Carthage- Window where Joseph Smith fell from after being shot.
Looking through the bullet hole in the door.
Window where Joseph fell out after being shot.
Halee's great, great, great, great grandfather, Noah Rogers, is listed on the Pioneer Memorial and Exodus to Greatness Monument. The 2000 names listed are pioneers that died along the mormon trail.
Carthage
District Meeting!
Zone at Carthage!
The Exodus Walk. Standing on the frozen Mississippi River.
With President & Sister Jensen.
The tunnel/bridge where Joseph & Emma kissed in the restoration movie.
Sister Alston cut 7" off Halee's hair.
Valentine's decoration sent by Chet, Shelly (Adams) and their girls.
Hello There,
This week has been crazy! A lot has gone on... so sorry if I forget anything! We will start with Monday... Monday we went as a zone to Nauvoo and Carthage! So fun! Theres lots of pics! I bought a replica of the original Book of Mormon. pretty cool! Then later that night Sister Alston chopped all of my hair off. Well not all of it but about 7 inches! haha I needed a change:)
Tusday... the weather was super super bad! We got grounded at like 12 in the afternoon. So we were at a members house practicing a song Sister alston and I are going to be singing at a baptism. We got to hang out with Rachael for a little bit. I don't know if i have ever talked about Rachael before, but I will now. First of all, she is AWESOME! She is 22 years old and a nursing student here in Keokuk. She is in the branch and she is so dang cool! She comes out a lot with us to people's houses and just has a powerhouse testimony! Man, I could say so much about this girl! I LOVE HER!
Later that night since we had to go to our apartment and just sit there because of the bad weather, one of the members called us and came and picked us up and took us to dinner and then over to Nauvoo to hear the lectures by Sister Susan Black Durrant. Not sure if you know her, but she's pretty famous in the church world. She knows everyone important. ANYWAYS, during her lecture she read a poem that was written by W.W. Phelps. She came up to Sister Alston afterwards and asked if she would write music to the words. Something you must know about Sister Alston, she is INCREDIBLE at anything music and ESPECIALLY at composing and playing piano pieces. Sister Durrant then turned to me and asked if I would sing it once she was done writing the music! haha So long story short, I am singing a lost poem written by W.W. Phelps on Tuesday night at the Lecture in Nauvoo! Crazy stuff. Sister Alston did SUCH a great job with composing the music. It's terrific, and Sisteter Durrant said she was going to send it to Mack wilberg! haha SWEET!
Wednesday... Pam had her interview. She passed with flying colors but decided to wait until the 22nd to get baptized. She prayed and the spirit confirmed to her that the 22nd is when she needed to get baptized, so it will happen then!
Thursday... District Meeting! That was great. That night we had dinner with Rachael!! Goodness I love her. I know that part of the reason I was called to Keokuk was to meet her!:) She's wonderful!
Friday... It was pretty normal. Weekly planning. a few lessons. Nothing out of the ordinary
Saturday... BIG DAY! We started off the morning in Nauvoo! They were having the Exodus commemoration which is the reinactment of the saints leaving Nauvoo. President and Sister Jensen were there and told us to come:) So that was fun! It was way way way cold but we got to walk on the Mississippi! It was totally frozen... I was even jumping. haha After the Exodus walk, we went to the Stake Center in Nauvoo. Youth Conference was going on and President and sister Jensen were in town to speak to the youth. They asked Sister Alston and I to come and be on a panel of missionaries with two other elders. We sat up front with microphones and the youth got to ask us a bunch of questions about missions and stuff! It was way cool! Sister Jensen had Sister Alston stand up and show our cute clothes that we as sister missionaries can wear now. haha it was fun and it was great to spend so much time with president and Sister Jensen... I love them! Afterwards, Sister Alston went up to them like little kids to their parents and with puppy dog eyes asked, "Can we go to the temple?" President Jensen replied, "Yeah, you're already here, go ahead." haha YES! So we got to go to the temple AGAIN! It was so wonderful. And we are so spoiled... not many missionarie get to go to the temple twice in two weeks! Blessed.
Sunday... We got a new branch presidency! I aso taught sharing time in primary... that was fun haha And I got to take the Sacrament so thats a plus too!
Man... It was a solid week. I know that Heavenly Father is so aware of each of us. His plan is Perfect. I love you all so so much and thank you for all the prayers!:)
LOve,
Sister Rogers
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