FAMILY!
Long time no talk eh? Hows my family doing in Utah? I miss you all like crazy!
Everything is great here in Florida! Remember when I said that it wasn't that
hot here? Well...I think that I may have to correct myself. The weather is
CRAZY HOT. I cant yet decide if its hotter than STG. But I also didn't go out
knocking doors in STG;) our car tells us its about 97 degrees plus how ever
much humidity we've got goin on here. Who knows! I don't know if i even want to know!
Thanks to mom and sending us that amazing bag that has insulation in it,
Sister Bean and I pack about four water bottles in it when we go out, and drink
1 every 30-45 minutes. Its the kind of heat where it sucks out your energy. We
have never been so tired in our entire lives! That's when I remember, shoot, I
am here for two summers!!! Wish me luck! haha. As long as we've got the lord on
our side, we'll be ok:)
So like I have told you before, sometimes you forget that you are in america
when you're in Florida. When you see white people, its a rare cause. (at least for our
little area) Basically everyone is from South America. As we knock doors, people tend to ask us where we are from. We let them
guess most of the time. Mostly EVERYONE tells me that I look like I am from
Argentina! HAHAH I cannot get over it. I have people ask me it all the time
now! I just look at them and say, "have you heard my spanish?" ;)
Mom wanted to know about
Sandy. We had to pass her to the Elders because she is English. We can harvest
in English, but when it comes to the discussions, we have to teach in spanish. Its
kinda sad sometimes because we find some of the most prepared people, but they
only speak english. It's ok though:) We are still trying to find the people
that are prepared for baptism. We know that we will be lead to them soon!
After reading through presidents email about
the ministering of angels, I couldn't believe it! Just recently Sister Bean and I had such an
amazing experience with this. As we were harvesting, we started thinking about
the conversation that we had, had with one of the branch members just earlier
that day. He was telling us stories from his mission. Him and his companion had
somebody come up and asked them "Where is your third friend that was just
with you?" They began to explain to this man that they were always just
with each other. Just the two of them. Never three. That's when they knew that
they were not alone. We asked ourselves, "Do you think that we have angels
with us?" Just then, the most powerful, calming, yet spiritual feeling
came over us. Nothing like we had ever felt before. It stayed with us the whole
time we were knocking doors. We knew that an Angel was with us. No doubt in our
minds. We came to a door. A man opened it and began to tell us about himself.
His wife had just died a week ago, and he was trying to help her kids come
closer to Christ. My companion and I both knew that this mans wife, had
accepted the Gospel on the other side of the veil and was now with us, and she
had guided us to her husband. We walked away from that home, knowing that we
were lead there by angels. The feeling did not go away. We walked to the car,
trying to describe this feeling that was over us at this time. No words could
describe. We felt that all of our energy had been taken away. It reminded us of
when Joseph Smith saw God the father, and his son. After seeing them, and
having such a spiritual experience, he had no energy left. We didn't quite
experience what Joseph Smith experienced, but we did experience something that
built both of our testimonies of the ministering of angels.
I have learned this week, that we do not have control of the agency of our investigators
and the people that we come in contact with, but we do have control over what
we do, and the examples we set for these people. As long as we have faith, and
do what we can, than God, and his angels will lead us to those people that are
prepared. All according to Gods timing.
Almost being done with The Book of Mormon, I have really been able to sit back
and realize how much we as missionaries can relate with the stories. As
missionaries, we go through the same things as Nephi, Ammon, Alma, and Moroni
go through. I have gained such a love for reading The Book of Mormon while I
have been on my mission. I have had the opportunity to look at it is such a
different light, and its been so great! I can hardly to wait to read it again!
Sister Bean and I have been doing great together! We have learned so much from
one another, and how to work together, with our different ideas. We are really
loving our area, and finding so many great people! We have had to realize
though, that every thing is God's timing. People fall through on their
commitments all the time. With the faith though, we know that good things are
to come! As long as we are working hard and being obedient!
I love this work. Just like the quote, "There are few things in the world that
bring as much joy, as assisting others to better their lives."
Thank you for all of your emails! I love them all! Don't worry about me, loosing my personality by the way:) Its just been a little bit of getting used to trying to balance everything out:) I hope that everyone is having fun doing whatever they may be doing! I love you all !
Sister Rogers
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