every road that we could find anyway we came to a split in the road andI took a left well we followed that and we ended up in some sheep camp with no way out.  Anyway long story short we finally got out haha it was a fun experience but man I don't know about anymore short cuts with Elder David haha anyway I love where I'm at and I'm excited to start this new transfer.  We have an awesome district and its gonna be a fun one!  

Love Elder Rushton