Dear Family and Homies
So some good news and some great news on the missionary front. This last week was jam packed with a lot of finding and teaching so I was only able to send out 1 letter this week. Next week I will send out a bunch!! Bobby, one of my investigators, came to church yesterday and loved it! He is definitely progressing and I'm sure we will baptize him soon!! Sister Kless's baptism had to be pushed back but that's OK, I WILL see her in the waters of baptism. So cool missionary story and then some funny ones!
The Cool one: Earlier this week we got a referral to check in on a part member family who was going to move sometime this month. Their names are the Richins and the husband, Aaron, is catholic and the wife is a less active member. We knocked on their door and they totally let us in!! We got to know them, found out they were moving the next day, and taught them the importance of putting on the armor of God (Ephesians chapter 6). We didn't expect anything to come of it. Then, by the grace of God, they texted us, and said they wanted to feed us! We asked if we could share a message and they said yes to that as well! It was awesome! So after fasting all day long we got to eat over there and help them move for like 3 hours. When we finally sat down to teach them the spirit totally led us to talk about the restoration, and we committed Aaron to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it was true. Even tho that was the last time we will probably ever teach them, I know Heavenly Father needed them to hear that message, and I pray that that seed we planted grows into a desire to know the truth and seek it out. It was definitely a miracle.
Ok, now for the funny one. So as my companion and I were driving out of the library parking lot Friday, after grueling through some paper work, we were flagged down by a homeless guy. He proceeded to ask us for money so he could by food, and we told we would just buy him a pizza instead. The next 15 were the most incoherent I have ever experienced in my life. We discovered his name was Joseph, and that he talked to other missionaries all the time. That was the only normal thing that came out of his mouth. He then launched into a profanity laced rant about how God wanted everyone to be white, that even though he was mexican, he identifies himself as white, and that all black people worshiped the devil. Then he started talking about twelve goat-men dwarves and how they were Snow White's and they represented Hitler and other various mass murderers. As much as I'd like to think that this guy was shooting up massive amounts of Heroin, he was mostly like a baked Schizophrenic. We could not get his pizza and leave fast enough. The last time I encountered that much nonsensical crazy, it was a lot more friendly haha.
The work this next week is going to be baller, and I'm so grateful for the many blessing I'm receiving. Your'e all in my prayers and I know that God will take care of you. I know that my Redeemer lives. I know that my parents taught me to walk in the light of His love, that they taught me who to trust in, who to pray to. I know that the church is true, that the more we CHOOSE to have faith in Christ and His Atonement, the more we are blessed. I know that missionary work can't be done without member support. Please help the missionaries in your wards, they are striving for success, but its going to take work on both their side and yours. Pray to know who to share the Gospel with. The Lord will lift your burdens as you lift others. I love you. I miss you. But not as much as I love the Lord. Stay faithful my friends
Love,
Elder Rogers
Tired Selfie in my apartment
I love my back scratcher
Chillin like a villain, looking at my getswolebar
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