So things are doing great here!  We have  a lady we are teaching.  We asked her to  pray to know if what we're teaching her is true and of course she got an answer because she prayed with real intent and a sincere heart having faith in Jesus Christ.   Its amazing she is ready for baptism on December 3rd.  It will be great. 

Okay that tie is amazing!  (we got a picture of him - and we teased him it was so ugly - pict is in this post) 
 But yeah it is from a thrift store it cost 50 cents can you believe that!  ( YES WE CAN) 

This Sunday we got to give talks up in Silverton Colorado.  I would highly suggest looking up pictures of the town and the view it has of the mountains all around it. It was so amazing! We got up to 10,640 ft elevation on the pass and the town was at like 9500 ft elevation. The branch out there is even smaller then Dilkon was. With us included there was 7 people but it was fun and spiritual. This week has been good we ran out of Books of Mormon to give out so we started giving out Spanish ones. We only have one of those left. But we are going to Farmington tonight and we will get more while we are there.

Lets see my ponderize scripture is :

Doctrine and Covenants 121:44  "That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of death."

I love this because if you look at the "he" in the verse and imagine him as the savior then it really makes me think of how important it is to be faithful until the end. And really there is no end we have all eternity but included in that is sooooooo much blessings many of which we cant even comprehend.


love elder roskelley

They switched name tags for Halloween.
I joked he tied his tie to short and nicknamed it "thrift store tie"

Judging the Costume Contest 

10/24

wow Durango is beautiful!  My camera is somewhere in my luggage and I haven't found it yet but don't worry you will get pictures because its just gorgeous here in the fall. I think a lady did send you a picture  of my first dinner here. We cover all of Durango.  Its great we will never run out of people to teach. I do miss Page though.   Elder Jeffery (my new companion)  is a super good missionary so I am excited to be learning from him. The only thing I dont like about Durango is that because weed is legal and its a small collage town all we smell l24x 7 is weed smell.   Its lame. But i am sure we will run into some funny people hahahahah.   

Well ponderize for this week is Mosiah 2:41  

          And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.

I second this scripture, if you are struggling look to those who have the gospel AND ARE LIVING it, thats kinda the most important part. I promise that as you are not just grudgingly obedient but lovingly  righteous you will be blessed. 

love Elder Roskelley

We received a letter from Chase's Mission president this week early in October.Thanking Chase for his service and  new calling(job).    He is currently serving as the Zone Leader in Durango Colorado.  

Well everyone,
I got transferred... I sure have loved Page though  &  have met some amazing 
people and some incredible missionary's.  Im sure I'll be back.  There happens 
to be a lake here for me to visit.  So that's nice to.  
 I got transferred to ..............................

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Colorado
  I am very excited and nervous it will be a change! Page is the hottest part of the
 mission and Durango is the coldest so that should be cool... (pun) yup!   
 It should be good 

 This week was great.  Saturday was so fruitful and Sunday was amazing
there was over 20 less actives at church it was amazing. And the testimony s were great.
I feel so blessed to have been here, but I know Durango will be good for me.
 My ponderize scripture would be the quote from
 President Monson " Remember who you are and what God expects you to become
. You are a child of promise. You are a man of might. You are a son of God."

I love that a lot I have thought about it a lot lately and I am so great full for a prophet.

Hagonee- Elder Roskelley

Transfers and questions

Here are the questions I sent Chase:

How are you doing? 

good really good over whelmed at times  but good 

How are your investigators doing?  

really good page 5th will be getting more  baptisms soon 

How many have you been able to baptize?  

a couple

How has your testimony grown from your mission so far?

it has quadrupled times 71 plus 4 

What's one thing that stands out from your mission ? 

teaching and the spirit

What's your favorite food now? It was the fry bread burgers. 

RDS drive in 

Hardest part so far? 

Easiest part so far?  going to bed 

Best part ? helping people feel the spirit 

Goals for this last  half?  lots of goals one is teach better and be more sincere and of course just work  harder 

A better letter for Fall

Sorry i have gotten out of the habit of writing in my journal and I need to.

 This week was good !  In district meeting a couple of weeks a go we set some goals and its so great to have them.  Elder Williams had us put them somewhere we can see them every day and its helped a lot.  One of my goals was to have 3 good progressing investigators and we have 4 now! It amazing. Ron, bro Paul, Dennis and Lyle are the 4 that are doing so well and as I reflect I again see we have done very little and that it was the spirit that has brought about the change. 

Lastly my ponderize scripture this week is 

Moses 1:39  39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. yep and we get to help and it really does bring joy. 

 We got into a crossfit gym its amazing here are some pictures.  

Also, ran to Horseshoe Bend again and found a pear tree in our area( free food!!!) and cut and insane amount of wood for some investigators in the rain it was great. We also helped some people move for about 6 and a half hours!

IAlso have had some humbling experiences lately. The reason being -- we where committed to pray for humbling experiences so I have,. ha I remember one point I was laying on the ground and offered a silent prayer that basically was me saying" I think this might be to much Heavenly Father.   I didn't want this many experiences in one day then i remembered the words of nephi "

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hathcommanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall preparea way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.

So of course I can handle it AND so can ya'll 

well love ya guys lots
elder roskelley 

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!