Get 'em in the wattta!!!

       This week was so great!! A lot of stuff happened so I'll try not to make this to long! Just to start off we set two baptismal dates with our investigators, Wisdom and Michael!!! We are so excited! Michael will be baptized on the 7th of January and Wisdom will be baptized on the 14th of January!! I feel like ever since we set them time has been going a little faster! As far as reading the Book of Mormon and praying they are doing way good! The only thing they are really struggling with is getting to church. Africans are a little tough to get to places, at least when you want them too. They just kinda do what they do and get there on their on time if they didn't plan anything over it!! Haha but these two guys (and all Africans) are way awesome!! They both know how to make fufu so we are way pumped to have some of that sometime!! Please pray for them to make it to church!
       Anyways besides that, we were able to meet with a less active member earlier in the week and he is way cool!! He is pretty much like a German cowboy, which pretty much means that in the summer he and some buddies dress up as cowboys from Texas and react the wild Wild West!! Haha it's kinda cool and he has a whole room in his apartment with swords and guns mounted on the wall and empty beer bottles (that he didn't drink) on a shelf. It's pretty much one sweet looking man cave! Haha! After we had a lesson with him he took us to this really really old town in our area. It was really sweet and I'll chuck some pictures of it at ya!!
       Later in the week we were able to go to lunch with one of my former companions and his parents! Obviously, he is home, but he came back this week to visit all of his areas!! This guy is such a stud and I look up to him a ton! It was so awesome to finally meet his parents and get to see him again! Haha he also came to church the next day so that's where the pictures are at! Haha but besides that this week was great!! We are finally starting to see the success from the seeds that have been planted from former missionaries and others!! I hope that everyone had a great week and has another one this week!!
Elder Rogers

 This is Karlheinz! I'll be at his house when we Skype!

Anotha brotha!!

       Well this week was good but at the same time kinda sucky!! Just to start off we got another referral from other missionaries in our mission and guess what. It's anotha brotha!! His name is Micheal and he is from Nigeria as well as Wisdom and Richard. But they don't know each other. As far as the week being kinda sucky, we weren't able to meet with wisdom and Richard because they are Africans and they like to just make appointments on top of appointments they made a week ago! Haha they are way cool and love them to death, but we will definitely be meeting with them three this week. And hopefully, 3 baptismal dates set!!
       But I don't have a ton of time! It's crazy how time goes by so fast! I can't believe Christmas is next week! I hope that everyone has been doing their best at sharing that video with family and friends, or even some random homie!! I can definitely agree that it's definitely hard to show people. The video is truly amazing and can pierce any heart when your testimony follows! Well I gotta run! But I hope everyone has a great week! I'll through in some pics, but nothing crazy this week!!
Elder Rogers

1 African? How about 2!?!?

       Well this week was definitely crazy and a ton of stuff happened, but at the same time it was so long!! It's honestly one of those weeks where I just can't explain everything over email as good as I could in person! I guess I can start with the highlight of the week which is we got to meet with two Africans this week that are so ready for the gospel!!!!!! I have been waiting so long for an investigator and i feel like the Lord is so generous that he just threw in a bonus for Elder Moon and I!! Haha He definitely blesses us and knows us personally!
       The appointment went amazing and they agreed to sincerely read and pray over the Book of Mormon and everything we said. They are so ready and we cannot wait! Just to back up, we got one of them, his name is Wisdom, as a referral from other missionaries that baptized his friend, his name is Friday. When we went over to his house we talked to him for a bit then one of his friends walked in! His name is Richard. Hahaha! But although we had a great time with them and got to learn from each other through the Spirit, it doesn't mean that we went skipping back to our apartment with everyone looking at us like we were some all-powerful dudes that have no worries in life, instead, we
were given more trials it felt like. This week has been packed of falling on our knees in prayer and coming to the Lord.
       I can testify that even when life seems to be perfect we never know what the Lord just might have in store for us. Now that doesn't mean when He sees us happy as heck he chucks a trial at us. Rather He sees our potential and doesn't want us to stop and be content there when we can become so much better! My whole life I've always wondered about trials and why they are here and how annoying they can be, big or small. And now it makes sense. Our Heavenly Father is so loving that when He sees how happy we are (which I can testify He loves), He gives us trials to keep us growing and keep us on the path of becoming like Him. I don't know about you, but I imagine it being pretty hard to see one of your own children be happy as can be and then when you see them going through a trial all you can do is step back and watch them work through it. Of course you can influence them, but that's their first time experiencing something like that, just like it is always our first time. I know He loves us and never abandons us!! He just wants us to know how much He really loves us!!!
       Well I gotta be honest I can't think of much this week!! I'm a bum and didn't take any pictures this week! But I hope everyone has a great week and as Christmas approaches to keep the real meaning of Christmas in our hearts! The most amazing present I have and will have received in this life is that of the Atonement. I will forever be grateful for the life of our perfect Savior Jesus Christ! Love you all.  Have a great one!!
Elder Rogers