Hey everyone!
So I'm pretty sure that this whole "drought" thing isn't true, because we've gotten more than enough rain in the past couple days. And we're supposed to get more this week! What the heck??? President Felix said he's pretty sure that I brought it with me haha! It was pretty cool because the other night Elder Collard and I were woken up at 2 in the morning to what looked like a hurricane. It was awesome!! Luckily it hasn't rained to much during the day, otherwise I would be a very, very wet Elder.
As for transfers, both Elder Collard and I are staying here in the Ventura 3rd ward! We're both really excited about it. We were sure that at least one of us would leave, but we're very grateful that that's not what the Lord had in mind. This area is awesome, and Elder Collard and I both love it here. The work has accelerated and we're seeing a lot of success, so we can not complain :)
I'm doing really well! I'm staying healthy and active, and I'm keeping a smile on my face :) The Lord always gives His servants strength, and I have seen that a lot this week. I've been pretty beat this whole week, but somehow I always find the energy to keep going. Definitely a miracle haha :)
As for this week, it was a pretty good week! It was interesting because we were a little limited as to how far and fast we could travel. Elder Collard wrecked on his bike last Monday and just ate it. Tore up his leg pretty bad. But he's been a really good sport about it and we've been able to get a lot of work done. Kayla is still doing well for the most part. She has good days and bad days with her health (she has a hyperactive thyroid), and unfortunately a lot of this week was a bad week. But her desire to learn and to change has increased a lot, and she even came to our ward this week! She's really beginning to see the change that the gospel is making in her life, so that's good too :) Gary Tennison is doing good as well! He's the dad of that less active family that we've been working with, and he's really starting to progress as well. The lesson's we've had with him this week have gone very well and he's starting to gain a new excitement for the gospel. We're hoping that he keeps on this track, because he's already so close. He just needs that final push that can only come from a solid spiritual witness, but that will come in the Lord's time. And he realizes that.
So for this week's spiritual tidbit, I want to talk a little bit about missionary work. Specifically, why it is so important. In the world today, the adversary rages. His power in more than clear. His influence is nearly everywhere, and he is at war with God. However, God has an army. Now when I say that, I'm sure the first thing that comes to mind is the 88,000+ people (including yours truly) who put on a black nametag everyday and proclaim the gospel 24/7. That's not who I'm talking about. Not completely anyway. I'm talking about the army that is over 15 million members strong. Every member of the Church is a valuable and necessary asset to the cause of righteousness. In Doctrine and Covenants 88:81, the Lord tells us that "it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor." WE have been warned, and it is the duty of every single one of us to warn everyone else. Imagine if every member of the church brought one more person to the truth. And then those people brought one more person, and so on. That would millions and millions of our brothers and sisters that have again found their Heavenly Father. The gospel is a universal message. There isn't a single person who it could not benefit. We have been been greatly blessed, and "because [we] have been given much, [we] to must give."
Thank you all for all your prayers, letters, emails, and everything else that you all do. I say this every week, but it helps so much more than you know. Hope everything goes well for you all!
Much love,
Elder Rosenlof
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