Jan 9th update

This week was good!  Today we where supposed to get a foot and a half of snow but instead it just rained so maybe in a couple days we will get some. 

Casey got baptized it was great ! Halie decided to wait a little longer so we are working with that and Emilio is good for the 28th of January so exciting!  The Bayfield district meeting was just fantastic and lots of fun.  I got so energized  for member work.   They ask the missionaries in the ward if they have the Susan Fulcher case study.   Its a talk thing about working with members its so good.  If they don't I guess maybe you can find it on the internet and if not let me know I can send a copy it soooo gooood! 

  Tracting in the snow is a blast if someone rejects us instead of being very bothered like I normally am I just do a cool slid thing in the snow its super fun. or I just through a snow ball at there car ( just kidding I would never do that). I will get a micro sd card for the camera and yes a got it its a sweet little thing the shoes haven't gotten here yet. 

My ponderize scripture is in the book of mormon Enos chapter 1 verse 4 it says   

     And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens. 

Prayer has been on my mind a lot lately its so important that we make it as real  and genuine as possible because I know he is listening and is also answering. I have been not just praying and then jumping up and going but thinking and listening for a little longer its been nice I am still working on it. 

Hagonee- Chase 

Happy 2017

1/2

Hi everyone !  So for new years we had to be in by 6pm but we left at 8 to go get the transfer news..... Elder jeffery and I are both staying in Durango YES!!! 

But lots of the zone is leaving kinda sad but we went from 19 in the zone to 21! So that is great!  At 12am news years day was just a sleep so yeah,  pretty neat!  Ha But I did eat like 7 lindor truffles before bed hahha.  Its so pretty we got some more snow and it looks like it should be snowing all week off and on. 

Funny story I was wearing the boots uncle mark got me and yeah just trekking in the snow no problem then I was walking down some metal stairs and I slipped and just completely wiped out.   It hurt a lot but Elder Jeffery thought it was super funny.   Then some old lady came out and asked if I was okay. I said yes once I could speak again. I am okay now but yeah. At mlc the assistants challenged everyone to do a purification challenge.  I did do it once already in Page but its really nice to do it again I am trying even harder this time its been good for the 2 days so far.   I have been reading the 4th missionary talk by Elder Corbridge it is so good.   It really goes well with the purification challenge its wonderful. 

Actually my ponderize scripture came from it 

Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 

In the talk he uses this scripture in making the point of how important it is that we give our will to God.  Its the only thing we really can give that He doesn't have already. A miracle that is pretty neat that just happened -- cortez 1 ward (congregation)  sisters just found a man  and put on date for baptism  and he came to church and is doing everything its so amazing!   He is preparing to be baptized on jan 21st!!

love elder roskelley 

Christmas

Well Christmas in Durango was beautiful!!! It was snowing lots on Christmas day. It was just a blast.  Crazy story, we parked at the top of our drive way and went inside to grab lunch and when we came back out the truck was gone!!  It had slid down the drive way about 30 ft and was like a foot and a half away from hitting a pole. ha!! 

 We got to go to a youth detention center with a member and teach some of the youth ( 18 or 19) who wanted to learn about the gospel  It was such a neat experience!  Some of them have truly been humbled and want to change.   There was one in particular named Travis.   He was only 18ish and just covered in tattoos and you could tell he had a rough life.   He now sees that God can make it better. 

 My ponderize scripture is 1 nephi 17:13 

13 And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led.

I  love this because I have been lost in the woods or wilderness before and the reason I got lost was because it was so dark. If we look for the light and follow it (aka keep the commandments) we will be safe and make it too the promised land or to be with God again 

love elder roskelley

Christmas Tree we made Chase - each ornament had a scripture count down.

November Updates and first Dec one.

DEC 5th 

This week was good got a little more snow but it keeps melting a little. Ahhhhh.  The week was good.  We got to go on exchanges with Elder Dilworth and man he is a good missionary wow! Also the Christmas initiative # lighttheworld is so good we showed to lots and because of it we are finding lots of people to teach its wonderful.

 I want to start a quote of the week thing and the one for this week is form elder Herrera who is one of the funniest people I have ever met. He does this thing where if you do something he says " Thats a party foul" ie:  I hit him with a snow ball... " thats a major party foul!" hahahh so funny. 

Also we got to teach a gal who is dating a member and it was such a good lesson the spirit was undeniable.   In fact later Elder Herrera said if I denied that id go to hell. not sure if thats true but he is kinda right you really ought not to deny what the spirit prompts you to do or not do. .

my ponderize scripture is Matthew 5:13-14  

  ¶Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

 I love the salt part because salt makes everything better  and that is what the gospel does to us and in return we can make the world better. and of course the part about the light has a similar meaning. and it makes me think of what light does it helps us see and the gospel of jesus christ most definitely does that but we need to be humble. 

well love you all lots maybe.... hahah 

NOV 28 

Rachel got baptized!  So happy for her. My thanksgiving was great! we ate with a great family in our ward. We ate with the Hermasmens.  The mom is from Russia so that was fun.   She is super nice and he is a business man/firefighter so of course I loved that.  

We got more snow and we hit a deer....  its okay we only brushed him... at 15 miles an hour hahah .  He was fine he got up and ran a way kinda. 

This week we got to take care of the Hermasmens dogs after Thanksgiving so that was pretty fun playing with a huge German Shepard in the woods. Elder Herrera , Elder Jeffery and I have had tons of fun teaching all the people who speak Spanish because Elder Herrera speaks Spanish so its been great.   We taught lots of new people. 

My ponderize scripture is 1 Corinthians 13:11

its a fun one. so if any one wasting time with childish things (like i have and sometimes do) remember this scripture....

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  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.  

 its so good it reminds me i need to be more mature and dignified especially as i have the saviors name on my chest.  

Also please look up this great little Christmas video https://www.mormon.org/?cid=HP_FR_25-11-2016_dMIS_fmorg_xLIDyL1-A_

love yall 

NOV 21

Well this week was so fun it snowed twice in fact its snowing right now, not sticking much except on the mountain peaks. We moved too! We now live up town the place is sooo nice and its right next to a ton of trail heads in the forest.   Its like a dream the only thing is we can only go for workouts in the morning and on Mondays if we have time. 

This week was amazing we got to teach a ton of people new people and there is a baptism Saturday for an investigator. The members here are amazing they bring people who are interested to church.   Its great we will be having thanks giving with a family who owns the place we live in.  He is a firefighter and his son who is like 30 plus does crossfit so that should be fun. I  survived transfers I will stay here with Elder jeffery and we will be getting another missionary to so it will be great. 

 My ponderize scripture is  moroni 10:33

 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot. 

This is something we all need to do/remember always.

love Elder Roskelley 

November Update

Vigilante:THE CROSSER ( just messin around) 

Our Durango Zone 

This week was a little crazy we went to Farmington twice.   Once for exchanges and once for my comp he isnt hurt or anything just a check up thing he has to do every 8 weeks.  

Something crazy is we saw a BEAR in the middle of the road at night but don't worry I yelled and growled at it just like ultimate survival Alaska taught me to!  It ran a way and later a guy told us to be carful there was a bear around and we said we know we already scared him. haha-- it was sweet though it was pretty big and was just chillin in the middle of the road while we where tracting at night.

Found some people this week that have great potential to have the gospel in their life. Also its getting cold.  

My ponderize scripture is Doctrine and Covenants 6: 22-24 

22 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things.

 23 Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?

 24 And now, behold, you have received a witness....."   

 Isnt that great we have all had experiences that build our testimony, often we just need to remember them and strive not to forget them. 

btw that was in a talk from elder renlund or rasband i forgot. 

Love- Chase 

10/31

Things are doing great here!   We had  a lady we are teaching pray to know if our gospel 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 in December it will be great! o

Okay that tie is amazing but yeah it is from a thrift store it cost 50 cents can you believe that!  
(we razed him about the ugly tie in a picture) 

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

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.