Howdy and hey!
What a week! First thing's first--
Robbin got baptized! She asked me to perform the baptism. It was such a
blessing! Now that the laws are all members, they've got their sights set on
the temple! It was a great service, and the Spirit was strong. Shayla said the
opening prayer, her first prayer in public!
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| The Laws Family on Robbin's Baptism Day |
So, it's been kind of hot for the past few days. We've been sweating outside and soaking up some rays-- until yesterday! We left our apartment to go out for the day, and it was cloudy, windy and cold. While we were riding, it started raining. Then it started hailing. That was really cold! We finally got into someone's house and warmed up by their fire. While we were inside, it started snowing, hard. So, that's Colorado for you. 85 degrees one day, snowing the next!
I'm glad Rose had such a good birthday
party! I can't believe she's three!! And Marissa is.... 24?... I think that's
right... I could do the math, but I like guessing better.
Stake conference was this week! The
adult session Saturday night was great, President and Sister Murdock spoke, and
they're always inspirational. There's a Spanish Branch in our stake, so they
have a headset set-up for them to hear a Spanish translation. I decided I
wanted to try translating for the Sunday session! Some of the Spanish
missionaries were translating too, as well as another brother in the stake. We
lined it all up, and I was assigned to translate for the second speaker. We sat
in the foyer outside the chapel with a little table, the headset with a
microphone and transmitter, and a bunch of Spanish scriptures and a tablet for
easy Spanish searching. The brother from the stake translated the first talk,
and handed the headset to me, "Here you go."
A sister started speaking, and I
could hear her through the headset.
But I couldn't translate. Because
she wasn't speaking English. If you can, just imagine me, sitting at this
table, with my hand to my ear, my face becoming more and more puzzled as the
seconds passed. She wasn't speaking Spanish, either. I was grateful to discover
that I wasn't psychotic. All of the other translators around me were looking at
each other, and at the speakers in the foyer. "Is that German?"
"Dutch?" "I don't know."
The brother from the stake looks at
me and says, "Just go by the Spirit!" Uhhh......
I didn't say anything. Some of the
Spanish missionaries peeked into the chapel to see what was going on. They said
she looked Native American. It's not like she just said a few words or
sentences in this language; she spoke it for a solid sixty seconds. Perfect. My
first time translating.
Finally, we realized that we could
recognize her words. She had started speaking English. Phhew! So I started to
translate. I translated her explanation that she was a Navajo Indian by birth.
She was speaking Navajo. NAVAJO!
Anyway, I got a solid thirty seconds
of translating in before she started talking about her maternal grandparents
and the Abrahamic covenant, and I handed the headset to Hermana Jimenez. But
hey, I did it for a little bit!! :) It was fun.
Those are the highlights of the
week. Remember to read and live and love and do all of those awesome things! I
love you all! Be excellent to each other! :)
Sincerely,
Elder Rogers
A Thought from Mom:
“Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do
what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would
have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have
left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to
serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of
close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would
disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift
others unless we are with and serve those to be led.”
~President Spencer W. Kimball
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