#38 Loving my new area

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Hello everyone, 

This last week has been awesome. We have taught a lot but haven't seen conference yet.  I am loving my new area.  There are a lot of rice fields here so we get to teach a lot of farmers.  This week we have still been biking a lot and visiting as many people as we can.  We have been very blessed in this area so far. This week we got to teach a guy with one arm.  We taught him about the resurrection, and it was kind of sad how little he paid attention.  Even when we try to give hope people don't want it because they let little things of life get in the way. We still ride bikes a lot and I actually haven't visited most of my area because it is so big.  I will send some pics of it.  We are in a branch and it is not very organized but we have church every sunday in a rented a building.  It is pretty fun. Our bikes are pretty nice so we do have to worry a little bit but our area is very very rural.  It is cool. It kind of feels like biking around by our house with the houses kind of far away and lots of land. I have been eating  lots of noodles.  It has been really good carbs for me.  I also have a glass of powder chocolate milk.  Yeah I mix my milk here.  It tastes okay.  I will definitely love milk when I get home

  The biggest thing that I have learned is just about myself.  A lot of times when we have trials God is testing us and we can also see how much we can handle.  God knows how much we can handle but sometimes he just wants to show us what we can handle.  This life is not just to come here live a life and go on to the next.  We aren't just supposed to have it easy all the time. That would defeat the purpose of this life and we couldn't learn what we need to.  We can be grateful for the hard times that we have.  It is definitely easier to be grateful after the trials but I know that we can be grateful during too.  

Love,

Elder Roskelley