Elder Yazzie, Chris, Elder Rushton, Elder Gnehm

Very special day for both of these two!

Christmas Parade in Winslow

This picture was taken of Chris before his baptism.
Cole couldn't help but notice how happy he is and how he just glows!

Hello Everyone,

 

So this past week was awesome!  We had a Christmas parade here in Winslow!  It was huge the entire reservation comes down and it was just fun!  We ate some fry bread and just had a good old time!  There were so many vendors!  Selling everything from fry bread to Native American art!  It was cool!  Anyway it was funny, so the parade happened on Saturday morning and one of our investigators Chris who was supposed to get baptized that night was gonna help his daughter in her float and everything!  So his daughter was on the dance team and they danced in the parade!  Anyway all of the sudden we see Chris driving the NICE Ford Raptor down the street pulling the dance teams float!  I couldn't believe the smile he had on his face!  Anyway to be able to get baptized and drive a Ford Raptor all in the same day that is a dream day haha!  Anyway so on Saturday night we were able to hold the baptism for Chris.  Man he is an amazing guy who has came a long ways! I have seen him change his life around and become better father and person!  Anyway I had the opportunity to baptize Chris which was such an honor having him chose me to be the one to do it!  As Chris was coming down into the font he was crying and man at that moment there is no better feeling then watching your investigator come down into the font with that broken heart and a contrite spirit!  (Mosiah 18)  He is going to be such a help for the church he is already involved in the young mens!  He is a great guy and has become one of my life long friends!  It is amazing the people you meet on your mission and the relationships you gain with them!  I can't imagine what my life would be like if I didn't serve a mission!  I know that I was sent to the four corners area for a reason!  I love what I am doing and have learned so much! 

 

PS look at Chris's picture in the Ford Raptor haha look at that smile that was a couple hours before his baptism, he is just glowing!

 

Love, Elder Rushton

Hello Everyone,

 

So this past week was pretty good!  I had the opportunity to go one exchanges with one of my favorite elders that I have met on my mission Elder West he serves in Leupp, AZ with Elder Patterson and they are some great elders!  They have sure changed Leupp around and turned it into a great area!  Elder West is going home here in 2 weeks and it was nice to be able to have one last great day with him!  Its crazy thinking that when I got to Winslow Elder West had about 6 months left I'm about to my 7 months mark and about to be exactly in his place when I met him!  Its crazy how time fly's out here when your not paying attention to it!  Anyway things are going great here in Winslow according to plans we are going to be having a baptism this Saturday we are really hoping things go through!  Yesterday the entire state of Arizona got to watch the new Pheonix temple be dedicated!  It was an awesome thing!  It was now my 2nd temple I have seen dedicated on my mission the first being the Gilbert, AZ temple!  It was such a neat dedication! My favorite part of it all was watching the Prophet (President Monson)  at the cornerstone celebration as he put the mortar on it he was laughing and smiling and joking around with President Uchtdorf he cracked a couple of jokes and he was just being his self he then  went over to the crowd of people and chose 2 kids to come and help him it was so awesome man I wish that could have been me when I was little!  But it was good to see President Monson so happy and energetic it just reminded me that I need to stay that way too and try to stay away from being boring!  Anyway it was a great week and had a lot of fun!

So this past week was pretty good! There wasn't much that went on we went on exchanges with the Greasewood Elders so I was able to spend the day with my good buddy Elder Thompson from the MTC which was really fun we actually had a very productive day.  we picked up 3 new investigators on that day and 2 of them actually seem to be really solid!  We are scheduled to be having a baptism on Nov 22nd and as of right now we are still good for that!  He is an awesome guy who is really converted!  It has been an amazing thing teaching him!  He did have a few word of wisdom problems and so we were a little bit concerned about teaching him because of the last word of wisdom lesson we had didn't go too well anyway we had to do it so we did!  It turned out great he told us he would live it and stop doing everything he was!  You could really just feel the spirit from him knowing how converted he was instead of justifying things or trying to go around it.  He submitted to the will of the Lord and that is how you can tell how he is converted!  He is a great guy and we are super excited for him!  We also held aZone Training this week I did a training on being a consecrated missionary.  I have no clue!  i always told myself i would never train on obedience but when I sat down to write up my training the spirit was telling me to train on it so bad so I did!  I used a talk called "Becoming a Consecrated Missionary"  by Elder Tad Callister it was a great talk!  It went well and everyone learned a lot from the zone training!  Anyway things are great, thanks for everything and have a great week!

 

Love Elder Rushton

Sometimes if we try to do things on our own, its like chasing a pig!  With everyones help its easier to catch!

Elder Rushton with a couple of his favorite Trick or Treaters!!!!!  (So cute!)