Why hello! I've got a lot of stuff to talk about this week. Like, whoo boy! You're not gonna believe the amount of stuff! So, I'll skip the intro bit and instead just drop you right on in there like a recyclable into the bin! BOOM!

First off, I want you all to know I'm doing fine, and that somebody else that you probably never thought you'd hear about again is doing more than fine too. Guess what? It's Bro. J and co.! We tried stopping by again last week, and it worked out amazingly! We were able to catch up on them and their life, and I really missed seeing these guys. Apparently, they really missed seeing us too! Bro. Jellins, believe it or not, has been saying his personal prayers again, and when we had our return appointment with them this week, he said he could see a positive change in his life. As in, his exact words were: "I know things have been lining up too perfectly for just coincidence. God is helping me out here." It was quite the surprise return visit, if you can imagine. We committed them to family prayer and to participate in family home evening, and that went really well! Another thing happened during that visit that was awesome, and that was that they were in the midst of playing Super Mario Odyssey when we arrived! I got to see super Mario Odyssey gameplay! You have no idea the amount of desire I have in my heart toward that game. According to Bro. Jellins, it's the best Mario game in recent history. 21 months, and I'll be playing it all the way to Japan! (seriously I'm dying. I wanna play.........) Speaking of gaming, that seems to be the cord that me and Elder Orihuela are striking on together. You see, I made the off-hand comment the other day that he looks very visually similar to Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, and he lost it. Apparently, he's quite the Uncharted fan, and as luck would have it, so am I! You hear that Zac? My new comp. is Nathan Drake! How cool is that?! Anyway, during the Halloween party me and Elder Smith discovered that there is a version of Apples to Apples that uses stock images instead of words. We played it all night, and it was a total blast! Happy Halloween everyone!

The other day while doing my laundry, I discovered that Pebble has made a new friend. His name is Kip, and he lives inside our pad. In the laundry room. He comes and goes, but him and Pebble are just the best of friends! It was so adorable I just had to snap a picture for you! I have one of him inside near his home, and one of the two gleefully froliking on the window.

This week I went on exchanges with Elder Ashby. It wasn't exactly the best of exchanges though, so in the interest of lifting the spirits of others rather than throwing them down into the very pits of hell itself, I'll just say that exchanges happened and leave it at that.

Although most of, if not all of our investigators are doing alright, there is one of them who is struggling to keep the word of wisdom right now, and unfortunately that person is TR. He's been drinking coffee. (that gosh ***** starbucks pumpkin ****** spice latte) and we unfortunately are once again going to have to move his date back. This time it will go back to December. That means, as you can probably tell, I most likely won't be here for his baptism. That's the big bummer for the week. Also, as a recommendation, Sony Animation just put out a new short film called "the star" or something like that. It's about the nativity scene, but told from the animals perspective. You should really go check it out if you're interested.

That's all for this week! Love you all! Bye!

-Elder Rogers

Kip and Pebble at play

Kip inside chillin' (It was a long day for him and he was very tired.)

My district on Halloween

Me in my Halloween costume (I was king shark)

Me climbing a jungle tree in the rainforest