Elder Tanner Rogers: He Did What In His Cup?

Howdy,

It has been a very eventful week, with a lot of exciting miracles! On Monday after our preparation day ended we had our lesson fall through, and so we decided we would walk around the apartment complex for a little bit and see if there was anyone we could talk to and start teaching. We did that for a while, and nobody we talked to was interested at all, and so we started to head back to make phone calls when we got chased down by an 11-year-old kid. He asked us if we were the guys who went around knocking on doors talking to people about Jesus. We said that we were, and he was super excited about that. We eventually gave him a Book of Mormon and set up a time to meet with him again. He is really amazing. His living situation is less than ideal, and he said he just turns to Christ for help and comfort. He had to go into surgery the day after our lesson with him, but we plan to attack him with the deacons quorum so he can get some good friends and be surrounded by others who love the Savior.

Another miracle that we saw this week happened at our apartment. We were sitting inside making some contacts with people, and we felt like we needed to go sit outside. It was a little hot, and we live next to the freeway so we were a little hesitant to do it, but we just felt like it was something that we needed to do. So we moved our chairs right outside our door and continued to call people. Less than 5 minutes later our neighbor 3 doors down who we'd never talked to before approached us and asked us who we were. He said he had seen us going in and out and he was impressed by us. We introduced ourselves and told him what we do, and he got really excited. He said he was really happy and excited to hear our message. We shared a little bit, and he said he wants us to come over on a day when he has his two sons over so that we can teach them too. Not one of the people we had planned to call that day answered the phone, but we made the contact that needed to happen.

Tuesday when we were teaching English to our friend Abdul we saw the sisters in the building and asked if they would take 5-10 minutes to give him practice talking to people besides us. He loves talking to other people, and we thought it would be great. He basically told us and the sisters that we should get married because we were similar in age. When he saw how uncomfortable it made the sisters he went off. I thought it was hilarious. It was a little awkward, but he gave us a watermelon after so it was worth it.

Elder Brinton and I finally caught a frog so that was cool.

On Friday I found out that I would be leaving Liberty Township and heading to Norwood. This area is very close to downtown. I'm in a district of all elders again, because President Ensign said that this area is too sketchy for sisters. I'm second half training my companion Elder Brock, who is from Spain and is really awesome! I will miss Elder Brinton and the people of Liberty, but I am excited for the adventures that lay ahead!

Keep Striving!

Elder Rogers