How is everyone doing?
I hope all is well and that everyone is
being blessed! Last week was a pretty rough week. I have never felt that
overwhelmed, but I truly am learning to count on the Lord.
Let me tell you a
little bit about my investigators. We have one investigator named Daniel. He is
really nice and is letting us teach him. Last Sunday he made some great progress
and felt the spirit testify to him that what we were teaching is true. Since we
have been seeing him regularly, we have been trying to teach him, but he lives
on his own and has no one to talk to. So the hour that we have planed to teach
him, is taken up by him talking about his life and how this world is so screwed
up. Last night it was raining and he called us to come over because he
felt discouraged and was having trouble living the gospel and all that stuff, so
us as awesome missionaries, walked about 45 minutes to get to his house...in the
rain. He wouldn't let us talk and he wouldn't even let me bare my testimony. It was
really frustrating and he kept denying everything we were trying to teach him...so as of now...he is a non progressing ami
de l'eglise.
We have another investigator named Norah. Oh Norah is just amazing.
We walked to her house yesterday night in the rain and she called us crazy and
was upset that we hiked in the rain to go visit her. She made us tea and showed
us around her house. I talked to her 17 year old son who likes soccer and video
games so I know I'll get along great with him. He is also trying to learn spanish
so I told him I would help him. But Norah loves the missionaries and she gave my
companion and I a shirt to remember her always. It was really nice of her. She is making progress. She is not ready to be baptized but she has been
reading the chapters we leave her from the Book of Mormon. We talked about it
last night and she says.."you planned to give me this chapter didnt you...you
knew I needed this" and my companion told her no, that it was just a chapter he
chose. It is awesome to see the spirit working and it is a huge testimony
builder. I wanna share with you all an experience I had teaching a new
investigator..its actually a family. so we went to teach them on saturday and
the missionaries that found them didnt do a good job at teaching the restoration
so we started fresh. We got to the point where Joseph Smith restores the
church...and let me tell you....I am so greatful FOR MY TEACHERS IN THE MTC! If
it werent for my teachers having us recite the First Vision...I wouldnt have
been able to share it with them and bring the spirit by that. It was amazing and
I thank Soeur Pace and Frere Wilcox for that. I really love my mission...even
though I have been struggling here. Send me some letters to cheer me up! I miss
you all and i am happy to be serving the Lord and seeing all the blessings that
my family and I receive and the blessings that our investigators receive. I hope
to hear from you all soon!
Elder Rogers
(Written November 5, 2012)
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