November 24, 2014


Oh my goodness!! This week has been a week full of so much good. We have had some great things happen and I feel so happy to be apart of it. My most favorite miracle... Amy Brown. So Amy has been living with a less active couple in our ward. She is an old family friend of theirs. When Sister Dunford and I first came to the area we didn't have a car and they live close by so we decided to pay them a visit. That is when we met Amy. And turns out members are coming to get us right now at the family history center... you're gonna kill me ha I'm so sorry my emails haven't been all that great the last couple of weeks... we don't have the car today the Elders stole it from us and we are all playing flag football together at another church building so we are at the mercy of others availability so I'm going to have to tell you all about our miracle with Amy next week!! To be continued hahah. 

I love you!!! 

Oh! And here are some pictures of the pumpkins we made, they are a little outdated but we had a good time and I promised I would send them to you. That is Sister Dunford, not Sister Wilson. I'll send you a picture of her next week. I love her.

Love, Sister Rogers

November 18, 2014

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes! :) That was fun getting a package with all of those letters! That was the best part. I am grateful for all of it but I love the letters the most. Those are what make me the most happy. I also really loved the skirt and the necklace, thanks mom!! It was a good day, the members here are so thoughtful.

Sister Wilson and I have been bearing the cold. It's freezing up here and it gets dark around 4:30. I will not miss that at all but it's not too bad. I feel like Glenrose is really picking up! We have met so many wonderful people within the last few weeks and our teaching pool is growing. I want to tell you all about it but I have tons of pictures to send home and just the right amount of time to upload all of them. Forgive me for not writing too much this week. I LOVE YOU!!!

Oh! Baby Thayne is the cutest thing :) Congratulations Aunt Carinne! He looks like a little sweet heart and I'm excited to meet him. 

This gospel is true. And the Spirit will always testify of that as we do those things that are good. 

I LOVE YOU!

Love, Sister Rogers

get ready for all of the pictures... hopefully I can get them all in.

1440 - Sister Sachse gave me a crown, wand, and a huge hunk of chocolate for my birthday :) How perfect.

1442 - I dub thee Sister Wilson to be my companion. 

1946 - my birthday cake! it was good

 This is our pet dog Martini. Missionaries aren't supposed to have pets but we live with Sister Sachse so woo! She reminds me of Bella

November 10, 2014

FAMILY :) Hello!

My new companion is Sister Nicole Wilson from Frisco, Texas. I love her so much, she is a sweetheart. She is doing so well you wouldn't even know she is a new missionary. We are going to have a fun transfer. I'll send you a picture of her soon. Mario is doing well, we had a miracle with him the other day. He is a little nervous to make the commitment to be baptized but these last few weeks as we've taught him the plan of salvation and building a foundation of scripture study, prayer, and church attendance, he has felt the Spirit and is growing so much! His countenance is changing and it's so exciting to watch. I think a lot of it had to do with Sister Dunford and the talents and experiences God has given her. She was able to connect with Mario very well and I think her bold spirit had a powerful influence on him. I'm grateful for her help in getting this area going. It's progressing haha it's getting there. For example... when initially asked if he would be baptized, Mario would say, "When I'm ready" or "We'll see". Things like that. I was starting to lose some hope but this last week when invited by Sister Wilson he said, "SOON!" He said soon! WOOOOWOWOW! That's a good answer. I'm so happy.

Remember when I told you about Sarah Winkfield and the promptings that wouldn't leave me alone?? She was baptized this last week :) Next step is the temple. I'm so happy for her and her family!

How is everybody doing? How is school and work and life? I am always praying for you. One thing that has become very real to me on my mission is that families can be together forever. I've always known this but my gratitude for this blessing has been strengthened, I didn't think that was possible but it is. I feel so blessed to have the loved ones in my life that I do, friends and family. It couldn't get any better than you guys!

By the way Dad, I LOVE your pirate costume hahah all the Elders were cracking up. You look good.

LOVE YOU!

Love, Sister Rogers

I will have the pictures of my pumpkins next week, I promise.

November 3, 2014

Wellll another transfer done and gone. These 6 weeks fly so fast it's ridiculous. I am starting to feel twinges of home sickness for the mission which is weird I know cause I'm here but I really am going to miss it so much. I remember when I first came out and all I could think to myself was... I don't think I can do this for 18 more months. Then I blinked and now I'm here and I've loved every minute! Even the ugly times

Transfer calls were surprising! I will be staying in Glenrose! I'm pretty excited about that, we have had some break through moments lately. It's getting good! Mario is progressing wonderfully and we put another one of our investigators Rachael on date yesterday! Woo hoo! We have many new investigators just kind of floating at the moment. A couple of them we will be meeting with this week so I'm crossing my fingers for some who will muster up the courage to change their lives and keep commitments. Sister Dunford is being transferred (didn't see that one coming), she is headed over to West Spokane and will finish her training with another sister. Sister Dunford has taught me a lot. One being COMMUNICATION. Not necessarily because she communicated but because she struggled to communicate or sometimes she was just too stubborn to communicate and it made things rough at times. It made me realize how crucial it is to talk things out and be honest with how you're feeling. I absolutely hate having to walk on eggshells or always be wondering what's going on inside my companions head. They aren't kidding when they say communication is so big in marriage. I will never marry someone like Sister Dunford. Ever. But we have been getting along quite well lately and it has been smoother sailing these last few weeks so I'm grateful. I hope I was able to help her in some way. She is going to be a great missionary. A powerful, bold missionary. I'm not too positive who my new companion will be, it's a sweet new missionary from the MTC. We went "fear busting" today, the new missionaries got off the plane and were driven straight to downtown, we got paired up with one of them and took them out to the wonderful people of Spokane so they could break their nerves a little bit by sharing the gospel right from the get go. So I was able to meet all the new sisters and I would be happy to train any of them! We will see, I will let you know who it is! 

Mom, thank you for sending me those caramel apples and DILLY BEANS!!!! Oh man, that was the greatest. I've already eaten a jar. Yum yum, I tried to share with Sister Dunford but she didn't want any haha more for me!

I have gotten some photos, the last ones I got was the email with Kallen and Rowan and the one of Sadie and Estee. I didn't get to see the one of Sadie or of Dad in his pirate costume.. you've got to send that to me. I want to see it!! I bet he looks great. Did you get pictures of Isaac too? Logan has a quite a nice picture of his costume haha what a punk :)

I love you all so much. XOXO

Love, Sister Rogers

October 28

Family!!

This is going to be quick, we just got out of the temple so we decided to hit up the family history center across the street and start emailing, we have a member coming to get us soon so I can't be long. 

We had the primary program on Sunday :) I love those. They make me laugh. Best part was we were able to help 4 of our investigators get to church WOO WOO! One of them we happened to contact on the street earlier that day and invite her and she was all for it. She is a little interesting though. The perfect person who fits the description of Alma 41:11. She has some ideas that are very contrary to the nature of God. But we still love her. I think she is up and leaving to Missouri so hopefully we planted a seed in her sweet heart.

Miracle that I have been blessed to witness... Mario was never taught how to read. He was at the level of a 5 year old. Since we have been teaching him and reading the scriptures with him he has improved tremendously and he is understanding principles quite well. We had an amazing lesson with him yesterday, he read a few scriptures for us and I was blown away. I'm amazed, it makes me so happy. The blessings of the gospel come in all different shapes and sizes. 

We decorated some pumpkins and they turned out great! I love this time of year, I will send them to you so you can see them mom. But it won't be until next week, they are on another sister's camera.

Love YOU!!

Love, Sister Rogers

October 20, 2014

LOGAN!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU! ARGENTINA. You are going to be perfect for Argentina and it's going to be perfect for you. Thank you for sending me a video, it made me feel like I was there with everyone. It's such a surreal experience huh. I remember feeling like I was going to throw up too. I've forgiven you for switching my calls, I laugh about it now :) Spanish woo hoo! I have a new love for that language, in fact I have another exchange this upcoming week with the Spanish sisters and I couldn't be more excited. You are going to have such an adventure! I just feel so happy and so proud of you. I'm excited to write you letters and send you packages haha I'll have your back Logi every step of the way! Prepare, prepare, prepare. That's all I got to say. Scriptures/Preach My Gospel, prayer, temple. Before you know it we will see each other again, time flies so soak it up the best you can!

I'm happy Brother Whittle was able to drop off all that stuff to you. They are the greatest family! I love the Whittles with all my heart. They are a huge support to us and the missionary work. Deer Park is thriving! One of my investigators, Don Temples was baptized yesterday! And Sarah Winkfield is on date for November 7. I feel grateful to be in touch with my previous areas and watch them grow. Sister Dunford and I are doing our very best to find new people to teach, we are spending a good bit of our time in members homes teaching them lessons and helping them with their missionary efforts. It's getting there! We took Mario, one of our investigators, to a baptism the other night that the Elders were having. The Spirit was great and I hope Mario was able to feel it. I honestly don't know how he couldn't. I think he is going to be one of those eternigators. But you never know! He says our church feels like a business. In a way I can see what he is saying.. God is a god of order Mario. We love him and he is going to get there.

About all those things I sent you, they are kind of miscellaneous. I wanted to try and send as much stuff home that I could so my luggage isn't super heavy. The binder has letters and things, feel free to read them if you would like, they are fun :) I have some more with me that I will bring home. I also sent one of our family history books. I can never find the time to get to it and it's a little heavy so I figured I will just read it when I get home. The kendema ball (or however you spell it) is for all of you! I bought it in Sandpoint. Every kid on the block in Sandpoint has those, they are addicting! I can totally see Isaac getting into it. I will probably be trying to send some more stuff home here in a couple transfers. I don't want to pay extra money for luggage.

My mailing address is

4607 E. 16th Ave.

Spokane Valley, WA

99212-0261

I will probably be here next transfer but who really knows. So just be aware to not send anything to that address the last week of October. You can send anything to the mission office that week and I can grab it down there.

I LOVE YOU! CONGRATULATIONS LOGAN!

Love, Sister Rogers

This is my zone <3 we have a lot of Polynesians

October 14, 2014

Family :) This last week I had the opportunity to go on exchanges with the Spanish sisters in my zone. I loved it. It's cool to sit in on a lesson and have no idea what's being said but you feel the Spirit so strongly. It gave me an opportunity to better recognize the Spirit because I could focus on what I was feeling rather than what was being said. It was heaven and the Hispanics are just too great. When I serve a mission with my husband someday I wouldn't mind if we were called to a Spanish speaking mission one bit. I would give it all of my heart and soul to learn the language. All the Spanish missionaries and myself had dinner at their ward mission leaders house and the Elders taught the message at the end of our visit. Everyone in the house knew how to speak Spanish but me so the Elders decided it would be a good idea to have me read the scriptures haha I'm sure that was amusing for all of them. I butchered it probably but Sister Torres said I did a really good job so hey ha maybe.

I am so excited for Logi to get his call :) I've been asking everyone if they think it's possible for siblings to serve in the same mission at the same time. Logan would be so lucky haha this is the best mission but I'm sure where ever he is called will be pretty wonderful :) I've at least been praying and asking Heavenly Father, if it's His will of course, to have Logan's departure date be after my return home haha it's selfish but I thought I would give it a go. Send me a video from the iPhone of him reading his call please :) those videos seem to work well.

Meet the Mormons was pretty good. I love the candy bomber, he is such a sweetheart. I think that's the only part I really cried. It reminded me of a time I went on a date up at the Conference Center for the Christmas program. They had a big presentation on the candy bomber and little parachutes with candy dropped from the ceiling and beautiful music was playing and he came on stage and was able to share his testimony. It was good, I was bawling hahah I remember turning my head to wipe the tears so my date didn't think I was crazy. Inspirational stories get me. So yes that was probably my favorite part in the film. You will have to go see it when you get the chance!

I got to go but I love you!

Love, Sister Rogers