Lunch with Shelby Phillips, a friend from High School who is in Iowa City going to school.
She found a dog that looks like our dog Daisy.
Hello My wonderful family!!
Life is just great isn't it?? And so is the Gospel of Jesus Christ! It changes lives you know! This week was a busy but amazing week! One of the best of my mission I would say. So many cool things happened, but I will share one great thing.. So on Friday we were on exchanges. I went out with Hermana Eggett (REUNITED AND IT FELT SO GOOD!) I served with her in Fort dodge. She is a Spanish sister... hence the "Hermana" ANYWAYS.. we went out to go see a Less active family but they weren't home so then we drove to go see a less active lady and she wasn't home either. So we start walking down the street knowing we were in that place for a reason and decide to go knock on this one door... guess what happens?! No one answers. haha :) So after strike three Hermana Eggett suggested that we say a prayer to ask father in Heaven where we need to be. So, in the middle of the sidewalk in a trailer park we stopped to pray. As soon as I uttered the word "amen" a car pulls up to park where we were standing. So we didn't even get time to ponder after our prayer. But this Hispanic man gets out of the car and without any hesitation Hermana Eggett and I begin talking to this man. We knew without a doubt Heavenly Father was answering our prayer. So after talking to him for a couple of minutes and accepting a bottle of water, we found out that He was from Hondorous and that he attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints consistently in Hondorous. He also began to talk about the gold plates and that he has a copy of The book of Mormon. He readily invited us to come back on Tuesday or Wednesday when he didn't have work and we could have a lesson. MIRACLE. I have never had a prayer answered so immediately in my life. So dang cool. But that's not all... after speaking to Juan(the Hispanic guy) we walked right next door and met Mary who was standing outside of her house. She immediately opened up and we were able to teach her some basic principles of The Plan of Salvation. She took us inside and asked us to come back to teach her more about this great plan. MIRACLE. It's like Heavenly Father was having these people line up to meet us. I was so humbled! So after we met Mary, Hermana Eggett and I decided to go try and see if that Less Active family was home yet... they were! And while there I had one of the coolest experiences I have had on my mission and in my life! The Diaz family all speak Spanish and had just moved from Fort Dodge. So thank goodness I had Hermana Eggett with me because she's real good at Spanish. All I know how to say is "I need to use the restroom." haha And also it was really good because she had already met them before in Fort Dodge and I had served there too so we were able to relate and connect with them. But anyways... we go in and Hermana Eggett just starts talking to them in spanish and my mind starts to wander because I have no idea what anyone is saying... and then I had a thought... that maybe if I actually TRIED to listen even though it was Spanish that Heavenly Father would help me to understand. So I tried.. and I can honestly say I experienced the Gift of Interpretation of Tongues. We read from The Book of Mormon and discussed and taught principles and Ii understood every single word. They would speak in Spanish to me and I would respond in English because they understood english. We never once had to stop so someone could explain to me what we were talking about, I was able to follow along and know exactly what everyone was saying. It was such an amazing experience. We got in the car after the lesson and Hermana Eggett looked and me and goes, "What the heck just happened?" haaha It was a true testimony to me that the gifts of the spirit are truly precious.
So that was definitely the highlight of my week. Such a great day! On Thursday as well we had zone conference. Since we were so busy doing other things SIster Andersen and I didn't get time to practice he training we were asked to give for 6 other zones. But Heavenly father blessed us and the training went amazing. The spirit was so strong at that zone conference. I learned so much!
I just want you all to know that serving a mission is the best thing ever... whether it be a full-time mission or not. We ALL have an opportunity to be disciples of Christ.. He is beckoning all of us to follow Him and taste of His sweet doctrine.
This church is true. I love the Gospel and I love you!
Have a great week:)
Sister Rogers
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