11-12-13 Weekly Update!

They had a fun P-Day with the Hermanas.....Appleby's & Pedicures!

Hey Family,

This week has been really great. Heavenly Father continues to bless us. Sister Batty and I were able to obtain 4 new investigators this week with the help of Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost. We set a baptismal date for one of our investigators for November 30th! Our other investigator Casey is still set for December 5th. She is doing awesome! Last week was really rough for her, but after much praying and studying she decided that what she really wanted was to be baptized and she wanted to do what Heavenly Father wanted her to do.. not what other people wanted her to do. She bore her testimony is Sunday school this week and it was way powerful. She has definitely been prepared by the Lord. There is such a change and happiness that has developed within her that words can't describe. On, Sunday there were a few visitors that were just here for a week for work but still came to church. Their names are Madi and Jesse Peterson. They bother returned off their missions just barely in september. Madi played volleyball at NorthWest college in Wyoming.. (Snow played them all the time) We played different years, but we had a good time talking about volleyball and stuff. She served in Alaska which was way cool so I got to talk to her about how I almost went and played there! It was pretty sweet. They were both way nice and have offered to take us out to dinner a few times this week. Last night we went with them and it was so nice of them to do that!

Yesterday.. (p-day) The Hermanas drove down from Webster City and we went and got lunch at Applebees and got pedicures! Man, was that NEEDED. It was pretty fun, and now my feet feel all nice and soft. My toes are painted too, but no one can ever see them cause they are all closed up! 

So... its been pretty darn cold pretty darn fast. Yesterday, there was a high of 30. Yikes. It snowed. It was really cold and bitter... not sure what I am going to do when it gets in the negatives!! I'm getting frostbite just thinking about it, so I'll stop.

This week I started reading a book called "Believing Christ" by Stephen E. Robinson. Man, it just enlightens your mind to what the Atonement offers us. Long story short my testimony has grown tremendously. I haven't felt such truer words than these:

NOTHING is impossible with Jesus Christ, but EVERYTHING is impossible without Him

The Atonement offers us the opportunity to join with the Savior and be perfected in Him. Our personal perfection will come, but not for a long long time.. WAY after this life. When we are judged, Heavenly Father will judge us a companionship with Jesus Christ if we've had faith, repented, been baptized, received the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and endured to the end. Because Christ is perfect, we become perfect in Him through the Atonement. It's incredible to think about. Because, the Celestial standards, or in order to live in Heavenly Father's presence, we must be perfect and unspotted. We have already failed. If we started now and did a million great things, it still wouldn't be enough because we have already ALL sinned and are now stained. We are already disqualified for the Kingdom of God. But, the good news of the gospel is this.. That through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can become clean if we unite WITH Him. It's such a blessing to have this gospel. To know that Heavenly Father loves us enough to provide a way to return to Him WITH OUR FAMILIES. We just first, must enter into those sacred covenants with Him that are made through priesthood ordinances such as baptism, confirmations, and temple sealings. 

I love you all very much, and I love that we have a Savior that is saving us. 

Loves

Sister Halee Rogers

P.S.  I saw this on one of the Lutheran Churches in town.. it said

"Wrinkled with Burdens? Come in and get a faith lift!" 

hahahahahahahahahah I about lost it haha LOVE YA!

P.S.S.:  Blake is SUCH a doll! Carlee sent me a few pictures too. He is so cute! I cant wait to see him on skype! I brag to everyone about him all the time!