Last 2 weeks of March

March 21: 

Okay, so sorry for not emailing last week it was spring break so every place to email was closed.  We have been doing good.   Its been nice and warm here. I love it but don't at the same time. We have slowed down a little bit on finding people to teach.  We need to focus on actually teaching the people we have found but we have had some very serious discussions with a lot of people. Its funny how bold you can get with people when you care about what you have to share with them. 

  We have been doing soooo much service with a super awesome guy who hasn't been to church in forever.  He came last Sunday it was awesome!  He is a cool guy he showed us (we didn't touch or fire them in anyway shape or form) his guns.  He had like 9 they where sweet!   I think one was illegal but who cares it the rez....lol. 

 

A girl we where trying to talk too was a little rude she was ignoring us at first then I went to pet a dog that was barking and she said it was going to bite me (mixed with some choice words). But it didn't.... it liked me ha!!! I showed that lady!!   But we teach like everyone that lives around here so she better get used to us. 

We helped a guy out with some trash and we found some super old Gatorade bottles so that was neat and I got to stab a couch at the dump.  It was very satisfying. Another lady told us we can’t use the Book of Mormon when we teach her so yeah, but we will keep trying.   We will have to stop teaching her the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion.   My ponderize scripture is Alma chapter 7 which is way to long but its a good chapter especially verses 10-16. that counts for last week to since its so long. 

 

March 28

Hey guys!  I got the one  package for ST Patrick's day but we aren't going to Winslow this week cuz we don't have a ton of miles. But its nice cuz that gives us 2 extra hours of whatever we want because we wont have to drive so far. I did get a slip for a package of the 25th and Ill pick it up next Monday.

 

 I have some sweet pictures and I’ll be sending them home today.  We found some cool stuff.  Are you guys sending the other SD card back?  I have been thinking of Mexico a lot lately just because it keeps coming up while talking to people. That was a lot of fun.   I am curios as to what Ian will choose for his trip. Anyway, this week was weird in  fact  every week is weird when your on the rez.  I have so many stories that just make no sense. This week was so so so windy Tuesday, Friday and today are crazy I had to pull over at one point because I couldn't see anything it was so cool. My eyes hurt though.   We got to chase some sheep into the sheep pen this week. It was sweet they liked us too.   They let us pet them it was fun.  

This Easter was awesome!  The video the church has, the one that says hallelujah a lot, is so awesome.  We got to share that with people and we also shared Mosiah 16:7-10 it was good and it helped us focus on Christ.

 Hallelujah means “praise ye the Lord”.   So with that in mind, the video has a lot more meaning and now every time you say hallelujah remember what your saying.

   My ponderize scripture is Helaman 14:17 it says

 17) But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.

 I really like this, it is the reason we have Easter. The reason being the resurrection which is part of the atonement of Jesus Christ. Which had to be done by and only by Jesus Christ or else we could not go "... back into the presence of the lord." 

 

Hope ya 'll had a good Easter and  don’t forget to watch conference  Don't just clean your house and listen to it in the background---take notes.

 

 

Love you all .

 

 Elder Roskelley

March update

OKAY  So, this week was pretty good!  We got transfer news and I am staying in Dilkon for 7 more weeks! (usually when you're the trainer its for 12 weeks so we knew he'd be staying) 

 I am afraid it will be my last so I want to make the best of this time.   I have set some pretty difficult goals for myself but I am confident that we can reach them. This week was nice it was about 70 every day except yesterday it was super windy and it snowed...?! So that was weird but it was nice to get some precipitation.   I really miss all the Washington rain haha and the dark grey clouds. 

  This week we had a cool experience we went to go try to teach some one we had met at the bball courts and we saw his dad and a friend of his dad working on something outside.   So we tried to help him.   Upon walking up we said  “Hey, how's it going is there anything we can do to help?”  and he said "NO I don't have time for God.... "  We shrugged that comment off and said “okay when would be a good time?”   and he said "probably never." So we left and I have thought a lot about that comment "I don't have time for God..." here is the answer that has been playing in my mind since then.   “You don't have time for God but he took the time to make you and to make a world for you, to provide you with every divine opportunity to excel and to become like him but you don't have the respect to give him  or just a fraction of your time the same time that in all seriousness is his time ?”   .. I get kinda upset when I think about it but yeah. I really hope all of you ARE making time for God how you do that is up to you but the best way I can think of is to ask God what he wants and then to do that.  

Anyway, this week was a lot of fun we met some new people that are very promising future members of the church. my ponderize scripture is mosiah 24:14-15

 14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

 15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.

 I love these go didn't take away there burdens but he made them stronger that they did become light "that they could bear up their burdens with ease..." then they where happy and thanked him and continued through until the lord delivered them out of bondage. we all go through things that hold a lesson that we must learn and until we get help from god to make it manageable enough to take a look at the bigger picture we wont learn what we need to so seek help from god he will help you.

 I love you all and hope ya’ll have a great week-Chase

Feb update

Wow that's all awesome about the house! Ian should try some Navajo phrases for his shirts.   I’ll think of some and send them next week.  There are some cool ones I can already think of.  This week was hard but so rewarding. It started off with an exchange. I was in Winslow with the district leader. I learned a ton from him and the other set of elders in Winslow. While tracting in Winslow some senior (old 60s and up) missionary pulled up and started taking pictures of us doing missionary stuff.   That was cool they will be on the church website in about a month they said!   so yeah maybe....next Ensign cover??? Then I got back to Dilkon. Thursday and Friday we only got to teach one person it was rough but we just kept trying and trying. I believe it was a test because on Saturday and Sunday we got a reward.   On Saturday we found a new investigator who we both feel will get baptized.   He is awesome and the spirit was there. Then on Sunday a lady showed up at the church and long story short her fiance said he is ready to get baptized and she wants us to start teaching him and to help him get baptized.  So yeah, that is definitely the work of the Lord and a diligent church members example.  I hope you are all a good example to those around you.

My ponderize scripture is in Mosiah 3:19 its a good one .  It talks about how we all have natural things, desires, problems etc. that we need to overcome to be like God and to be with God.

  Its getting warm here I love it and just got a hair cut today so now I have some funny tan lines on my head hahah

 Well love you all and see ya'll later.

Valentine's Day

Fun Picture from a stranger.  He needs a haircut. 

Monday: 2/8

Wow this week was much better!   Fasting and prayer took a role fore sure.   We were able to stay busy and it was a good busy not just pointless busy. We did a lot of tracting.  Which of course makes fore some pretty funny story's. I wont share them all but, my companion did get bit by a dog haha! He is  okay though it didn't break skin so that's good.   Now he will never turn you back to the rez dogs . We talked with a lot of people and met people of all walks of life. In one neighborhood of about 20-30 houses we met, old, young, widows, disabled, mean, nice, weird, needy , loving, excepting, searching, confused, depressed, and people who don't speak English.   It was very interesting and really made me think I didn't know my neighbors very well.  I suppose all who read this are in the same boat. There are people that not only need the gospel but are ready for it in your own neighborhood as well as people who need lots of other help.  So help them &  care a little more.  There was a lot of success that we had this week.  Including some people who stopped contact with us & now started letting us meet with them again. My knowledge and experience is growing a lot and I am much better than I was 2 weeks ago or even last week. Still no where adequate in my opinion but Ill keep trying. 

I do need a haircut. I will try to get one next time.   

My ponderize scripture is Moroni 9:6 Its a great one that helped me and will continue to help me through my life. I could type it up but I want you all to look it up and highlight it in you own book of Mormon. If you don't have one just use lds.org its easy. Anyway,  I love you all and I'd say it in Navajo but its hard to spell and I'm already bad enough at spelling in English so yeah. 

Well, love you guys lots bye.- Chase

Ps - didn't get a chance to get to the post office today. So I'll be going on Wednesday the 10th. 

Hardest week so far

That's sooooo awesome about dads new job!  I am so happy for you guys!  Those trees blocking the mountains in the picture you sent are what make me the most jealous haha . This week has been really sad, hard, tiring, mind numbing, cold. hot, challenging, and windy. Elder Bjork  (my new companion) is awesome he is so ready. He pushes me to work harder which is great because I asked him to haha! But really he is a good dude and is studying his tail off to become a better missionary and I really respect that because I have to do that to. He is also pretty ripped and a very good dancer apparently so that's neat. 

   Anyway, this week was tough driving a truck after driving an electric car and not driving at all for 5 months. Plus, I had to take over the area and train a new missionary, so yeah it was rough. Wednesday was terrible and Thursday wasn't much better but thing got better the more earnestly I prayed and the harder I worked. We just started knocking on doors that we felt like we should and walked around and talked to people.  We picked up 4 new investigators and one of them is very interested. They even gave us donuts and let us right in. It may have been because it was 29 degrees and we didn't have jackets on hahahah but hey whatever works I guess. We have met lots of new people and have made some solid goals for the upcoming week and weeks to come. I have struggled more this week thanprobably any other in my mission but,  at the same time it has been one of the best in lots of ways. I have grown in so many ways mentally, spiritually and maybe physically. 

This week was weird weather hot Monday and Tuesday then super cold Wednesday and Thursday and cold and windy Friday Saturdays and Sunday. Also,  l talked to an old white guy for two hours in the cold wind but it was well worth it. He helped build the Snowflake temple and he told us a ton of miracles that blew my mind and touched my heart. So that was awesome. Just found out by snooping on my companions computer that Sister Fortin was in his MTC district so that was cool. Anyway, I love you all and hope you have a good week and read the scriptures.

 

Transfers & training

Nice letter from Chase's mission president today. 

January post 2

Wow it sounds like every thing is going good at home.  I will be mailing you guys a package on Thursday.  Hopefully you will get it some time next week.  So, you already found out from President Palmer that I am training.  I am really sad to see Elder Tollefson go but I’ll probably see him sometime.  We both have a lot of mission left still. I don't know who I am training yet but I’ll meet him on Tuesday.  Then I get to drive back from Farmington for my first time driving in 4 plus months.  Its over a four hour drive. Im so nervous about it all but it will be good.   A lot of growth is going to happen for me and this place and I am excited for that. 

 

Well time is very limited my so I've got to go but love you all and want to say thanks to who ever reads these emails.