Merry Christmas!!! Wuuujuu!

So...Feliz navidad,,, dadada,, Feliz navidad! 

We had a nice week, we worked hard, played bball 3 times for exercise last week and found 2 new investigators! One is a carpenter and we gave him a Book of Mormon! 

Today we had the ward xmas party with the entire mission, 145 missionaries and it turned out well! Tons of things have been going on.

Anyways, we're giving out a bunch of cards of ilumina el mundo. Which is why we're all here, God wants us to be happy! And xmas is the best time of year to get out and serve others, to light the world!!! Christ is the reason for the season, and "it's the most wonderful time of the year"!!!

I wish you all a merry xmas and hope all is well for you!!!

Love,

Elder Russon

Merry Christmas!

It's almost Christmas...just one week!

So we had changes, and now I'm in Hidalgo for my last 2 changes. Things are flying by real fast, especially today, lots of changes and trainings going on. But I'm real excited for everything, the mission is going great!

My new companion is Elder Molina from Arizona, he's a great missionary, we've got lots of work ahead of us!

Things are all going well, I'm feeling the spirit of Christmas now. This last Friday we had a xmas caroling activity with our zone in the alameda. We sang all the xmas songs in the hymn book, with Christmas hats and it went real well! 

Anyways, wherever you all are, I wish you a very Merry Christmas!!! Be safe in your travels!

Love,

Elder Russon

A Full Week

This week we had our Ward missionary activity as a Ward family night. About 50 people came with about 5-7 investigators. We started out with a spiritual message-movie on the family, and then we went to the minute to win it games hosted by the members. It was great for everyone to get along and get to know each other better.

Then on Thursday we had our zone conference with President. At the end there was time left over and he asked all of us to share our testimonies, it honestly turned out to be the best zone conference I've ever had. Also, my interview afterwards went really well.

Friday night we had our Ward Christmas party which about 8 non members came and 2 of our investigators participated in the talent show. They both sang and one played the guitar, Mario and Alexis, super awesome!

Yesterday I gave a talk on Faith unto Repentance and it also went well. I'm able to see how I'm using my faith more in God and how He helps and blesses me. I rely a lot on my study of the Book of Mormon, it's a great backup support, super essential that we study it daily!

Love, 

Elder Russon

English Classes!

Lazer tag for P-day!

So this was the first time I've ever given English clases, and it was great! From the Tianguis that we've been doing, we had 15-20 people show up for the class all on time at 6. I was pretty happy about that, and I gave the class for about an hour. We practiced and learned the alphabet in English. I also told them a little bit about me and how I learned Spanish, and what we do as missionaries.

They were all interested, and I let them know that the clases are totally focused on English, but if they want to learn more about our beliefs, they can stay after to listen. So we had a lesson with one guy all in English about what we do as missionaries, and he was real interested. Also, some other people stayed after for a Ward Christmas party that was going on. So it turned out to be a success!

They all thanked us for helping out, and I'm excited to take it even further. It's a great way to find new investigators.

We were also able to watch the Worldwide Christmas Devotional yesterday with some members, and it was great. Now I can say I'm in the Christmas spirit. Hope you all have a great holiday season, with some great snow!

Love,

Elder Russon