Hey everyone,
My week this week was pretty good. We have transfer texts this week, and I've been here in Cambridge for nearly 6 months. So, we'll see what happens. We've been having some nice weather, and the high for Wednesday is 70F. We visited the Mount Auburn cemetery last p-day. It was the first cemetery in the country that was made not next to a church or in town. It was intended to be a rural, beautiful resting place with streams, trees, and stuff. Most cemeteries have been patterned after this one since then. It was pretty cool, and it had a cool view of Boston.
My companion and I started running last week. We have a huge underground garage that we've been running in after 9 since we're not allowed outside our apartment building at night. It's been pretty fun.
One of our investigators' friends wanted us to give a blessing to his roommate's daughter. I was on exchange at the time, but Elder Blotter and his companion were able to go and perform a blessing. He was so happy that we would go out of our way to help him. He came to church and had a new attitude toward investigating. It was awesome!
Another of our investigators has been struggling to overcome his addiction, but he's working hard at it. We moved his baptism day to next month in order for him to fully repent. His testimony keeps getting stronger though. We cleared up some confusion he had about the Law of Chastity as well. If you've ever seen the District 2 with Elder Christensen and Elder Moreno, that's what happened. (Except it was resolved in the same visit- not the later visit.) It was kind of funny.
I had a cool day Saturday. Sometimes, I get a little complacent in talking with everyone. It's easy to say, "I'll talk to some people, but not everyone." It's hard, but we have to always be improving and stretching. As I went out and gave my all on Saturday, I immediately felt the blessing of greater joy. I read in True to the Faith this week: "Remember that the only way to real happiness is to live the gospel." I know that this is true
Love,
Elder Rogers
