Thursday, February 23, 2017

Homies liftin' weights like a forklift!

       This week was great but my time kinna be short so I'm going to need to make this one short!!! We had an awesome week, but I'm just going to hit some highlights of it!!:
-our apartment has no hot water, all good we are tough boys
-we met with our homeless friend again, found out his name this time!
-we met with Karlheinz again, had a super sick time
-we got Turkish food
-talked to some drunk people on the street
-traveled to the very top of our area
-got soaked in the rain
-it's been raining for about three days straight
-I can't think of anything, so I'll just end it
       Well I'm sorry for the crappy weekly, I'll do better next week! But to make up I got a bunch of pictures! Have a good one!










Thursday, February 16, 2017

Another week another dollar

       This week was super great!! We had an awesome zone conference on Monday and I got to see some homies from the mission!! We learned a ton about the restoration and how to better teach it! The restoration means so much more to me now and I'm so glad to be able to share it with others! I encourage you all to study it more deeply!
       Well I'm low on time and really the only thing I can think of is a guy named Sebastian! Just some background, he just got out of jail from being in it for 2 years, he has nothing, no one, his family lives in Poland, and nowhere to go. One random day a couple weeks ago he rang our doorbell and asked if we could do anything for him, we told him nothing but give food and talk about Jesus. Which is amazing! But he needed a lot of help. Fast forward to yesterday. Elder moon and i decided to go home early for dinner because the day was dragging on and we were just getting turned down. We got back to the apartment and low and freakin behold, Sebastian had just barely rang our doorbell. We talked with him for a bit and he was doing so much better since the last time. He is still looking for a place and food but has a job lined up to start next month. We taught him the message of the restoration and it was so spiritual! The Spirit was booming and we were sitting on a bench outside of a Toyota auto sales.
       I'm so grateful to be here and be able to see the light of Christ in people's eyes and the Spirit work through us. It's amazing and i hope that everyone can experience it in their life some time! It doesn't matter if your a missionary or not, member or not, or even a people person or not. Everyone has the Light of Christ and everyone can always share it with others! That's all the time I got so I hope everyone has one freaking swaggin week and makes it a good one!
Elder Rogers
We made killer tacos

Pics with the homies



New mission bikes.... just kidding, I wish but sadly not... yet

And a split pic with my man Elder Brockbank

Thursday, February 9, 2017

The church is true, the Book is blue, and Jesus loves you

       Ok well this week and a half was really long and a ton happened, but I'm going to keep it short today!!
       First things first, our investigator, Amir, will not be getting baptized this Saturday. Sadly he hasn't got an answer quite yet and isn't ready, but I know he will be baptized soon. The only thing he hasn't been doing is praying for that answer... which is kind of important... so pray that he prays! He just lacks the confidence to say one, but I know he will get there.
       Besides that we had a great week! We had a split with the Zone leaders which was awesome as always! We talked to a ton of people on the street about that awesome blue book and sadly not a lot of people wanted one, but there are definitely people that do! This morning on the Bahn some random lady just walked up and asked for one, we gave her one and she just got off right there... it was way crazy!
       The work has been going really good here though and I'm still loving the area so that's good! I'm low on time so I just wanna tell you all how much I love the Book of Mormon! It's crazy that a simple book can just change a persons life! I can't believe there was a day that I hated that book. Well looking back that is a lot like how Germans/other people are! I hated something I never even gave a chance. That's like hating a food for no reason and then when you try it it's actually your favorite food. (I was just thinking about food and that was the Analogie that popped into my head, so don't hate). But for real though! It's so true and I will always read it, for the rest of my life. No other book is worth reading to me nor do I want to waste time reading a different book when I could be readin that one! So give it a try if you haven't, and read it! If you are reading it, stick to it!
       I will catch you all next Thursday!
Elder Rogers