Sak Pase?

Hey Y'all!                                                                                               

The caption “Sak pase?” means "What's up?" in Creole.  I thought it would be an appropriate way to address you because a lot of people in Alpharetta speak Creole or French. It's been one of the craziest weeks of my mission and like always, we don't have much time on the computer so I'm going to try and tell you as much as I can about my new area.

Elder Roderick and Elder Gosar tour Alpharetta in a Ferrari.

I already love this place so much! It's such a crazy transition coming from Cornelia to here! Alpharetta is one of the richest places in the mission so we drive by Ferrari and Lambo dealerships all the time. I drove in a Tesla on Saturday, if anyone cares. Ha Ha.

Elder Gosar is such a stud! We're having so much fun together and he's such a great teacher! I'm learning so much from him, which is good because we're teaching so much right now! As part of this transfer our zone was combined with another one so we have approximately forty missionaries in the zone. It's nuts! I think it’s crazy that Elder Gosar is in the Jex's ward. They emailed him this week and told him to make sure I don't brainwash him into being a U fan or something like that. It made us laugh because I've already done that! What can I say?

The Roswell ward is amazing. Like I said, it’s a super wealthy area and ward, but it's really close to Atlanta so there is TONS of diversity which doesn't make our work too difficult. Hey, Dad, there is a hugeee Haitian community here so French is the second most popular language. You’ll need to teach me some! We even have Sunday school classes in French. We had eight investigators at church on Sunday and six of them speak French.  And, the other two are from the Bahamas and Nigeria. It's so much fun to interact with people from different countries and learn about their culture.

Elder Gosar and his former companion had five baptisms right before I came, and there is still so much work to do. We should have some baptisms coming up so I'm really excited! I'm glad you received the picture from Sister Laughlin! I’ll tell you something really cool about Brother Laughlin. He has been home teaching a less-active family named the Miskills for eight years and they've never had any interest in coming back to church or being involved in anything. Every month he has visited them with hopes to reactive them but he hasn't had any luck. Well recently, Brother Miskill decided he was finished drinking (he drank a bottle of wine a day) and because of his home teacher and the spirit of the missionaries he finally decided he was ready come back to church. On Sunday the Miskill family came for the first time in eight years and their 17-year old daughter, Katie, is going to be baptized in a few weeks. It just goes to show the power of the gospel and how no effort is ever wasted!

We're working with some great people right now so next week I'll make sure to update you on all of the experiences we have with them! I think my favorite part about the people we're teaching is that only two of them are Caucasian and from America. That's what's so great about the gospel - it brings everyone together and helps them feel of God's love. I love you guys so much and I'm grateful for everything you do for me! Have a great week!!

Elder Roddy