Elder Mason Rogers: Matching Cat Shirts, Miracles, Morgan and Mccleve

9/5/2016

Dear Family and Frens and Loved Ones and Cat fanatics. And My Mom, This is for you!

After three months of perpetual torture and lack of doing anything, I am back! I want to apologize for the state of my emails, and my disposition. Sorry if I gave any of you scares (mom)!

This is how my week went :)

Monday we went to the Royal Gorge as a district! A recent convert got us all tickets and even bought us lunch!! It was so kind of her! It was really scenic and awesome! But I forgot to take pictures. I must have missed out on that gene, sorry dad, Im making a goal to take 3 pictures a day :)

Tuesday! My Camera was dead, So I don't have any pics, but I picked up Elder Morgan and Elder Mccleve! Elder Morgan is from Sacramento, California! And we are basically the same person. He likes fitness, I like fitness. He is the oldest of six, Im the oldest of six. He has one sister, I have one sister. And Its in the same order as well! We also have a pretty similar sense of humor, and we just get along great. Already best friends! Elder Mccleve is from one of the nine stakes in Queen Creek, Arizona!!! But I didn't know him before now! From what he has told me, I won't even recognize my home town! We all get along dandy, and we bonded over a similar love of ANIME!!! #nerdsunite

Wednesday: I took my boys tracting, and they loved it! They are naturals at talking to people!

So, at this point, all the days blend together! So I will summarize my summary ;)

Because our teaching pool was dead and empty, we focused on finding people this week. So as we took it to the Lord and exercised our faith, the Lord blessed us with meeting over 155 people this week, teaching 71 lessons, and finding 18 new investigators.

Two of the new Investigators have accepted baptismal dates for the 24th of September! Their names are Nathan Ford and Norma Jean Mazarik! Im so glad to be able to serve the Lord.

I truly testify that none of this success has anything to do with any innate drive, skill, or ability I or my companions have. All any miracle takes is faith in God. These were His successes! These are His investigators. This is His work. I know that I have a Father in Heaven who loves me perfectly. He loves me when its not convenient. He just loves me. And I can't express how grateful I am. I often think of the hymn "How Great Thou Art". I am constantly in awesome wonder. I testify that the witnesses we receive by the Holy Ghost are real. And we can feel the love of God through them. I know that Christ lives. I know it I know it I know it. He is my Savior. My Redeemer, My Best Friend. I testify that He engraved each one of us on His palms, and in His side, and on His feet. Just ponder why, as a perfected Being, He would keep the marks of the nails and the thrust in His side. The answer is perfect love. Because of that love, I can change. I can be clean. And so can you. Come unto Christ (Moroni 10:32) You'll never regret it. Loved ones, I know these things because God led a young boy into the woods to pray. And because that young boy prayed, and because God loves us, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is on the earth. It is the true church. I know it. The Book of Mormon is the Word of God. I never tire from its pages. Joseph Smith was a prophet. We have a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson.

And because of all these witnesses, I have unshakeable faith. Doubt not, only believe. I promise that if you experiment upon the word, if you can only desire to believe, than you can come to know these things too. (Alma 32) You can receive your own testimony. You can become converted! (Alma 5:26, 45-47)

I love Christ, and I love yall!

Youre Homie,

Elder Rogers

P.S. In mission lingo, I am now the father of 4 boys and 2 girls. #ProudPapa