What a week.We are doing a lot of work here in NY. THESE PEOPLE HAVE MY HEART. They are simply amazing. This gospel is made up purely of LOVE. If there is one thing I've learned so far is that God LOVES US SO MUCH. He loves us so much he sent Jesus Christ to be our savior! I LOVE JESUS. This week at church Oliver one of our investigators who is 8 drew a picture of the lord an angel and alma the younger in church. On the other side he drew Lamen Lemuel and Nephi. Pure evidence that he is reading the Book of Mormon! (I mean check out the faces of Lamen and Lemuel! Straight awesomeness!!) We are SO proud of him!! His set his dad on a baptismal date for this month and at the beginning of next month he will be baptizing his wife and son Oliver!
On Friday we got to go and visit sister Murphy again. (The old bright pink lipstick lady's who lost her husband) she talked and talked, I can only imagine that's what I'd do if I was alone and someone came to visit me. At the end of our visit she set her face into her old hands and began to weep. I cry every time I am with her. Call me a baby, I know..but my heart is raw this week as I am reminded of the day of my brothers passing. January 14. The memory still vivid..the feelings still tender. Yuh know, we grow up our whole lives learning that God loves us or the plan he has for us (the plan of happiness) at church, in the home or even in seminary but it wasn't until it was actually applied to my life that it had a whole different meaning to me. It wasn't until I got on my knees with truly, a broken heart that I KNEW that God loved me, that he had a plan for us and that my sweet little brother was home and ever so happy. What a joy it is to know that and to be able to share that with the world. DEATH IS BUT A STEP. We have a plan that was made with love. I will never deny the Christ. He is my savior. He is my light. The Lord is my light, my all and in all. There is in his sight no darkness at all.He is my Redeemer, my Savior, and King. With Saints and with angels his praises I’ll sing. The Lord is my light; He is my joy and my song. By day and by night He leads, he leads me along. All that I am and all that I have is because of my father in heaven. On Sunday a huge dark cloud came over us and it started to POUR! After a while of hard rain there was one big sound of thunder! My heart melted a little because I love thunder and rain!! The big dark cloud left and there in the sky was a big ol' rainbow! I broke into tears of joy and said "Joaquin is with us!" ...somewhere over the rainbow.
Hasta luego!
Hermana Rogers
