Well, I am now on week
10 in my mission. Am I the only one that thinks that is crazy? They aren't
kidding when they say that time goes by so fast! This week was another great
one! All my weeks are starting to blurr into one big one, but I will try and
remember what happened!
Tropical storms are the
most craziest things in the entire world. I think that everyone should have to
experience one of those. The funny thing is, the whole time I was going through
it, I was thinking, "I bet my dad is tracking this online right now, and I
bet my mom is nervous." Haha sure enough, I got your emails and I was
right! I know my family all too well:) We got our car stuck in mood the other
day. We were trying to push it out, but had absolutely no luck. We had to walk
over to these cubin men and ask them to help us. Haha it was a pretty funny
experience. One that will stick with me forever!
There is one day in
particular that was filled with miracles! First, we spent some time with our
favorite little Columbia family, the Fernandez! Liliana, Sofia, and Manuela. We
went over to check on them, and ended up helping liliana with her college
classes, (well sister bean did) and I did the little girls hair. Then they asked
us to go to burger king with them. I have never wanted a family to get baptized
more than I want them to! Later we went Harvesting. We prayed with a lady named
Amber. She cried in the prayer and wantes to be baptized. But first wants to
quite smoking. She realized that the prayer was sent from God! We then crossed
the street. both of us felt strongly to go to this certain apartment building.
We knocked on the door and they let us in. Kay, Randy, and Jean. Kay was bawling
in the prayer. She told us that everything in her life was horrible. Her
boyfriend and her good friend are both really sick, and she dedicates all her
time to taking care of them. She committed to church, AND BAPTISM! but we had
to pass them, since they are english. Kay even left us a voicemail yesterday,
telling us how thankful she was for our prayer and that she is going to be
coming to church!! We walked out of their house and realized that it was
getting late, and we had a lesson to go to. We were one way from our goal of 5
blessings for that day. We both looked at each other and new we needed to get
one more. We set our eye on an apartment complex, and went for it. We were
right about to knock on a door, and stopped. We felt like that was not the
right door for us to knock on. We had our eye set on the last door down the
hallway, with the HEN in front. We knocked, no one answered, then knocked
again, no one answered. Then we see someone walking towards us and she said,
"Can I help you?" we walked towards her and introduced ourselves to
her. Her name was Miss Karen. She accepted prayer. We walked over to her door,
and I went ahead and said the prayer. The spirit was so strong. After the
prayer, she said, "Hold on" she grabbed our hands and started saying
a prayer of thanks. The prayer, well words cannot describe it. It was one of
those moments when you realized your worth as a missionary, and that Gods hand
is in every bit of the work. Sister Bean and I were squeezing each other hands
so tightly to every word she said. She prayed for us to have the words we
needed from God to open our mouths, and asked to bless us, the Angels and they
servants. She also said, Ive been praying for this. This is my revelation.
Please carry these angels on the wings of eagles. After the prayer, we explained
to her how we felt promoted to knock on her door specifically. She was shocked.
She explained, that she had seen us earlier that day talking to her neighbor
and recognized us as angels. She wanted to talk to us but was too scared. She
got back from going somewhere and was sitting in her car. She felt prompted to
sit there a little longer before she went somewhere. Thats when she saw us, the
two girls she recognized from earlier knocking on her own door. She got out of
the car and started walking towards us. When we asked to pray for her, she knew
we were sent from God, and were an answer to her prayers. She accepted church
AND baptism! She couldn't deny it. She knew without a doubt that God sent us to
her, and we knew it to! We walked away from that being overwhelmed by the
spirit. sometimes we forget that right now we aren't just regular people. We
are representatives of Jesus Christ, Servants of God, Chasers of Darkness (our
districts name haha) and we have the opportunity to find those prepared people!
That was saturday. The
day of Miracles! The next day, Sunday. Lilianna, Sofia, and Manueala came to
church. They came in to sacrament meeting where white dresses, in my opinion,
they looked ready for baptism! They committed to being baptized next week!:) We
are so excited for them! Tonight we are going over to President Rocuants house
to have family night with Lilianna and the Rocuant family:) We are very
excited!
In my Scripture
reading, I just finished Helaman, and am now into 3rd Nephi. I am
loving it so much. Every day I read, I find things that strengthen my testimony
of the Book of Mormon. Like what I said earlier, in 3 Nephi 13, its says, that
if we "seek God first, all things will be added unto us." I love that
because it is so true. As long as we keep God in the forefront of our minds,
everything will work out according to his plan that he has for all of us.
This week has been
amazing. I have learned and grown so much more than I every imagined possible!
I love you family so much! Thanks for all of your love:) I feel it every day!
Have the most amazing week!!
Con Amor, Sister Rogers:)
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