Howdy,
It has been a pretty good week. Some lady told us we looked younger than her 12-year-old son so that was kind of weird. Yesterday while out finding we started talking to a group of people on the street. When we got closer we saw that they were carrying a lot of guns. When they saw us look at their guns they showed us a really cool shotgun and told us about the AR they had in the trunk. Apparently, some guy had messed with them the night before and they were waiting for more support before they went into the house. They were really nice and we had a fun conversation with them and then we left and went a couple of streets over to keep working. While on that street we heard a lot of things that sounded like fireworks.
Other exciting things from this week include skunks, free breadsticks from Little Ceasars, screaming because I thought my companion stabbed me, beef short ribs, the family of 5 we're teaching came to church but sluffed primary, more drunk people, and changing pretty much every country song to make it mission appropriate. My favorites are: 'Are you gonna teach me or not?', 'just when I thought it couldn't get no hotter I ran out of my cold water, and 'ain't nothing that a prayer/p day nap can't fix.'
I was pretty exhausted this week so this quote from Elder Eyering really helped me:
"The good works that really matter require the help of heaven. And the help of heaven requires working past the point of fatigue so far that only the meek and lowly will keep going long enough.
The Lord doesn't put us through this test just to give us a grade; he does it because the process will change us." At zone conference we talked about how we don't see often see miracles at the 30% effort level and if we wonder what we can do better the answer is usually pretty simple: work harder. So I tried to remember that when I was tired. Serving as a missionary is one of the greatest blessings, and I love being here in Dayton!
Keep Striving!
Élderito Rogers
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| Elder Snow and I on exchanges. There are skunks in the background |
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| DEP las cabras |
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| The view of Dayton at night |
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Elder Sanders and some dummies on a porch |
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| Painting |
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| One more picture of our car |
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