Hi
family,
My week
was stressful and crazy and at some points a little frustrating. But in the end
it was a glorious week!
So I kind
of got transferred. I am still training
and still with Elder Cox and still in the same ward but they switched up our
ward boundaries. My companion and I had
to move into the city of Lancaster into an apartment complex. We now cover a fairly small area (it's like
10-15 miles across) and no longer have a car. So Thursday we spent all day moving all of our
stuff over to our new place and cleaning our old one. This was a hard day for me. It was sad to be losing all of our
investigator and less active families that we hard been working so hard with. I was a little upset at the way things all
turned out and just had one of those days.
That night I was just flipping through my iPad and found the talk
"Remember Lots wife" by Elder Holland so I thought I would listen to
it as I fell asleep. This talk changed
my entire perspective on the whole situation. He talked about the second
shortest verse in the bible, Luke 17:32 "Remember lots wife" and the story
in the beginning of the bible about lot and his family.
He said
that the problem with lots wife wasn't just looking back but in her heart she
wanted to go back and looked back longingly. Before they had even left the city limits she
was already missing what Sodem and Gomorrah had offered her. This is honestly exactly what I was doing. I
was missing my old area. I didn't trust
that the lord new what he was doing and just wanted to go back. The talk goes on for like another hour but it
just changed my whole outlook. He said that the past is to be learned from but
not lived in. I decided that the next day I would just trust that the lord put
me here on bikes for a reason and was going to be diligent and give my all no
matter the situation. So we did!
Friday
was a great day. We meet with lots of people and just had an all around good
day. One experience that sticks out was
with a less active named Sean. He is a
single dad raising 2 young boys who used to be very active but hasn't been to
church in over a year. We had a great
lesson with him on Friday and he asked us to come back the next day so we did. In short he came to church yesterday and
stayed all 3 hours and had a marvelous time. This might seem so simple as you
read it but it was a huge testimony builder for me.
Saturday
we had a very similar experience but with a different family. We went and
knocked on their door late that night and he invited us right in. They
haven't come to church in forever because he works on Sunday's and she doesn't
like to come without him. It just so happens that he has a job interview and
Monday and took work off on Sunday to make sure he was all ready for it. So of course we invite them all to church and
with a little push they all committed to come the next morning. Sunday morning when
we walked in the chapel there they were. If he gets this new job he wont work weekends
and they can start coming. The lord knows what he is doing. It all just worked out perfectly. The lord knew to send us there because he knew
he had work off. Once again this
probably seems so small but it is amazing to watch the lord so his wonders.
I had to
get on my knees and repent for my attitude toward the whole thing. My testimony was once again strengthened and I
know that this is Christ’s church and that he has a plan for each and every one
of us. Don't forget that!
Also my
good friend Elder Elzey from American Fork just got transferred into my ward so
I get to see him several times a week now so that is fun.
I love
you all,
Have a
great week!
Love Elder
Roper
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| Elder Roper and Elder Elzey |
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