September 26, 2011

It is crazy how fast the time flies. I cannot believe it is almost October! I keep thinking it is only June, but I am always a little slower than most....

I love Oregon. I am still here in Central Point and loving every second of it. We are doing a lot of finding activities because we need more people to teach. It is quite an amazing opportunity to get into members houses and build the trust with them and they are allowing us to meet their friends and families to teach. Just as President Hinckley said that is the best way to do Missionary work.

This last week we had a day where we tracted for a little over 3 hours with no one letting us talk. I was sad when the Jehovah's Witness wouldn't compare scriptures with us because they always compare scriptures with us and I was so tired of being yelled at and being told I was going to Hell. So at the end of the night as were walking in We got a phone call from the Elders. They had a Referral from us of an amazing woman That they met. We went to meet her 2 days later and we asked her how she felt about baptism, her response was "I am trying to get into your church!!" Needless to say she is gaining a testimony of the book of Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith. We are teaching her at the Stake Presidents house and Having Him and His wife fellowship her is a huge blessing. In the process we hope to activate her Less active Boyfriend. We are really excited for Kelly, She says she has been searching for many churches and feels this one is calling for her. After praying much about it she wants to learn more. And After praying for someone to teach our prayers were answered Also!!

I love how the spirit works miracle. We see them everyday and are blessed to see them bless other people. I know this church is true. I know that every good thing in my life has come from the Gospel of Jesus Christ and I am thankful for that knowledge.

We were able to attend Womens conference this last weekend and Listening to Elder Utchdorfs talk was a special experience. He spoke of being happy right now for what we have, enjoying the basic things in life and not waiting for the big things we want out of life. It made me think how many times I have passed on simple joys wanting so badly more in my life. I have most definitely given up more than I should have.

I love you all! I hope you have a fantastic week. Sorry No pictures this week, We have been running all week, But I will take some this week I swear!

Peace and Blessings

Love Sister Rose

September 19, 2011

Okay so this week has been pretty crazy. Last Sunday we fasted for Nates mom to have a soft heart towards letting him be baptized and it is a miracle how things happen!!! Nate was able to get baptized last night with all of his friends and ward family supporting him. So this week we worked really close with him to make sure he was prepared and ready to go!!

So in one of the lessons Nate was telling us how he had been praying to find truth, to know what to do with his life. The next day his girlfriend tricked him into the lessons with us :) God works in mysterious ways and it is awesome!! His baptism was so cool, we set it up so it was all the youth in the ward doing the program. The spirit was so strong and we could all feel the spirit testify to us of how true this gospel is.

We Are working with Another Lady, Nikki she plans on getting Baptized in October she was able to come to Nates baptism and get a little preview for how its going to be with her. She has sacrificed so much and changed her whole life to get ready to be baptized it is amazing!!

We are working with a less active Hispanic family. My companion speaks Spanish, they all speak Spanish. .. I should have studied more Spanish. I was wondering what a word meant and their little boy yelled at me "If you were Mexican you would know what it was!!" Well Your right and I am white so this is awkward.

The little town of Medford has been the spotlight this week for wait for it.... Extreme Home Makeover!! A lot of people in town have been talking about it. I didn't meet Ty or anything so its nothing to me, I have work to do!!

This Mission is amazing!! This Sunday we were able to teach the primary kids about missionary work, and some kid raised his hand and said " I have a theory, you came on a mission cause your Jealous of the boys" Well thats one theory....

I have never been so blessed in my life. I love everyday I get out here and it is the best time we could ever have!!

Love you All. Attached are some pictures from Nates Baptism And The Baraja's after sports night!!! Enjoy!!

Love Sister Rose 

September 12, 2011

This week Has been amazing! The weather has gotten up to 100 and the humidity is hateful but the work is going great.

I got my Third Companion Sister Lopez. She is Amazing and is such a great Teacher. She has been out Over a year and I have a lot to learn from her. She is amazing and brings the spirit so strongly to lessons. We have been able to find new investigators who are solid and really wanting to learn more. I love her. This new companion thing every six weeks isnt too bad when you get amazing people to work with!

So we are working with Nate this week on getting him ready for Baptism. He is so golden, everything we teach him he just soaks up like a sponge and loves it. He agrees and prays to know the truth for himself. He is the example of those people God has been preparing for the missionaries.

This Sunday was stake conference and it was amazing. Chea who was one of the investigators I was blessed to teach was asked to give a talk. It was incredible to hear him get up and bear his testimony of Christ. How he knows that the Book of Mormon is true and that We have a living prophet on the earth today. Its such a blessing to not have to worry about him and him being truly converted. His testimony lies in the truths of this church and not in the missionaries or in his friends or family. He has battled his whole life to find truth and he has it and he won't let go.

This week we have been trying to teach Niko more consistently. He is like having a child with severe ADDHD. We love him though so we keep teaching him. We were over at his house sitting waiting for him to get home from school, we looked slightly creepy, and my companion started freaking out, I look over my shoulder and there is this giant caterpillar looking up at me licking its face. Gross.

I love you all. Hope you Have a fantastic Week.

Love Sister Rose

September 2, 2011

Lindas Baptism

Ethyns Baptism

Nikki

Gary and Linda Family

Kaufusi and Rose

Robyn and Josh Denham

Gold Hill Youth 

August 27, 2011

I cannot even express how awesome this past week has been. I love Central Point Oregon and Gold Hill! The Members here are fantastic and the work is moving along amazingly well.

This week we have been working like crazy trying to contact less active and part member families and really get the wards involved in fellowshipping these members so that they will feel loved and comfortable coming back to church. It is amazing what the presence of the spirit does to people. Giving them a small desire to want more in there lives gets them on the right road to being active members again.

This past week we have been working with Linda who got baptized last week. We go over and continue to do lessons and answer any questions. I love the excitment her and her family shows for going to be sealed in the temple. We just have to keep that going for a year!

Yesterday was the Most incredible day of my mission yet. I love Sundays because we get to go to church. Covering Two wards, we go to church for 6 hours and it is amazing! Yesterday we talked in the Gold Hill ward, Which is the Ward Linda and Chea were both Baptized in. Chea was given the Priesthood the Sunday after his Baptism and Yesterday was his first time to bless the Sacrament. It was an amazing experience to have him read the prayer, because he was nervous he went very slowly and said it perfectly. The spirit was so strong. It was a blessing for me to be able to see missionary work there, to see someone who I was blessed to be a part of his teaching from the beginning bless the Sacrament was amazing. After church we invited Chea to come to a lesson we were teaching to a new Investigator, Nate Who is 17 and searching for something more in his life. He is a member of A Christian Fellowship here and wants more. During the Lesson Chea bore his testimony many times and that is when the spirit was the strongest, and Nate was Visibly touched by his testimony. To be able to See Chea Learn, Grow, believe, Be Baptized and now Share this amazing Blessing in his life has been one of the sweetest things in my life. Words honestly cannot express the gratitude in my heart yesterday.

We are working with A part member Family, the Ramirez/Florez family and The Dad is the only non-member he is so amazing. He is so ready and willing to learn. In the process of teaching him we need to get the rest of the family back to church which is a battle some days but I know we can do it.

This work is amazing! I love what I am blessed to be able to do out here. The people here are open and receptive to the gospel.

Like Ethyn, He is the 12 year old we are teaching. He is gteting baptized this Saturday and he has been like a sponge since we started teaching him. Just absorbing everything. I love them so much. These people are incredible. The work is amazing, and the miracle we see everyday amaze me.

I love you all!!

Love Sister Rose