Week 54 Not much has changed

Hello family!!! This week we had transfers and I am staying with my comp not much has changed in my area its starting to get hotter and hotter!!! That's crazy about the rain!! That's good that you are bidding a lot of jobs!! I remember school, football , grades and everything!! I loved Mr. Clementz that was my favorite class all you have to do is take notes and write everything he writes on the board and study that, and you will pass. Sorry about the money it wont happen again. And the bacon pizza is a bbq chicken banana wrapped in bacon pizza!!

Do you have any pictures for us this week?  Are you allowed to carry your camera around all the time? I have pictures but the dang internet is to slow!!

So what do most of the people in this area that you are in right now do for work? guard or work at the porrt

 Are you enjoying your new area? love it

How many members are in your branch? this week we had 204 people at church

Is this branch stronger than your last branch? yes

Seen any cool things or eaten anything disgusting or yummy recently? Not that i can think of

Did you hear about the 3 missionaries that died this week?  Two were from Taiwan and died of carbon monoxide poisoning so so sad and the other one was in a car accident.  That scares me and I feel so very sad for their families.  no

What are you doing for p-day today? gator ball

Did you hear that there was a big earthquake in CA this morning? no

love you!!!!!!!!!

WEEK 53 I Actually have Ebola!

My week has been good! The weather is hot as always and its not cooling down its heating up remember we are on the other side of the world!! No there was a storm and the power was out and then the internet went out!!(Why they had no power last week)  Tell Tobie to work harder than the other people and he will play and (regarding the position he is playing in football)Tobie I want to see a picture of him!! Can he beat me up yet?? and its good to know that I wont have any clothes when I get home!! (Tobie has out grown all his clothes and got in to Taylor's box of clothes) yeah Mrs. Cole is a great math teacher and I hated Algebra 2 I sucked at it as well but I also didn't try because I thought it was hard! haha  and CAN YOU FIND OUT WHEN I HAVE TO REGISTER FOR BYU AND ALL OF THAT AND SIGN UP FOR CLASSES AND GET HOUSING BECAUSE I WILL LEAVE FOR COLLEGE IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR. Kade  is to smart! Sounds like work is picking up a little which is good did you know I wont be able to give blood when I get home because I have spent two years in Africa.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Q. Did you get your package yet? If so tell me what you liked about it? YES I GOT IT I LIKED EVERYTHING THE BROWINIES THE BLUE BERRY MUFFINS THE BBQ ALL OF IT IS NICE

 Q.  Do you live by ocean?  If so do you ever get to go down to it?  What are their beaches like?I LIVE AN HOUR AWAY WE USALLY DONT GO BUT THEY ARE NICE BUT CANT SWIM!!

Q.  How is your companion? I LIKE HIM WE GET ALONG GREAT

Q.  What are the other Elders name that live in your Apt.? WE HAVE 8  WE HAVE ELDER KECK, VAN LEUVEN, REINSTAIN,JEMUCIE,THOMAS,PALU,RBOLLO, AND ME

Q. Has there been anybody that has bugged the c-rap out of you? NO NOT REALLY

Q.  Does this place have chameleons there?NO

Q.  So I take it you are more in the city? KIND OF BUT NOT REALLY 

Q.  Are you allowed to eat at the members home?NO

Q.  Did you find any new investigators this week?YES

Q.  What are you doing for P-day?GATOR BALL

Q.  Has there been a time on your mission where the spirit has prompted you to do or say something?YES

Q.  What is something that you find weird that Mozambiquens do? WHEN WE PRAY THEY SAY THEIR OWN PRAYER UNDER THEIR BREATH AND THEY JUST HAVE A LOT OF WEIRD THINGS THEY DO

Q.  Ebola isn't spreading to your part of the country is it?  Have you heard anything about it?I ACTUALLY I HAVE EBOLA!!  HAHAH NO ITS NOT HERE

i LOVE YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!

LOVE 

Elder ROBERTS

Week 52 Super short letter

Heyy family, this week was good but this will be a short letter the power was out all day and I don't have much time to write!! but this week was good we found some new families it was pretty good! I am sorry I dont have much time but I love you and have a good week.

Week 53 Ebola! I don't think it's a problem here!

Hey family!!!  This week was a good week it was a little tough but we will work through the difficulties! I will say Tobie looks like a stud with his braces off!!! and I miss fishing!! hahah and crud the kids start school way soon!! and when they get done I will be home shortly after!!!! and are the washes running a lot? And a tornado!!!!! what??? that's crazy!! and yeah about the fishing Josh and I have talked a little about that and I would love to do that!!!(Referring to fishing in Alaska)

So how many missionaries are in your apartment? 8

So are you allowed to watch all church movies?YES BUT DEPENDS ON THE MOVIE I CANT WATCH LIKE SINGLES WARD BUT MOVIES LIKE 17 MIRACLES TESTAMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT I CAN

Did you get our package yet?  I’m trying to see how long it takes to get there so I can gauge your Christmas/b-day package to arrive on time. NOT YET!

(I won’t post anything that shouldn't be posted)

Who is your favorite companion so far? THATS A TOUGH ONE I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALL GOOD COMPS!! BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE WAS ELDER VICTOR BUT ITS WAY CLOSE!!!!

Have any of your companions ever bugged you? THEY ALL GET ON YOUR NERVES AFTER LIVING WITH THEM BUT NOT REALLY!!!

What have you learned from your mission president so far? LOTS BUT MY FAVORITE THING IS WE ALL HAVE A HUGE POTENTIAL BUT THE THING IS YOU HAVE TO WORK TO REACH THAT!!

So I have heard they have moved the missionaries from 2 West Africa missions because of a virus that is killing people.  Have you heard of that and is there any concern in South Africa.  The virus is called Ebola?NOPE I AIN'T WORRIED

What is gator ball? A MIX OF SOCCER AND FOOTBALL

Are you doing anything exciting for P-day?  Is there anything in Matola that you want to go and do? GATOR BALL

Any spiritual experiences this week?  YES ITS ABOUT FASTING!! ONE OF OUR FAMILIES AMERIGO AND CELIA HE NEEDED WORK AND ON SATURDAY HE SAID HE GOT AN INTERVIEW FOR WORK SO HE ASKED US TO PRAY FOR HIM WE DID AND THEN FASTED FOR HIM AND ON SUNDAY HE TOLD US THAT HE GOT IT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED FOR THE SAME JOB!!! SO THAT WAS PRETTY SWEET!!!!!

Any funny stories that you would like to share? THIS WEEK I DON'T THINK SO

MON We went and had a family night at Amerigos house!!! That was great I made Texas sheet cake and let me tell you Mozambicans love Texas sheet cake!!!!! We played spot it and that got pretty crazy!!! haha they don't like losing!!!! So that was fun!!

Tues: was just a normal day we taught and that's it!!

Wed:  another day and we went to Amerigos house and we did some magic tricks for them and they flipped it was funny!!!

Thursday: studied  and weekly planning and work we had a lot of lessons fall this week!!!

Friday: we had a zone training we talked about working in all the phases so that was good!! and after we ate food with the zone!!

Sat:  we left at 1 pm and worked until 9 it was a long day and almost everything fell so we did contacts all day without much success.

Sunday:  we went home ate and left and had another long day we taught Felix and Rosita the law of chastity they had lots of doubts so we will go over tomorrow and talk with them!! and the one guy that came to church last week danile he couldn't come to church because they went to a wedding!! so that was sad but we will visit them tonight!!! so I am excited about that!!
Love

Elder Roberts

P.S. sorry to say this dad but in the pictures you are looking a little fatter!!!! but i still love you !!!! haha Have a good week everyone!!!!!!


So about that virus have you heard of it there?  It is spread by saliva, pee or and body fluids
today was the 1st time i dont think it is a problem here

Week 51 I got Pizza with Bananas and Bacon Again!!

Hey family!!! I'm doing great loving my new area!!! And i love my comp!!! I am super jealous that you guys hung out with the Christensens!!  Ty looks good he has lost a ton of weight!!! haha I want to see the front of the newspaper!!!(Kinzie and Seans picture was on the front page of the Post Register in Idaho Falls) and I think Sydney is to tall already she  cant grow any more!!!(Taylors extremely tall 15 year old cousin) and no my comp does not have a blog or a facebook!! but his full name is TOLINISI TAUKINUKUFILI PALU JR. HE IS A LEGIT TONGAN!!!

ANSWERS!!

Do you have pictures for me this week?  YES

How is your new apartment, is it nicer than your last one?  MY NEW APT IS NICE BUT MY LAST ONE WAAS WAY NICER!!

So have you been eating at KFC?  YES

Does the toilet swirl the opposite direction from the bottom part of the world?  I COULDNT TELL YOU I HAVE NO IDEA!!!

Have you gotten any new families this week to teach?  YES

Do they have patriarchs in your stake? WELL WE WILL JUST SAY THERE ARE NO STAKES IN MOCAMBIQUE ONLY DISTRICTS BUT OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 4 STAKES BY THE TIME I LEAVE!

How old do people have to be to drive there?  18

Are you a foot or do you get a bike?  FOOT

Have you seen anything different in this area? SAND AND NICE HOUSES

Do you feel safe? YES ME AND MY COMP ARE IGGER THAN ANYONE ELSE!!

Did you send Lori a Thank You? YES

Did you get our package?  NOT YET 

What cool thing did you see this week?  WELL TO ME AFRICA IS LIKE MY HOME SO I THINK EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!! HAHAH

Spiritual moment of the week? WELL WE FOUND A NEW FAMILY THIS WEEK AND THE WAY WE FOUND HIM WAS HE JUST SHOWED UP AT CHURCH!! HE CAME WITH HIS SON SO WE GOT HIS CONTACT AND WENT AND VISITED HIM LATER AND WHEN WE GOT THERE WE WERE TALKING WE FOUND OUT THAT HIM AND HIS SON WERE JUST OUT WALKING AROUND AND HE FELT IMPRESSED THAT HE SHOULD COME TO CHURCH!! I WAS LIKE HECK YES!!!  AND HE REALLY LIKED IT AND SAID I HAVE FOUND THE CHURCH IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!! WE GO VISIT THEM AGAIN ON TUESDAY!! SO I'M EXCITED!!!

Are you getting all the pictures I have been emailing you this week?  WELL I THINK SO BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOU SENT!!! HAHA

LETTER

This week

Monday: We played gator ball went to KFC and watched Ephraims Rescue a movie the Hancocks sent me and after went out and worked had a lesson and a few contacts

TUES: we went out in the morning and had a lesson with a family Samo and Olga which was a decent lesson. the only problem with them is they haven't come to church so we are going to slow up the visits!! after that it was the 6 month mark of a few elders in the house so they invited us to go eat with them at Mundos so I got the pizza with bacon and bananas again!!!!!! oh how i missed that pizza!! haha that night we had a few lessons  

Wed: We had a training for all the trainers and trainees!! So we went and it was my 7th time going and every time it is the same thing!!! so I have the training pretty much memorized!!! haha and after we went to a store called Game and I bought a new backpack because mine broke!! and then came home studied and went out to work!!! we had a lesson with a family Felix and Rosita!! she was having doubts on baptism so we explained everything asked her to pray and see if this was the true church!!! 

Thurs: was a normal day we went out and worked and visited Felix and Rosita again and we asked her if she prayed and she said he didn't answer and then she said that she didn't know if god existed!! so all elder Palu and i could do is testify so we testified and the spirit was soo strong and we promised her that god loved her and if she prayed she would get an answer!! and after that Felix showed us where one of his friends live so we could teach him.

Friday:  had district meeting studied ate lunch and went out and worked we visited Felix and Rosita again and we asked her what she thought and if she got an answer and she said YESSS!!! so we were stoked about that she said she prayed and was just thinking about it and she felt that it was true!!! and then we talked about love with them and how they could have a better relationship!! we told them that they need to read the Book of Mormon every day together, pray every day together and go to church together and he said since they had started reading every day and praying they haven't argued or got in any fights!!! so that was a testimony builder!! we explained that those three thing were commandments of god but then we gave them three commandments of us missionaries that every day they have to say I love you to one another, that they have to compliment one another and have to kiss each other  every day!!! so that lesson went well!!!!

Saturday we had a baptism for a 9 year old kid who is part of a member family and hasn't been baptized yet!! his name is Alvis! and after we just did a butt ton of contacting until we went home and we found some nice people!!!!

Sunday:  had church we had 10 investigators come so that was nice and after we ate ald left!! walked with a member we taught 4 lessons with him and at one house we got rejected hard core!! he didn't want to listen to us!!! and later that night I got in a bible bash with a youth of like 18 years from the assembly of god church he also did not want to listen to what I had to say but i won that thing!!!!  haha but that was my week!!! I miss you guys and love you a lot!!!!