Dear Loved Ones
Monday: This is not this monday, but last monday. For most of the day it was pretty ordinary! I wrote yall, went shopping, and played a LOT of basketball. Like 4 hours of it. After that my comp and I drove to our dinner appointment, which was a solid 20 minutes outside our area and in the mountains. For a good five minutes I thought I was going to be made into a skin coat by our dinner appointment. But in reality they were really nice! Theyre the snell family and they have 40 acres of mountain that was so cool!! they had goats and lamas and a special forces survival training camp and basically when the stuff hits the fan Im going to be living with them. The road to get to theyre house was basically non exsistant, and they had a quarter inch steel plate on the bottom of their little sedan that somehow made it possible to challenge a jeep in an off road event. Suffice to say it was a blast! Dad, you would have been in heaven. They told us that the roads had been flooded for a few weeks, so they had to zipline and repel to work. Everyday. They were seriously too legit to quit. After that my comp and I finally had a legit comp inventory. I just told him where I was at and that I wouldn't be disregarded and stepped on anymore. He got mad like I expected him too, but heres where it gets awesome. Because of the contention in the apartment the Spirit could not be there to help us with daily planning. So i just got up, went to the bedroom, and started praying. And he totally came around!! We were able to come together and get everything figured out and it was a very spiritual experience. So you could say this week has been better!
Tues-Friday: Pretty cut and dry missionary work! We've picked up a ton of Less Active members and we had to step away from one of our investigators because they aren't progressing. We are hoping that she will cultivate real intent to change, but thats ultimately up to her. We've been teaching like crazy and its been soooo satisfying to just pass out at night from exhaustion. By the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN I LOVE YOU BRO!! Friday night we found a new investigator, a great kid named Austin who has been struggling with some things in his life. We didn't expect to find anyone because it was at a member dinner appointment, but as we all know, God works in mysterious ways! We have another appointment with him this Friday and Im so excited to bring him the message of hope and love that I hold so dear to my heart.
Ok so Saturday was quite an experience, readers beware: So we didn't have any appointments on Saturday but we had a ton of people to find! We got to give a struggling member a blessing, and this is what occurred next.We went to go check on a part member family and this sweet old lady answered the door. And proceeded to blast my companion and I with so much Anti Mormon Literature I started to look around to see if I was getting punked. And I was, by Satan. This old lady is a member, who, for whatever reason, has decided to interpret the Gospel as, and I quote, "Luciferien" As she ranted on and on about the same vague things over and over I realized my testimony was being attacked in a way that I had never experienced before. A direct frontal assault by the adversary. As we walked away from the door my comp and I were a little stunned.This was a lady who had been through the temple, and here she was denying the truth and calling my companion and I satanic at the same time. I had to self check, at that moment. I will be honest, I had a moment of doubt. But as I chose to have faith instead of doubt the words of Moroni echoed through my head. You receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.(Ether 12:6) So I decided to wait and have faith and pray. And as we relayed this faith building experience in ward council the next morning, the Lord gave us a witness. Apparently this sister suffered from a lithium imbalance, which causes craziness as well as hallucinations and other disturbing things! So this little anti Mormon spitfire was literally insane! She was just a crazy old lady. And so brothers and sisters, I testify that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. Joseph Smith, who was indeed a prophet of God, would not seal his testimony in blood for anything else. I know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that this Gospel is the kingdom of God, and that while the leaders of the church arent perfect, and do make mistakes from time to time, we are led by Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world, my personal Savior and friend. I know that as a missionary I stand as a special witness of Christ. I bare his name on my chest and in my heart. He did suffer in the Garden and on the Cross, and more importantly He lives! My Saviour and your Saviour lives! We can come back when we mess up. The Church is true brothers and sisters. Read the Book of Mormon, pray to know. God cannot lie, and He will let you know the truth of these things. I love you all and I will be sending letters off today! Your'e loved by the most powerful Being in the universe, so be a little happier today. I miss you and I will see yall on the flip side.
Yours truly,
Elder Rogers
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