HAPPY 2015!
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| On the 2015 menu: SQUIRREL |
Jeez,
2015! That's so crazy! I can't believe I'm heading into the last year of my mission.
It's definitely bittersweet and I'm going to make it count! Well, this week was
great, as usual. I started the New Year in the best way by eating squirrel. Yup! Our
Elder's Quorum President fed it to us and it was actually pretty good! I was
joking around with him at church and said, "Hey, Are you going to feed us
squirrel, or what? I'll shoot one if you cook it.” Then, when we went to his house for dinner it
was sitting there on the table! So, I can cross that one off the list. Tastes
like chicken!
I had an interview
with President Bennion on Friday and he told me I'm going to be transferred on
the 21st. I was very surprised because transfers aren't for a couple of weeks and I was expecting to finish training Elder Johnson. But, President said
he always intended to transfer me this transfer because he's "got a new
assignment for me." So, we'll see what happens.
Well, we
had a tender mercy from the Lord this week. We're having a baptism on Saturday!
It's for an investigator, Barry Odis, who moved into our ward from another
area. He already had the date for baptism so we're just going to prepare him a
little bit and provide the baptismal interview. It should be good! I guess after
having so many people get so close to baptism in Cornelia this is our tender
mercy from the Lord! So we're excited! This week we were also able to teach
Emily, Robin's 8 year old granddaughter, and she told us that she wants to be
baptized too! Ha. Ha! She's such a cute little girl. (Probably the second
cutest Emily I know.) So, she'll be getting baptized at the end of the month! I
won't be here to experience it but, that's okay!
Speaking
of Robin, she is doing so well! Guess what? She bore her testimony in sacrament
meeting yesterday. It was crazy!! She talked about how she found her way back
to the church and how she literally didn't remember any doctrine other than
that Latter Day Saints have temples.
Then, she said that as we've been re-teaching her about all the doctrine
and since she's been praying about it, she KNOWS that the church is true. It's
been really cool to teach her because it's been just like teaching an
investigator because she didn't remember anything. I've literally watched the
Holy Ghost bring everything back to her remembrance and tell her that it's
true. Her fiancé Jeff also came to church yesterday! It was actually pretty
cool because he works every single day and last week he was supposed to come to church because it was his only Sunday off in the year. However, Robin got sick and he
wasn't able to come, and we were all really bummed about it. So, yesterday he
was on his way to work, and when he got there it was raining so hard that they
told him to turn around and go home. So, he got to come this week instead. It
was crazy!
I think
the best part of my week was a little experience we had on Thursday night. We
were knocking doors before dinner and we’d been at it for about an hour when we
decided to knock on one last door. (Of course, this is the house that lets us
inside. God seems to do that a lot. ) Anyway, the man who let us in (he was
probably in his 60s) appeared like he couldn't move the left side of his body
very well. We found out that he had had five strokes throughout his lifetime
and it had messed him up pretty bad. We ended up reading some scriptures with
him about the resurrection and the Atonement and tried to help him find some hope
through Christ. What amazed me most about this man is that despite his physical
limitations, he was one of the most positive people I've ever met! Instead of
complaining to the Lord about his strokes, he told us over and over again how
blessed he was just to be alive and to have his wife to take care of him. His
words really spoke to me and helped me realize that we never really have much to
complain about, but we ALWAYS have everything to be GRATEFUL for. I love the
South because every single day I have the privilege of meeting people like this
man who have faith in Jesus Christ and show it better than I ever hope to.
Experiences like this makes being a missionary easy and provide me with
something to look forward to every day!
Well, I love
you guys and I'm thankful for everything you do for me! Have a great week! Talk
to you soon!
Elder Roddy
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