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The transfer call was this week, and I got the news that I will be staying here in Norwood! That was pretty unexpected because two days before the call President Ensign looked me straight in the face and told me I would be leaving and Elder Brock would stay. It's definitely been a weird week. We had a nice mission party with a taco truck and a talent, which was really fun. It was really fun to see everyone, and unlimited free tacos are always a plus. My favorite talents were a guy doing yoyo tricks, and another guy spun a basketball on a chopstick in his mouth.
Earlier this week we were teaching a lesson on the streets downtown. It was going pretty well until a random drunk guy intervened and started swearing at us and ruining the spirit of the lesson. The alcohol smell on him was very strong, and we kept telling him we were studying the scriptures so he could join us or leave, but he wouldn't- he just kept interrupting and swearing a ton. One time he walked away for a second, but then came right back and he started talking to me pretty close to my face. He kept swearing, and I was a little nervous because he was so drunk, but he was getting in the way of our lesson, and his language was really bothering me. I told him "Hey, we'd appreciate it if you cleaned up your language. We are trying to talk about God, if you are willing to join us we would love to have you, if not please leave and let us study." I wasn't sure what he would do, but he apologized and said that I reminded him of his son, and then he left and never bothered us again. The lesson went really well, and the people we met with said they really wanted to meet with us again, so I was happy about that and also happy that I didn't have to get in a fistfight with a drunk guy in the streets of downtown. Sometimes when we want answers to our prayers we have to be bold, brave, and work hard for the desired outcome to occur.
We were really busy this week, and we had next to no time to find new friends, because of everything. We prayed that we would be able to find people while we hurried to and from our different appointments and mission activities. Yesterday night as we rode our bikes around we had 3 people stop us and we were able to teach all of them a little more about what we believe. It is amazing to me how amazing God is. We didn't even look for them, we were just riding our bikes, but He put people in our path who wanted to learn more, and gave them the courage to stop us. It's crazy to me. I know God lives and is aware of us, and that this truly is His work. I'm grateful to play a small part in it. Missionary life is the greatest!
Keep Striving Everyone - God notices
Elder Rogers
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| The Norwood Mound (Not as cool as the other one, but still cool. They named the high school after the history of the mound, so it's got a subtle impact on the community here. No signs or anything at this one to explain it though.) |
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| Lightning storms around here are cool and pretty common |
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| My first trainee Elder Brinton achieved his goal |
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A cool car we found at the Children's Hospital parking garage. We thought we should take a picture so we jumped out of the car and hurried and then ran back in and drove off - there was one car that got behind us in the process who probably thought we were weird. |
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| There were two deer so I tried to take a picture with them, but they ran into the bushes. (You can see them if you look very closely at the very back but I was a little bummed.) |
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| Closer up of me on the mound |
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Beef Stroganoff we made- better than North Star's |
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| Selfie on the mound |
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| A picture of me |
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