When Will Austin Be Home?

  • Austin left on his mission:
    10 years, 10 months, 12 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 3 seconds ago

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Week 4: The Small and Tender Mercies of Missionary Work‏

Austin’s Message to Mom

· Week 4: The Small and Tender Mercies of Missionary Work‏

We got in twelve hours of tracting this week. TWELVE HOURS.

The result? Three new investigators, one less-active family who was basically waiting for us to show up and bring them back, and a fourteen-year-old girl [...]

Austin’s July 2013 Pictures

Here are few pictures Austin sent home taken during July 2013. They include some MTC photos and photos of Brookings, Oregon. Click the pictures to be taken to the picture page and click again to see the full sized picture.

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Austin pointing to his Oregon mission destination.

Austin and the Oregon MTC Elders.

Austin’s MTC Group.

Austin and his MTC group at the Provo temple.

Austin’s MTC group at the Provo Temple again.

Austin wearing one of the sister’s jackets that she inadvertently left behind.

Austin wrote “Hi Mom” in the sand at the beach in Brookings, Oregon.

Elder Argyle by the ocean in Brookings.

Elder Argyle with his bike helmet on by the ocean.

Panoramic shot of the ocean in Brookings, Oregon

Sunset on the ocean in Brookings, Oregon

Week 3

Austin and Elder Argyle

So I don’t have a whole lot to say about this week. It’s been kind of just a build on last week. We had a few more lessons than normal, we got a spanish speaking member to come teach one of our investigators with us, he invited us back two [...]

Subject: The Second Week: Tract and Travel—Letter from July 16, 2013

Austin and his first companion and trainer, Elder Argyle.

This week was a lot less shaky for me. I’m starting to gain more confidence as a missionary! Still haven’t gotten a chance to mail home some pictures but I’ll try and get to it today. I’ve been taking lots of panoramics. (panoramic photos)

Living on Easy Street

Austin and Elder Argyle

Literally, here’s my new address

Elder Austin A Rushton 606 Easy Street Unit I Brookings, OR 97415 So, fellow living beings of the earth, this has been one seriously warped week. When I got into Eugene (and I was seated in the back corner of the plane away from [...]