And I seen a pilar of light resting over my head!

Cole has met a new friend he loves and enjoys very much-Ryan

This here is the REZ!

The Rabbit the boys begged Sister Rogers to cook for them.  Cole says he still plans to cook it!

5 Cats, now that's a record!

Hello Everyone,

So this week was good it went by really fast but it seems like now that is all that happens!  Last pday we went hiking and i mean HIKING haha i honestly bet we hiked close to 15 to 20 miles by the time we were done!  We went back into the cliffs in Lukachukai!  Its so cool when your back there because you just know that you are hiking in the exact spot the gadianton robbers used to hang out!  Anyway we were just hiking along and all of the sudden we hear something come running out of the trees so we crouch down and look up BIG WOLF comes running right in front of us about 5 yards from us!  haha that might have been one of my biggest oh crap moments on my mission haha it was so scary there was no way this things was a cyotte this thing was HUGE it had to be a wolf!  It was so scary and so cool at the same time but it just ran right by us and kept on running so we were ok we never saw it again!  Anyway this past week we were able to have 5 member present lessons we have a guy in the ward who loves coming out with us he comes out at least two times a week he is so awesome!  Were also have our young womens president coming out with us she is awesome also just the kind of spirit that is there when we have member presents is so much more then anything we can have with just ourselves!  That has been good and it has been cool to see!  They said that that is the most member presents they have had in the area for a very long time!  Its so cool when the ward works so well with the missionaries because honestly we cant do it alone! Anyway its a great time to be missionary and the church is still true!

Love Elder Rushton

Cole's mission lowered their miles so they will be biking it more.......BRRRR!

I'm thinking its a little cold in the Camper, BRRRR!

Hello Everyone,

So what a week! Seems like the second things are getting back to normal then everything goes haywire! We came home from church yesterday and as we are walking up to the trailer we hear that awesome beep of the carbon monoxcide alarm honestly im so sick of that stupid trailer haha i mean it has litterally been trying to kill us! Idk its tough to stay focused on the work when your worrying about going to sleep and not waking up in the morning haha or having to drive to chinle everynight! So that is our dilema again! We got a call from president this week i guess elder maynards visa came in and he will be leaving at the end of this transfer to brazil on february 10! Exciting for him! I am hoping that means i can stay in Lukachukai longer the work is really starting to pick up there is a lot to do! This week we had yet another intense lesson where we were able to get her to agree to a baptismal date which was excited now is the tough part where we leave her with commitments and hopefully she follows through and does them! When elder maynard got here there wasnt much going on we taught a lot of the people we always have and there wasnt that many to teach so i remember praying and asking to be able to be led to find those that need the gospel! Well man i didnt expect this we are having people pretty much thrown in our path! haha We have people coming to church randomly telling us they want to get baptized! People telling us to go visit there family it has been awesome its hard out here though because back in the day it seems like if people wanted to get baptized out here they would just get baptized there wasnt too much they had to do! Now when we tell them they have to follow the commandments and they just dont quite understand why they have to do that its tough but we have to stay strong and make sure that they are committed! Anyway i love you guys stay safe and take care!

Hiking with his District up Lukachukai Mountain

Yo!

Cole said this was quite a hike, the snow was deep getting up to this hole in the rock!

Why do I get the feeling Sister and Elder Rogers may have been a target at one time or another?  LOL

Hello everyone,

So this week was really fast!  Seems like we have been really busy lately!  We used to be able to visit everyone in a week but with all the new people we have found that is not possible!  Its cool too see and when you are constantly visiting everyone and you never have time to do anything else that is when it becomes fun!  You have so much fun going from house to house that by  the time you check your watch its already almost time to go home!  It is awesome!  We went for a district hike on monday it was a lot of fun we hiked up in the hole in the rock in the Lukachukai mountains!  Its a tough hike in the summer time!  But man oh man haha the winter was bad there was a foot of snow on the back side of the mountain we were falling every three steps it was so fun!  Our ward attendance is still going up we are averaging about 55 to 60 now which is so cool to see!  Im Loving it here and i wouldnt want to be anywhere else!  I was so sad to hear about one of my best freinds today Elder Nate Martin getting hurt on his mission in jamaica this week! I know God has something else in store for nate in his life!  I do know one thing and that is that nate is a tough kid!  I have no doubt he will make it through this and return back to normal!  I love you Nate and my thoughts and prayers will be with you!  God Speed Buddy!!!!!

6 Month Tie burning ceremony

Cole's District

Very very dirty truck!

Car Wash

Hello Everyone,

So lets just say i lost another one of my nine lives this week! haha Looks like im down to 7 left!  We had a trailer inspection last week and they were checking our alarms and neither of them worked!  So they put new batteries in them and left well as were getting ready to get into bed that night we both here the carbon monoxcide alarm going off!  So we unplug it and really didnt think to much of it but we called the housing coordinators and told them and they told us get out of there immediately and go stay at our senior couples the rogers so we did we spent the night there for two days!  Finally they were able to let us start staying in  chinle which that is really nice (lots of room, big fridge, hot showers) ill take that anyday!  So they took our furnace in to get it fixed and i guess the guy that checked it measured the parts per million of the carbon monoxcide and a normal furnace shoots out about 109 parts per million It becomes deadly at about 800 parts per million well our good old furnace was at 2400 parts per million!  Honestly we should be dead there is no other way to put it!  Its so scary to think i have been living in there for six months!  Lets just say i will be making sure those batteries are working every night haha but no it just goes to show how much god protects his army because there is honestly no explanation why we are still alive other then god has something in store for both of us! We are feeling some of the after effects of the carbon monoxcide I have been having the worst headache for the last couple of weeks and it is still with me today we went to the doctor and got checked out they told us there is not much they can do and that the headaches will eventually go way and we will be ok! i just wish it would go away now it sucks so bad!  Ibuprofen doesnt work so looks like i just have to deal with these headaches till they go away!  With as much chaos that went on it was still a really good week we had 62 people at church which was awesome to see things are really starting to go up and its just been fun to see! I LOVE LUKACHUKAI it has been an awesome first area!  I love you guys thanks for the thoughts and prayers as you can see they sure have helped!  GOD SPEED!  

Love Elder Rushton