October 11, 2021: ROCKTOBER BBY!!

The darkness is creeping back into Alaska! One evening I was driving in a neighborhood that we renamed, "sketchville". We turned a corner and there was a horse that almost jumped into the road. Then we turned the next corner and there was this ghostly white old woman standing in the middle of the road. It was super creepy. I'm still creeped out by that horse and woman. 

This week was one of the saddest weeks. ALL of our friends that we were teaching dropped us overnight, no joke. Each one of our friends texted us in their own way, "No. I don't want to read The Book of Mormon and I don't want to join your church". Me and Sister BB had weekly planning that morning, which is where we set personal goals for our friends to progress to come closer to Jesus Christ. We sobbed our heart out to God in our closing prayer to watch over our friends even if they were rejecting the truth. It's sad to know of the truth, all the blessings that come from living a covenant keeping life. 

BUT nonetheless, me and BB pushed on and kept trying! 

We street contacted into a man, Jim who needed help pruning his black currant bushes. He is super sweet, gentle, and very spirit filled. He reminds me of Grandpa Rex. He sat us down and asked us if we were Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons. I responded, "Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". He repeated, "Okay, so Mormons". I repeated again, "no, we are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". He paused and told us that he hadn't heard much about the beliefs of our religion. He asked a couple of questions and told us he was looking for a new church because his current one doesn't mean too much to him. I'm thankful for the opportunity to stand up for what we believe in by simply saying the name of our church. 

We found a family who invited us in and we discussed the purpose of Jesus coming to the earth. They had a beautiful testimony of the Savior. I started our purpose as missionaries and asked if they would be interested in our 5 messages that bring families closer to Christ. They accepted! They know they have faith in him but also know that there is more truth in the world that they haven't found yet. It was our big miracle. When we put forth the effort to try again and push forward through the hard times, he blesses us with the spirit to help others feel the JOY! The joy of sharing our knowledge of the fullness of truth to the truth they already enjoy:)

Choose Joy,

Sister Elly Rex

Pics:

-Thunderbird Falls

-Jan &Vagabond Blues

-Hermana Holman&Motley Moo

-Oklahoma street!!