Sept 9.19

Okay, this week has been slow and sometimes was aggravating.   People are very confused.   The spirit is so important in finding Gods true church. So i have been studying the articles of faith and wow they help alot for every one you can find scriptural back up. The articles of faith constitute Gods church as in the times of Jesus Christ. The articles of faith are--
   We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
 2 We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.
 3 We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
 4 We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
 5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
 6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
 7 We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
 8 We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
 9 We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
 10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
 11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
 12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
 13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

 These are important because its the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I challenge you all to use these to answer Qs from people about the church.  It will work.

Also, we got to chop a ton of wood for people that needed it.  It was so fun!  I loved it, my hand hurts still though.   We are going again tomorrow to chop more.  I cant wait and I will bring pictures well

I love you all kinda ha ---i will send the audio thing this week i dont really have many pictures though.

Love you all mom dad ian jaden elle and grandma but not bud.....

Update:

OK so Sorry everyone. We just finished moving and it was so crazy. But hopefully we'll be on a regular schedule again. Also Chase isn't awesome at updating us on things that I always want to know. We also get letters from his mission president every time he gets a new trainee. He is on his third person he's training and he's also a District Leader and has been for some time. Cracks me up he doesn't let us know those things but obviously he is just loving serving and details aren't important to him. 12 more months as of last week!!!!!! There are a few letters to post: 9/6 Well this week was great & a little more fruitful then last week. Some tough lessons though. Some people we teach have hit the wall. That wall I think is the wall of faith. So that's fun. It also seems we have run into a few people who struggle with same sex attraction. Its good we can talk with them and help them because they start to understand what the church really says about it . for more info look up (https://www.lds.org/topics/same-sex-attraction?lang=eng ) So this week has cooled off a lot it even rained like crazy for 40 minutes it was great I went and stood in the rain. It was nice. This week my testimony has again been reaffirmed that prayer works and that we relay do have to ask sometimes. We prayed that we could talk to one person before we went in for the night and when we said amen and opened our eyes there was a guy walking super fast. So, we walked a very brisk pace with him and talked with him -it was good. This experience showed me that God answers prayers but often times He still wants us to work. He didn't give us a slow person who would just stop and talk for a bit He gave us a guy with a super thick accent and a very brisk walk. But I am glad He did. My ponderize scripture this week is Ether 12:26 " And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your weakness" This scripture reminds me that gods grace is sufficient for my weakness and it reminds me to not focus on others weakness or I am a fool. well love you all- Chase 8/29 Well it was TRANSFERS ........ I am staying in Page with Elder Johnson yippy! This week was kinda tough we had a lot of people not be there for the set appointment. So yeah, we need to help people understand the importance of that. We have some wonderful people we are teaching. This week I learned don't judge. I sometimes form false opinions predicated on story's and look and then I conjure up in my mind whether or not they will be a good investigator, and that is dumb! I have been proven wrong several times this week by our Heavenly Father and I finally got it after a while and so I am really trying to change that. I know it will help. yes its true in just over a week I will have been a missionary for a whole year! Kinda crazy but boy do I love it. My ponderize scripture this week was Alma 34:37 its a good one it says And now, my beloved brethren, I desire that ye should remember these things, and that ye should work out your salvation with fear before God, and that ye should no more deny the coming of Christ; yeah its just good there is undoubtedly a God, and i know that that God sent a savior Jesus Christ. Love Elder roskelley 8/15 Hello this week was great it was very weird though still not sure why? None the less we had an amazing stake conference Elder Stevenson was there from the quorum of the 12 apostles. So we where the only zone in the whole mission who got to see him. Pretty lucky to be in Page right now, the adult session on Saturday night took a dramatic turn towards missionary work ad he said he didn't want to not follow the spirit and so he scratched his whole talk and just talked on missionary work. Then the new stake president was the stake high councilor for missionary work ha this zone is going to be on fire! Today some members are taking us out to some cliff ruins and stuff should be great. I am excited for that too. Also making some changes to the personal routine that I think will help me a lot with everything( organization, spiritual, etc) my ponderize scripture is moroni 10:3-5 yall should read it and then do it. well I love you all- Sincerely Elder Roskelley

August

This week was great ! We where blessed with 7 new investigators and we had one of the if not the most powerful lesson I have been a part of my whole mission. It was incredible the spirit was there and we know that he felt it he probably would have been baptized that day honestly. The spirit is the best thing we can forget things we see or hear but you don't easily forget what you feel. I will not forget how that lesson felt. I doubt he will either. Well,  we also met the manager of the 3 subways here in Page and it sounds like we might get the hook up.        what!   You know that's right!  Allso i have learned a ton the last couple weeks about inspiration and even revelation. Great things are happening and we are very bold with talking to all who might cross our path its scary buts its kinda fun. It's s hot lately- just kidding its always hot -ha but monsoon season is officially started so finally i get to see rain. my ponderize scripture is in the doctrine and covenants section 24:12 it says  
And at all times, and in all places, he shall open his mouth and declare my gospel as with the voice of a trump, both day and night. And I will give unto him strength such as is not known among men.  

I know for a fact this is true because like anything to be proven true we put it to the test and i have seen it work more than once. now i am working on doing it all the time. hopefully we will get to go out to some native American ruins soon we have a member who wants to take us he just needs work of on Monday the ruins are some of the ones in the cliff side they are sweet. 

love you all lots 

Answering my questions 

yeah its weird being a district leader & a trainer  but i have learned a lot for sure, who knows bye the end of this next year i might be mature ha!

July Catch up

Sorry We've been OOT and I havent gotten these up as fast as usual.  First off we got an awesome video and text from a member in Page telling us how awesome Chase is and a video of a lesson he taught.  It was beautiful!  His testimony of our gospel is so strong and I was so touched to hear his voice and sweet spirit.
The picts are two from the person.  One is a picture of the houses they teach at.  It looks like a shed but its a normal home for the Navajo and Lego people.  We are so blessed to have all we have.

Latest Letter: 

hi mom and everyone else.   This week was great! It was hot but fun.  We had some super great people come to church.  I was so happy for them they had a great time.   We have still been blessed with great people to teach here in the 5th ward. I love it!  i got to go on an exchange with one of my zone leaders who will be going home next week, he challenged me to memorize a scripture passage a day so i have.  Its hard but worth it. my ponderize scripture is moroni 8:16 ... behold i speak with boldness having authority from God, and I fear not what man can do, for perfect love casteth out all fear. This one gives me lots of courage during the hard scary parts of missionary work. 

i love you all Hagonee

Week Ago Letter:

Sorry this week we had to email Wednesday because of 4th of July.   Yesterday we had Zone conference in Tuba City.   It was really good I learned a ton. This week was fun. Monday we could see some of the fireworks out our window that where down by the golf course it was nice. Its funny all the elders in my apartment are making smoothies and stuff with our little personal blenders hope fully we loose some weight. We also run and stuff.   We found these beautiful trails near by so we run sometimes.   Its got some great views I'll take pic one of these days. 

My ponderize scripture this week is 1 Corinthians 10:13 It's super good. It talks about temptation and how Heavenly Father will never let us have to much and how there is always a way to escape temptation.  It makes me think of the youth theme from a while -ago stand ye in holy places. However not all temptation is because we are in the wrong place sometimes we just cant avoid it.   For those time just look to your Heavenly Father and remember someone already over came that same temptation. I know this definitely helps me out lots haha . 

love you all

and look up the scripture I forgot to write it out for yall

2 posts and some amazing Picts!

Well this week was Amazing!  So much happened that was just great literally saw miracles it was just great!  To answer your question, yes some shirts would be great maybe 2-3 short sleeve and 1 long. 
I survived transfers I am staying in Page 5th ward. It is getting so hot I put a ton of sunscreen on. I

will attach some pictures to this email form some hikes in a slot canyon and horseshoe bend. This week we got to teach a guy in front of 25 priests and a couple bishops and other members so that was crazy but ended up going very well He is a great guy and can't wait to teach him more. 

My ponderize scripture is 2 Nephi 32:5
5)  For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do. I love this because it shows a huge blessing of baptism and confirmation. I hope you all think about this and realize the great blessing you have been given and if you don't understand this email or know you have not been baptized ----talk to some missionary's. Well lots more happened this week it was all good. My testimony is growing a ton and I love the the gospel of Jesus Christ in its entirety.

 love you all

hagoonee 

This week has been awesome we are meeting with some amazing people and seeing results.  God is blessing us like crazy. We helped move a lot of heavy furniture which is good. I like doing that. We are getting to see people make a lot of changes its awesome. This week we have been trying to get in and teach a young girl because she went to girls camp and felt the spirit super strong. We showed up at her house and met her super catholic grandma and kind of catholic mom and found out one of our other investigators is dating the mom surprise!  We walked in on a full blown soap opera. That was fun. For workouts this week one morning we jogged to the famous Horse Shoe Bend.   Its my second time there but  it was still astounding. Today we went on a guided tour through Antelope canyon, which is epic! If you have ever seen an picture of a slot canyon with like a beam of light or something like that there is a 99 percent chance is was taken there.  It was pretty coo.  l I wish my camera was better now. 

My ponderize is Mathew 5:3-9 the B- attitudes don't have much to say about them other than amen and that's the goal I guess. well  I love you all

hagoonee

End of May update

Thank you!  I got the package it was sweet.   I had to eat the fish outside they couldn't handle it.   To smelly for the land locked people. We met a less active guy who has the phantom drone and all sorts of stuff for it priced around 1000 dollars total, that's crazy! I’m fully content with the 30 dollar one its so fun.

 

This week was tough but so worth it.  We had a ton of fun and my testimony grew as did my appreciation for the missionaries and church members in the area.   They are awesome!  We are tracting in the sun a lot and I have yet to get sunburned so ha everyone that says how white I am ha. Met some strange people and some super angry people but they all make me laugh. We also met some great people. Our zone did a zone fast for the work in Page and I cant wait to see what the Lord has in store for the zone. 

 

This morning I got to flip some huge tires for workout it was awesome!   Today our plan is to go check out Horseshoe Bend that should be sweet.

 

 My Ponderize for this week 

is Haggai 1:5,7 I like this scripture 

5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. 
7¶Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways .

 I love this because it is so simple and the lord says it twice within a couple of verses. I know I need to consider the way I do things and ask myself is this the Lords way?

 

I invite you all to do this too. I guarantee that if you do this coupled with scripture study you as an individual will improve immensely.  

 

I love ya’ll a lot and miss you.

 

Hagoonee

 

 

 

May Day

Wow,  I am jealous of the burgers in the picture and Ian's tie in that homecoming pic or whatever it was.

 

 This week was so weird but I loved it. It was really hard to leave Dilkon because I grew to love it there a lot but it had to be done for me to progress.  So far so good in Page lots of work to be done. I am so happy that Elder Echohawk and Sister Echohawk could come out as well as Elder Cook and Sister Cook. Their talks were so good and the spirit was amazing.  I loved it so much and I really needed it. He said some things that absolutely blew my mind and almost brought the whole audience to tears (300ish) During the closing prayer everyone was sniffling it was awesome. One thing he said I bet you guys would like is that he and Elder Holland where missionary companions on there missions... how crazy is that?! 

 

 Page seems good. This area is only like 7 mins across though which is super weird because my last area was a solid 45 miles.   So yeah, but there are awesome people here that need the gospel so I know there is something I can do here. My companion is 6'4' and is a baller so that awesome.   We play ball every morning almost. It’s rained here for the whole time. I have been here.  Im so thankful for that. My companion is the District leader so that awesome. The zone is amazing and I can feel how close they are and I am already close with them and its been like 3 days sense I got here.   It helps we all live like 30 mins away from each other.

 

 Anyway, my ponderize scripture is Doctrine and Covenants 87:8

 

     8)  Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen.

 

This is pretty self-explanatory, just be in good places mentally and physically if you don't know how to do that, find some missionaries if you cant do that get some scriptures and read them.   I'm confident that you will get the help and guidance you need.

 

 I love you all and hope you can stand in a holy place and bring others with you.

 

Hagoonee