Thank you so much for all of the birthday wishes. Y'all are the bomb and I love you loads. Loads of...Brother Bray's famous ribs....yeah! Totally though, thanks a bunch. Birthdays in the mission are different than back home. Everyone celebrated by making it P-Day. Actually, it was P-Day anyway. But seriously, thanks for the love and support. Things are going well. It's been a good day. We had service at 10am this morning (which is right when studies end) so we woke up a half hour early so we could get to service on time. It was a lot of fun! Studies were good too, so that's a plus.
This week was a lot of fun! It was Richard's and Paula's birthday this week, so Friday was hectic running around and celebrating it with them. We made Richard a cake and put all 55 candles on there. There wasn't very much candle left by the time we finished singing to him. But he had a good birthday. So did Paula. We gave her a card that had a picture of this cartoon guy who looked beat up and it said "This is Gutnis. He walked 15,000 miles to wish you a happy birthday. Gutnis suffered from heat exhaustion, fatigue, thirst, hunger, sprained ankles and a scorpion sting; so please, have a happy birthday...for Gutnis' sake."
We had Zone Meeting this week and that was a lot of fun. The Sister Missionary in our ward and Elder Mitchell and myself did a musical number. That was fun. But the Zone Leaders gave this awesome awesome training on Charity. Super super good. There is, without a doubt in my mind, nothing better than the Gospel. Good times.
I also went on exchanges with another missionary. We had a lot of fun in his area. We taught a couple of less-active members and both are doing super good. We had a lot of fun and it was a really good, spiritual experience. The missionary is like 21 months out and goes home in March, so he knows what he's doing.
Christmas makes everything better.
We totally had dinner at the Bray's last Monday and they made Chinese food. Mmm...they know what they're doing. Good stuff. They're an awesome family. We always have a blast when we go over and the Spirit just kinda lives in there home. Roger's doing well and he came to church on Sunday, even though he was super tired.
We also met with the Chacon family and taught them using the Family Proclamation. They're so cool! I love them loads. Keep them in your prayers, they're really close to coming to church and receiving the Gospel more in their lives. Especially pray that their hearts will be open and softened to receive revelation and answers to their prayers.
Speaking of prayer. I was reviewing the things I know and learning more about prayer. Cool stuff. I have found that as we make efforts to occasionally pray on our knees and vocally, that we can focus and be guided by the Spirit easier.
Thanks for all you do. I love and miss you all. I appreciate your prayers and the love you show me. Don't forget to rely on the Spirit to know what to pray for. Don't forget to pray often. Don't forget to study the scriptures. Don't forget to share the Gospel. And don't forget to look Up!
ILYMTLI,
Elder Russell
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