May 5, 2014
Dia ohoana ry namana!
So every week I try to come up with a good subject... I
think this week takes the butter filled gâteau! So imma just jump into
it! We're teaching one of my favorite investigators, Olivette, about the
law of chastity. Because she's such a ballin investigator she had already
read out of the gospel principles book about what the law of chastity
was! So we focused more on the why of it and how it helps us! It
was going good and we talked about the importance of eternal marriage and all
theat other fun law of chastity stuff and all that jazz. AND THEN she
told us how she used to have a boyfriend and they were gonna get married... but
she went and worked outside of mada for a bit and they planned to put a ring on
it when she got back.... Well she comes back and that rotten man put the ring
on some other lady! And so poor Olivette vowed to herself that she would
never be married! Well... We start talking about that and she's like
"you wouldn't understand.." and well... All my knowledge from
watching friends and chick flicks paid off! I was like, "of course i
understand! You're hurt! You feel like you can't trust guys anymore, and
you're afraid to open up to anyone again!!" And she's like
"that's exactly how i feel!!!" Hahaha Love Dr. Elder Roush to
the rescue! Haha i gave her some more advice about marriage and stuff
like that (from my vast bank of knowledge) and then testified of the importance
of eternal marriage and how God has a plan for us! Those lessons are so
fun with her! We even started talking about patriarichal blessings and
how she could get guidance from that after her baptism (which she moved
back...) haha. It felt weird talking bout that stuff but i kinda liked it
and she said she really appreciated it hahah. I knew my odd love for chick-flicks
would help me some day! I just thought it would be more on helping me
with the whole... marriage thing rather than missionary work hahaha. In
other news i conducted my first bap interview this week for a lady... It was a
weird but cool experience hahah and i almost messed up pretty badly with on of
the questions... and it was almost really bad... but it all turned out!
Yay for other areas baptisms! :) BUT! We should have one coming up
the 21st.. fingers crossed! Speaking of that... We had a cool experience
with an investigator named Richard.. We wanted to bring up baptism with him and
set a bap date so we emphasized the gospel and baptism while teaching our
purpose here on earth. His wife is super catholic and he's not super
churchy so we were worried how he'd take it... At the end he askes us
"so... if i've like already been baptized catholic and done al lthat jazz
with them... could i still be baptized in your church??" Granted
that's not really translated correctly but we were still stoked and set a date
with him! It's cool to see how the Lord prepares people!! My last
story is a doozy!! Sooo.. Our whole program fell through, because it was
a downpour of rain...so what do we do? we tract! Cause in our area
that's all we do hahah. After an hour of like no success we decide to hit
one more house before we go try to visit a guy in a different area... we knock,
dude straightway lets us in, we talk with him for a bit, share the message, and
boom.... Cash money in the bank. Pop. Pop. Haven't felt the spirit
that strongly in quite some time, you could tell this guy (copertino) was
feeling something, super cool feeling. Dope dude! Med student!
Super smart and said he loved our message. Gotta love tracting in the
rain! So when the going gets tough, when you're wet, tired and
frustrated, thinking to give up.. Knock one more door and maybe you might get
what you want. I know Heavenly Father loves us all and he guides us the
perfect way.. Even though sometimes it's kinda poopy and not in the way we'd
really like. He's the perfect driver in this crazy bus ride of
life. Be happy people! I love you. Tratra ny cinco de mayo
and guess what.... MOTHERS DAY NEXT WEEK!!! IM COMING MAMA!!!! have a
good week emailers.
LOVE,
Elder Roush MDoL
(medical doctor of love)
A heard of cows on the sidewalk
Elder Davis - selfie Tuesday
His first rainstorm
It looked a lot cooler in person
It was the size of my finger
He really likes taking selfies
Soiree at my favorite families house
This one is for Elli
We love tracting in the pouring rain
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