Howdy,
It was a pretty good week. We had a lot of meetings this week. We had a Layne Stynagle from the missionary department here for our zone conference and so we had meetings for a lot of the day Wednesday and Thursday. We then had Brent H Nielson of the Presidency of the Seventy and James W McConkie III come to our stake conference this weekend. They were all really powerful meetings. I'm grateful for the amazing leadership that we have in the church, and it was awesome to hear them preach and testify. That being said I'm excited for fewer meetings this week and to apply the things we talked about as we hit the pavement.
It was a pretty great birthday on Friday. Elder Bloomfield did a good job at making me do things to celebrate. Elder Speth called me down in front of everyone at zone conference and had everyone sing to me which was fun. He called me on April 17 and May 17 to wish me a happy birthday, so he told everyone he was happy to get it right this time. It was hard to go to zone conference though. It was a great meeting but listening to all my friends give their departing testimonies was hard. It's always been all the old missionaries giving their departing testimonies but now it's people I've known and served with for a long time. It was really sad, and I was sad that I missed the testimonies of my friends in the Cincinnati zones. One of my friends Elder Blas is leaving for Peru today. At zone conference, he came and told me that a little over a year ago while serving in the same district he remembers everyone sitting around in a room and I was on the phone making calls. He said that stuck out to him and it has motivated him to be better and always find ways to be productive. I don't remember the moment he was talking about, but it made me happy that something I had done had made a difference, and motivated me to keep striving to improve. People are always watching our actions - even other members or missionaries, and I hope that all my actions will encourage others to follow the Savior, rather than turn them away.
We were really blessed to be able to find two families this week, one of which lives within 10 minutes of the church. Our lesson was awesome and when we handed them the Book of Mormon to read they couldn't put it down. It was an answer to prayer to find a Latino family so close by. I'm excited to continue working with them and with our other friends as well.
Something that has been on my mind this week is a quote from President Nelson's talk about spiritual momentum from the last general conference. "Please do not fear or delay repenting. Satan delights in your misery. Cut it short. Cast his influence out of your life! Start today to experience the joy of putting off the natural man." We cannot control the actions of others, but we always have a choice about what to think about, how to spend our time, and whether or not to give our lives to the Lord. Regardless of the situation, we find ourselves in, we can choose to be an example of the believers. We can always find personal peace and joy by focusing on the Savior Jesus Christ.
Keep Striving!
Elder Rogers
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| 202 (this brought back memories) |
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| Saying bye to Elder Blas |
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| Elder Parry made me squat to be shorter than him in the picture |
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| Saying goodbye to the Ockermans :( |
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| Elder Bloomfield and I by un Corvette we found while tracting |
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| Löded Diper van |
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| Us after our run this morning (he biked) |
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