Happy Birthday!

Today Elder Rushforth turns 20!!! He's no longer a teenager(although he did tell me he had another year before he came home and he was going to take his time "growing up").

Of course the other implication of the event is that it's been almost a year since he's been out on his mission. Nearly half way(a couple more weeks to go).

He's still as optimistic as ever and a super hard worker! I'm sure he's touching many lives!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER RUSHFORTH!
We're all thinking of you!

'Tis The Season...

...To get Transferred...Again!

Elder Rushforth is on the move again! The Lord needs him in Pendleton, Oregon. He's really getting to see a lot of his mission! Of course, Elder Rushforth has a great attitude and is willing to serve where ever the Lord needs him. But I'm sure he's sad to be leaving another area so quickly again. Especially since, as indicated by the following pictures, he and Elder Gibson have had a lot of fun doing the Lord's Work in Walla Walla, WA!

Elder Rushforth would like me to tell you that he scored a 179 here. If you ever saw him bowl before, you know he was doing good to break 100...with bumpers! He's really proud of his 179!

Anyway, he will be spending Christmas with his new companion in Pendleton. We're thinking he'll be there for more than one transfer because this is his new companion's last transfer. Regardless of his location, we know Tyler is working hard to bring many sheep into the fold!

E-I-E-I-O

Old MacDonald had a farm, and I think Elder Rushforth might be living there. Last week's email had the following information:

"So I was a farmer for a few days while the members that we live with were out of town so we took care of chickens and ducks and a dog and a horse! All lived excepted one chicken so I guess I am not a very good farmer after all but I guess something has been getting at the chickens recently. I thought of cooking one but instead I am going to grow my own like Hortin the Elephant did I am sitting on a chicken egg! I hope it will hatch I am doing the best I can:) I love my new area and hope that I stay here longer than my last area!"

Sounds like an interesting experience for Elder Rushforth. I'll see if I can get some more details out of him and update accordingly. I'll encourage him to take pictures of his adventures on the farm, as well.

On the Move Again

Elder Rushforth is once again on the move! He's being transferred to Walla Walla, WA. His new companion, Elder Gibson is from Centerville, UT and was in Big River with me(Wendi). I'm sure the two of them will take Walla Walla by storm and have the whole area converted, and serenaded, in no time!

All Is Well

Well, up in Washington all is going great. WE actually just went to the Temple for the first time in four and a half months it was awesome! I got to go to the Columbia River Temple and It is way pretty inside. Since it is a small Temple their is only one level so the Baptistry is right at the entrance it is beautiful!! SO yesterday we had interviews up in Yakima and when we got to the spanish Elders to get our car we found that it had been broken into and a GPS was taken! Welcome to Toppenish! the person kicked the passenger side window with his foot then opened the door form the inside and ran. We know who it was though becasue of a witness along with the cop took some good fingerprints off of the window! Other than that life is great! We have been blessed this pass week to have found people to teach and will look forward to seeing them progress! When we went to contact a former investigator we found a new investigator becasue the girl started talking to us telling us that she grew up in Vancouver and went to youth activities. She told us that her parents were members but she never was baptized. Our thought was we can change that!!

So that was our week! A letter is in the mail I kept forgetting to mail it til Monday and that was a holiday!

Love you all

Elder Rushforth

Getting to Know You 2009

Tyler sent me this email. It was pretty funny to read. It's one of those "Getting to Know You" forwards. You know, you get it from a friend with all their answers in it and then you're supposed to fill it out as it pertains to you and send it off to all your friends. Well, this is Tyler's. I don't know if it's more entertaining or less entertaining because he's a missionary and isn't allowed to do half the things the questions are about. You decide.

1. What is your occupation right now? Stormin Mormon Missionary!
2. What color are your socks right now? White
3. What are you listening to right now? Silence

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Cookies
5. Can you drive a stick shift? no
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? A missionary
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes
8. How old are you today? 19
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? I don't watch tv
10. What is your favorite drink? water
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? none
12. Favorite food? mashed potatoes and gravy
13. What is the last movie you watched? I don't remember that long ago
14. Favorite day of the year? Christmas and Mother's day
15. How do you vent anger? Knock on a door
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Lego
17. What is your favorite season? Spring
18.Cherries or Blueberries? Blueberries
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Yes
20. Who is the most likely to respond? Not too sure.
21. Who is least likely to respond? Again, not too sure.
22. Living arrangements? With members
23. When was the last time you cried? I don't know
24. What is on the floor of your closet? Dirty clothes bags
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? Don't know, Don't have any friends
26. What did you do last night? Planned the next day and went to sleep
27. What are you most afraid of? Dogs
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers Spicy
29. Favorite dog breed? None at this time they seem to like chasing missionaries
30. Favorite day of the week? Tuesday! P-day
31. How many states have you lived in? 3
32. Diamonds or pearls? I don't know
33. What is your favorite flower? any

Show and Tell...but mostly Show

Tyler sent pictures today via email. There's only three of them and I can only guess at what they're pictures of because he didn't include ANY details.

I think this is his companion that made Chain-Mail. (I know, my skills at deduction are ASTOUNDING!)

This is Tyler and the Companion that makes Chain Mail and some guy I don't know.

And I haven't the foggiest idea what this last picture is.

I did email him back and tell him that he needs to include descriptions along with pictures.