Hello everyone,

So this week was crazy there was so much going on!  Basketball was so much fun i love it!  This last week was such a spiritual week!  I think now that im getting the hang of things im starting to be able to be in tune with the spirit and recognize it each and everyday!  Its honestly something that i have never noticed in my whole life!  Once i have been on my mission and come to realize it has been there all along it makes me feel dumb i didnt recognize it before!  We picked up three new investigators this week! Its so crazy seems like they are all coming and finding us and were not doing anything!  We had some lady come running up to our truck saying she wanted to talk to us she told us where she lived but we were way to excited we didnt even catch her name haha!  We set a baptismal date this week with one of our investigators it was amazing!  Since im the new guy i had to ask the investigator to commit to being baptized!  Man what a rush holy cow!  I have played in state championships i have felt the rush that comes from that!  Nothing compares to standing in that living room and asking someone if they will commit themselves to make the biggest choice of there life thus far and follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized! We are excited for that and we hope everything goes as planned!  Every day on my mission i have read the book of mormon everyday for at least a half an our everyday!  It is amazing to come to realize how much you can learn from that book and how much it can be bless your life!  This book is here for us to come closer to christ! READ!!!!! the quote from joseph smith in the introduction its amazing how powerful it is!  We have been doing a lot of service!  90 degreee weather sweating so bad ughh its hard!  Its wood hauling season which means just about everyone wants the elders to come haul wood for them haha We had exchanges this week so i went to chinle for the night on wednesday and elder tolman the district leader came here with elder fonnesbeck i was with elder scofield from montana!  Chinle was a great experience we had one lady tell us when she came to church she felt like she had angels behind her and she could feel there presence so strong and it felt like they were lifting her up and comforting her! its like what the heck why cant we feel that haha but that is so amazing! All in all i hope it was a good week!

Love, Elder Rushton