The Church Brings Joy in all Shapes, Sizes, and SOUNDS!

Hey y'all!!                                                                                          

It was such a great week here in Grayson!! The spring weather is finally here and it's so nice! I could live here forever, if it was always like this!

            This week went by super fast because I was never with the same companion for longer than 24 hours! Elder Covington and I went on three exchanges with three different companionships. I got to stay in Grayson the entire time so poor Elder Covington was living out of a suit case the entire week! We are having so much fun together. It's ridiculous! I swear I'm constantly laughing at or with him...but usually at him. Ha Ha. We've been asking everyone to be baptized no matter where or who they are and it's been paying off! We found tons of people to teach this upcoming week and we will have a few people on date for baptism by the end of the week!

Elder Roderick with Pablo

            Also this week I had one of the sweetest experiences on my mission so far.  One afternoon while we were contacting in a neighborhood, we started talking to this guy who had a lot of anti- information about the church. We kept trying to just testify and walk away but he wouldn't stop talking to us! The conversation was beginning to get pretty heated and I was about to say some...not very Christlike...things when I felt a tap on my back. I turned around and saw a little boy standing there with a notebook and pen. He handed me the notebook so that I could read it. I read what he wrote and it said, "Hello! My name is Pablo. I'm 11 years old and I live down the street. I know you guys are missionaries. I know because I'm Mormon too! We're in the Dacula Ward. What's your name?" I started writing back and forth with Pablo for the next 10 minutes or so and it was honestly one of the sweetest experiences ever! He told me all about his baseball games and how he wants to serve a mission like us someday! His mom came over and I was writing messages with her too because she was deaf as well. She was almost in tears because it made her so happy to see her boy having fun with the missionaries. I'll never forget that moment with Pablo!

            Overall, everything is going great! You know you're lost in the work when you're a missionary in all of your dreams! Ha Ha. Thank you all for your support and love! I couldn't do it without you! 

Elder Roddy