Virginia Chesapeake Mission

Virginia Chesapeake Mission

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Idaho, Some Nice Scenery, & Elder Fuller!

Hello Everyone!

This week was great! And the subject of this email is describing some of the pictures I took this week! Feel free to go look at them right now! And then you can come read the rest of this email! Anyway, I met my new companion this week! His name is Elder Fuller and he's from Gilbert,
Arizona! He's 26 and has a fair amount of experience talking with people, so that's been good! He's doing really well and is learning quickly!
Some of our Wednesday meetings were cancelled due to weather, so that might explain how cold it has been. But that's okay, because my coat has been keeping me warm! On Thursday, the Lillywhite's (A Senior Couple) drove us to Portsmouth to pick up my new companion! We had a couple really good meetings there, got a Subway lunch, got a picture together and then headed back to Washington!
We witnessed a small miracle on Friday morning. We were trying to start our car to go to District Meeting, but it wouldn't start. We tried several times to no avail. It was exceedingly cold that morning, and that may have been the cause. So we went inside and called the Lillywhite's who kindly accepted to come pick us up. And then I had the feeling that we might try it one more time. Elder Fuller suggested that we pray, and so we did. The engine started on the first try. We were both grateful for that little miracle as we drove to the meeting.
We've also been teaching some new investigators recently and it has been going well. I always enjoy testifying of Christ and how every principle and doctrine should and does bring us closer to Him. Especially The Book of Mormon. As we live by the precepts in that book, we will come "nearer to God...than by any other book". I know Book of Mormon is true and I know that it is the Word of God. I would invite each of you to make daily study of The Book of Mormon a habit in your lives. I know it will bless you tremendously. Jesus is the Christ and God lives. Have a wonderful week!

With Love,
Elder Rogers

P.S. I have officially hit my six-month mark! Crazy!


Elder Rogers & Elder Fuller



The Idaho flag on Main St.



Elder Rogers & Elder Burkart

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Extra! Extra!

Hello Everyone!

I've got some news this week! (As the subject suggests) On Valentine's day we got our transfer calls! My companion is going to be transferred and I'm going to be...training a new missionary! I'll be picking him up on Thursday! I'm really excited and also slightly nervous.
But anyway, this week was good! We went to New Bern several times for various reasons. We played some Basketball on P-Day, did some weekly planning on Thursday, and on Friday we had District Meeting there. All of those activities went well!
On Saturday we got a new investigator who is really nice and has a lot of faith in Christ. We were also able to set a baptismal date of March 21st for another man we are teaching!,
This week I was reading in the scriptures and I came across where the Savior says "seek ye first the Kingdom of God." This is such an important principle. We need to put God first in our lives and never let anything become more important to us than Him. The adversary oftentimes tries to fill our lives with good things that take the place of better things. Let us always put our Heavenly Father first in our lives. As we do, everything else will fall into place. He loves each of us so very much.
I love you all and hope everyone has a wonderful week!


With Love,
Elder Rogers

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Cleanliness is next to Godliness!

Hello Everyone!

This week was pretty good! On P-Day we were able to get some pictures on the waterfront and they turned out quite well! It's so beautiful!
On Tuesday, we did our monthly deep clean of our apartment! It's always nice to have a clean place to stay. And the Spirit can abound so much more when we stay clean and organized! On part of Wednesday and just about all of Saturday, we were able to help a member couple move. They are both physically disabled and so we were able to help them out a lot. It always feels good to serve. And we also had a lesson on service with one of our investigators, so I guess that was kind of a theme this week!
On Friday, we had our Zone Meeting. It went well and we learned of some new things our Mission President wants us to implement, such as inviting 100 others to come unto Christ each week. Each of the things he has asked us to do will help us fulfill our purpose and I'm excited to do them!
On Thursday we decided to stop by a former investigator's home before Bible study. Well, he was home and we completely missed Bible study, but the lesson we had with him was definitely worth missing it! He had been taught by missionaries before, but he got caught up on Joseph Smith. We were able to help him understand the role that Joseph Smith played in the restoration of the gospel and that everything we teach serves to bring us closer to Christ. Christ is the center of the Church and He should be the center and foundation of our lives. I love you all and hope everyone has a wonderful week!


With Love,
Elder Rogers


Monday, February 2, 2015

Pizza for Days!

Hello Everyone!

This week was good! As the subject suggests, we had quite our fair share of pizza this week! We had it Monday night, on Wednesday we got a pizza from some members that we put in our fridge, on Thursday we got another pizza, and on Friday we went to a Pizza Hut and got the buffet for lunch...Pizza-Riffic!!

On P-Day we played some basketball with the Zone Leaders, which was fun because we haven't played for a while! This week we were also able to assist one of the member families in a tough situation. Both the husband and the wife are disabled and can't walk and we had planned on seeing them on Wednesday around 4. We were just gonna stop by around then, but we decided we should contact them and see if that would work and when we did, they asked if we could come over right then. (Around Noon) We were able to go see them and give them some service and share a message! The husband, who is paralyzed from his chest down, later told us that we provided them with a mini-miracle that day. Sometimes even the littlest acts of service can provide a large amount of comfort to those around us.

Which reminds me of a lesson we had with a Less-Active member this week! King Benjamin tells us in Mosiah 2:17 that "When we are in the service of our fellow beings we are only in the service of our God." That is so true! Service is such a blessing, to those serving and to those being served! I invite each of you to offer one act of service to someone this week. I know that as we serve those around us, we are also serving God. He loves us and as we serve, we grow closer to Him and His Son. I love you all and hope everyone has a joyful week!

With Love,
Elder Rogers

Here's the Quarterdeck! It's a little shop in Bath, NC and we get free Ice cream there!
Also, my companion and I made cupcakes!