Still NO POWER!! Week 27

February 10, 2014

Heyy family this week the power still hasn't been on but they say it should be on by Friday!!! but every day we hear something different so in all honesty we have no idea when it will be on!! but they say a transformer blew in Chimoio and they just take forever to do anything here!!!  but they say they are working on it!! well our church dosen't have a generator because we have it! but the one in the big city has one!  and yes I know Elder Bender he is in Manga 3. The house we are in now is way nice way better than the last but our neighbors got a dog this week and it just barks all night long but the house is nicer! Well the things that lack here are a lot compared to Maputo I cant find bacon here and the meat is more expensive and everything is just a little less quality here! and the croc was 40 for me but I didn't use any home money don't worry and yes they have chameleons here we actually caught one on Friday and its funny because the people here think the they will kill you everyone is scared of them here!! and I have plenty of time to read the letter. I have 2 hours to email! My package probably wont get here for  a while because I'm in Beria, the office might get it but I wont for a while but I'll let you know and another thing that would be cool to have would be a calender like the ones we get from the Christmas party with pictures in it of family and friends and my mission ends on June 9, 2015 so you could make the calender go till then but one of the elders in my house have one and its pretty cool it has his friends and family all over it but he leave to home tomorrow he lives in Mesa AZ  and his comp is My first comp Elder Going so when he leaves I will be comps with him again!!! We will be in a trio!! and on these computers I cant load pictures it kinda sucks so when we find a new place I will send some! and this week we had 5 baptisms for some kids of a member who was recently baptized but the missionaries didn't teach the kids so we did and baptized them! that's all of Mozambique news, bye, love you,miss you!

To Hell and I don't know if we are back yet!! Week 26

Heyy family how is everyone doing? This week has been a week to remember, and not for the good reasons!!! hahah

Monday: today was a day of relaxation!! We just slept and chilled in the house because we were dead tired!!!! but that night we had a pretty successful night we taught 3 lessons and found I think 2 new families!!

Tuesday: Zone Conference!!!! We had zone conference which was awesome!!! We had Elder Hamilton of the 70 come and talk to us and we learned a lot!!! One thing he did say was the Africa south mission area had the highest baptism rate per elder in the world!! That's pretty awesome!!! Elder Kitchen and I pretty much walked home which sucked!! We didn't have money to spend to catch a chappa! but we finally made it home but we came home to no power and that's when it all started!!! But we went out and had a few lessons in the blistering heat and made some contacts!! but we got through the day!!! and luckily we got home to power and had a cold nights sleep!!!

Wednesday: Woke up to no power!!! blah!!! and our cellphone was turned off and had stopped working, its very hard to do missionary work here without a phone!!! so we went out to our lesson that we had marked for the morning but he wasn't there and we couldn't call him because of our phone!! so we went back home to do our studies but it is very hard to study when its like 90 degrees in our home and humid so we ditched that plan and went to the city to fix our phone!! and as we got there we realized that it wasn't just us out of power but the whole city so we couldn't do anything to our phone!! So we did our best and worked through the rest of the day!! We finally get home and we still don't have energy, no shower no lights and the worst no air conditioner!!! but that's not the worst part our neighbor decides to have a party until 3 in the morning and they live right next to us their house is connected to ours so we can here everything they were blasting music until 3!!!  and mixed with our 10000000 degree house none of us slept that night and when morning came still no energy!!!!

Thursday: well still no energy in our house,phone, and our bodies!!! haha but we worked as best as we could that day and when the night came still no energy!!! but we got smart and went to the church and took their generator and got some gas and I hooked up one air conditioner to the generator and we all slept in the same room!!! the only problem was we ran out of gas at like 2 in the morning!! hahaha but we made it through the night

Friday: woke up still no energy and no phone but we worked all day as best as we could and got through the day and got more gas for the generator so that night I hooked up the water pump to the generator as well so we could shower finally!!!

Saturday: still no energy but that day we finally got our phone fixed!! and we were going to get some more wire to hook up our whole house to the generator but the hardware store never opened so we went to the city and got some and went home and had an electrician come and hook it up for us but the people who hooked up the house did a crappy job and there was to much resistance to power the house so we went back to the room and to one air conditioner!!

Sunday: still no power still hot and all of our food went bad!!!! but we were looking forward till Monday!

Monday: not p-day because it was a holiday and nothing was open!!! but what we did do was go to a restaurant and ate freaking crocodile!!!! it costed 1200 met ( 40 dollars) but it was the best meal I had ever had!!! It was a restaurant way out in the jungle in the boonies' and it was awesome!! the food lifted our spirits a little but we still didn't have power!!

Tuesday: today!!! still now power and it wont be on until the end of the week is what we heart but it could be longer!!! longest week ever except for the crocodile!!! but we still don't have food and anything because we don't have a fridge!! but we still work!!

Here are answers to a list of questions that I have asked Taylor, My questions are in Yellow

question answering time

Have  you seen Tyler and Marissas Blog   yes i saw their blogs

Can you wear sandals because it is so rainy No we cant wear sandals

Do you have a fan in your house do not have a fan in our house

Did you get Lori's package yes i got loris package

Have you received any letters or got our Christmas letters have got grandmas letters but none others

Just letting you know I didn't send Dr. Pepper sad that i wont get dr pepper

Are you taking pictures taking pictures yes

Are you teaching anyone yes we have 5 families progressing

How many branch members are there 150 is in our branch

What is the hardest thing in this new area hardest thing in our area no power and its way more humid

yes i am in a computer place that is running on a generator

Did you think that Brian was going to be the new Bishop  knew Brian would be the next bishop

Week 25 Hardest Week in Mission So Far!!

This week has probably been the hardest week in my mission!! White washing is very difficult!!! (When two new elders come into a new area) we have to start from nothing and build up from there but we did have a wedding and baptism that we walked into!! which was nice!!  and about the mosquito's, rats, and monkeys. I have a ton of mosquito bites and I have yet to see a rat and a monkey but it wouldn't surprise me!!! and I take the pills when i remember(Malaria pills)!!! hahah. and the internet place we are at sucks and I can't send pictures!! So we will try to find the new place!! Oh and the maggot package elder yes I know him his parents sent him Arby's sauce in little packets and they got squished and fly's got in hahah. but my new area is way different than my last!!! Its like a jungle here there is a ton of rain it hasn't stopped since I've been here!! My shoes don't dry because of the humidity and the puddles we walk through!! We wear rubber boots but still we get in deep water and the water goes over them!!! But my comp is from Springville, UT and his name is Elder Kitchen I like him a lot we have the same time in the country!! but I'm am missing Magoanine a lot its dry there and here I don't have a lot of money to buy food this week because we bought food in my old area for the rest of the transfers but we got transferred early so that sucked!! There is nothing I need except DR PEPPER in the package hahah but anything works!! and I have not gotten Lori's package yet but I don't know when she sent it it usually takes 1 or 2 months to get here!! Sounds like Saydi and Tobie are trouble makers!!!  I will send pics asap!!! but that's all for this week!!! i love you guys and i will be praying for you guys!!!

Taylor on the move to his next area. Manga

Week 24 TRANSFERS!! January 13-19,2014

Hey I'm finally getting transferred!!!! I am going to a place called Manga (or in English mango) haha Apparently they have a lot of them there!!  This week was good we did a lot of contacts (65) and had only a few new investigators!! But next week I'll be going to white wash an area!!! I am excited about that!!! I loved training but man it was tough and I have a little more patience now but I am excited to leave this area!!! But I will miss the family's I am teaching!! Today my day will consist of packing haha.... and I get to go fly!!!!  I am way excited!! Where at in Texas is dad looking at!! And for the package gummy snacks are good and butterfingers, and reeses they dont have those here and milkyways and snickers!! I am still waiting on Tylers email he probably wont email till this week and I dont have Marissas email!!:( I have been here a long time its crazy!! but I love it!!! I love you guys thcau

Week 23 - We had 41 contacts January 6-12,2014

• Heyy family!!! This week was good!! We found a lot of new investigators but this week was very HOT and humid!!! Transfers happen in two weeks !!! It's crazy feels like I have been here like 2 months and I love it!!! It sounds like all the kids are doing great!! Tobie sounds like he love wrestling and so does Kade!! and Saydi is making bank babysitting!!!  I am happy for Tyler and Marissa!!! but can you send me Marissas address so I can send her a letter!! and I got a package from the Claytons this week which was way nice it was full of chocolate!!! Tell them I said Thank you!!! but yeah this week was good,  we dropped a lot of people but found a lot as well and the language is coming along!! um this morning we played basketball with a bunch of youth in the ward and some random kids and our team destroyed!!! oh and last week I sprained my ankle pretty bad playing basketball its still swollen and bruised  but I'm all good!!! We are working hard and have been seeing the blessing from it we have been getting a lot of contacts we had 41 this week but the only problem with that is we only got 6 new investigators with that!!!  We will have to get more this week!!! but we haven't had a lot of success with getting people to church that seems to be one of the hardest things to do! We had like 7 families planned to go to church we picked up one family and were hoping the rest would come but we didn't have any luck!! One of new investigators is awesome his name is Boa Ventura we have had two lessons with him and during the second lesson he said I prayed to see if you message is true and I am certain I got an answer but that it is but I still don't know if the church is!! hahahaha we taught him the bom and told him ok this time ask if the book is true and if you get an answer that means the church is !!  and two of the people I baptized are giving talks this week in church and they both want my help on it  so I will be preparing 2 talks this week!! and Joanna said that I have to help her give a good talk so all the other missionaries will be jealous that we have the best members in our area!! It was pretty funny!! but besides that we didn't have much action I love my comp and I still love Magoanine!!! I love you guys and will be praying for you!!! and as for the package can you put one of those hams in! hahah  legos all the way!!! Cook book of everything!! games like pass the pigs, bang!!!!! this game is very important according to everyone else!! ,swap,or whatever you can think of that would be fun!!candy of all kinds like gummies or whatever DR Pepper!!!! and what ever you can think of ties pictures!! and all things!! but I don't know what address will work the best but i think the one in the call packet and that will be sent to the mission office!! love you guys and have a good week!!!

Week 22 (week 21 very short family letter)

Heyy family I don"t have much time I have to be out in my area in like 10 min so this will be a short letter!!! but this week has been good it was kinda rough because of the new year and everyone and their mother was drunk!!! and yes I was in the back and had a grey tie on!! I will try to make myself more visible for you from now on!!! and for Christmas I bought a camera and food!!!! and that's why I spent so much!!!  and yes we have cell phones  but there as simple as you can get! and for my package you can send me candy DR pepper sunflower seeds Sweet Babys Rays bbq recipe book of all sorts of recipes and card games like phase ten or of that kind and what ever you can think of!!
Elder taylor roberts

missao mocambique maputo

caixa postal 1166

correio central

maputo

maputo

mocambique

mocambique, Africa

that is the address! but it should be in my call packet!!

we found two good families this week  and we should have a baptism in 2 weeks for one family and one little girl who is 9!!!

I'm glad Tobie is doing good in wrestling and that he likes it and is Kade doing that as well i miss tacos!! i would love some of those now!! and i miss things like Lowreys season salt and stuff like that a lot!! I am way excited for Marissa and Tyler to go on their missions!!! and I have been praying and fasting about the job situation as well!!  It honestly feels like I have been here 2 months but I have 6, time flys!! Well I'm out of time and I love you guys a lot  have a good week!!!!


(Taylor is in the very back row sitting down, the one you can barely see)  This was their Christmas party zone conference at President and Sister Kretlys house.




These are pictures that I have pulled off of his mission Presidents blog.  Taylor is to the far right and all you get is the back of his head!!  I told him to make himself more visible in pictures. (Picture below you can see Taylor turned his head haha)