In Which It Rains And We Are Sick

Dear Family-

This week straight up rocked!! All of us here in the apartment (Sis W, Sis S, Sis M, and I) have all been sick this week. It's just a really bad cold that refuses to go away, but we Lysol-ed the apartment and all's good now!

 

One cool thing that happened this week was that it rained. But not only did it rain, it rained for 3 days straight! The roads were flooded and closed off, and there was basically a river down the main roads. It was so much fun that day! Sis. W and I had to walk through the street at one point, and the water came up to our knees. We laughed and squealed and it was just so fun.

 

We have a new investigator, A. She's married to a less active, but they're both trying to come back to church. They were at church yesterday, and I think they really enjoyed it! We meet with them again this coming week and I'm excited. A is just completely ready to accept the gospel. She told us so.

 

We also are going to visit this 14 year old girl.. The Lord is really opening doors for us to teach people! So many people are being prepared to receive the restored gospel, and that is all I want for them. I want to love them into the church.

 

Something I learned this week is that prayers work. I've been praying for strength to be able to do His work despite being sick. I've found that I've been able to do just that! I still had to go home early a few days and rest, but we were able to keep all our appointments and still rest and get better. I'm grateful for prayer! It truly is a communication to our Heavenly Father. And He answers. If you don't believe it, try it!

 

Love you all! Have a great week!

 

Love,

Sis Rogerson

A Week in November

Dear Family-

 

This week we had our Thanksgiving activity. A ton of less-actives came and had a good time. The food was super good! It was Thanksgiving dinner #1 of 3. #2 is next week.

 

On Saturday President Van Cott held a mission-wide conference, where the whole mission was gathered at the mission building for a fireside, basically. It was so amazing and I heard so many things that I can use to help my ward and my investigators.

 

Nothing much else went on, so everyone have a great week!

 

Love,

Sis Rogerson

In Which I Realize that Obedience Does Not Give Me Control

Dear Family-

This week has been very productive. We found a new investigator, L, who was referred to us by the elders. She is 80 and has a very strong belief in God. We are so excited to teach her and hope that she accepts our lessons.

Something I've noticed about my mission is that even if you are being completely obedient, sometimes things just don't go as you planned. President Van Cott tells us we only have control over what happens in the morning and the evening. Everything in the middle is out of our control. This week we had a lot of appointments fall through, and I've been trying to accept that some days that's just going to happen.

On the plus side, we had a really amazing lesson with R, who is  less active. We showed her a Mormon Message about the Atonement (None Were With Him) and talked about how the Atonement can be applied in her life. She finally opened up to us and told us a little about her past, and how she has felt God in her life. We gave her a Book of Mormon and asked her to read and pray about it. This was probably the most spiritual experience of my mission so far. We had been stuck with her because we didn't exactly know how to help her progress more, but the Spirit just took over in that lesson and I know that those words I said were not mine, but Heavenly Father's.

We went to a baptism of an 8- year old girl in our ward. Going to her baptism reminded me of mine 12 years ago. She was all smiles and just so happy and excited to follow Christ and be baptized. She has such great faith. I think I'm realizing what Christ meant when He said, "Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me (Matthew 18:3-5)."

Look for missionary experiences this week! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true!

Love,

Sis Rogerson

In Which We Celebrate Halloween

Dear Family-

This week was pretty great! I get to stay in my area with Sis. W. We are both so excited to work with this ward.

We've been visiting a lot of less actives lately, and some of them came to the ward Halloween activity that we had this week! It was so exciting to see them there. I hope that they will feel welcome and come to church soon.

We also have 2 potential investigators! We're meeting with them both this week and I hope that they will be interested in what we know!

Not much else happened this week, so I want to bear my testimony. This church is the absolute best thing that's ever happened to me. It has helped me through so many awful times and I've come out stronger because of it. There is a peace and joy found in the gospel that is not found anywhere else. I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to share the gospel with God's children!

Love,

Sis Rogerson

Ward Harry Potter themed Halloween Party. Note the floating candles.