Week 57

Hey family!!
Sounds like you guys are having fun over there!!!! I miss you guys a lot!  WELL THIS WEEK WAS ANOTHER WEEK!! Elder Palu was sick on Monday and Tuesday so we didn't work and sitting inside stinks!!! I get really stressed because I don't like getting bad stats! but finally he got better on wed!! So we went out and tried to do some contacts and only got 2 and that night only had like one lesson!! So that was a pretty sucky day!! Thursday was a freaking busy day!! We had 4 lessons in the morning and after that we helped carry a bunch of stuff that were in bags to Americos  little store for him!! We ended up carrying like 80 pound big bags like 3/4 of a mile in the sand in hot humid weather!!! it sucked!!! hahaha  but we got her done!!! we found a new family that morning!!! they were a nice family and said they would come to church!!! Friday was just a normal day had i think 3 lessons and like 5 contacts so not a bad day!!! Saturday we didn't work we had a meeting and someone from the 70 came and talked to all the members and us so another day without any lessons and then on Sunday we went to pick up that new family but they didn't come so we were pretty disappointed about that but had a 3 lessons so it was a decent day! but that was my week not much happened!!

Did you get all the pictures I emailed? I think i did

I got yours please email more.  We love pictures!!

Any new contacts or investigators this week? yeah one family

So when are your next transfers? 2 weeks

Do you guys play any pranks on each other? yes

Do you have scary spiders, mice or creepy crawlies that come into your apartment? Spiders and cockroaches but tha's it

Have you came across any rabid animals? no

Is there lots of stray animals there? yes cats dogs and chickens everywhere!!!

So did you have to teach on Sunday? not this sunday but next

What are you doing for P-day! gator ball

Week 56

Well hello family,

 This week was a little rough we didn't get much done but it sound like you guys are staying really busy!!  That is a sick job that dad had! Do you remember what I got on the ACT I think I got like a ?? or ?? how many more times can she take the ACT? I miss the rattle snake killing!!! Well it looks like you guys will have lots of weed pulling this year because of the rain!!!!  I haven't seen a primary program but they might have them. Stake camp director that sounds fun!! and I am still not sure what I will do when I get back work with Josh or Dad or find a job, I want to get my CDL as well but I'm not sure what I will do. Yes, the money  is just because I lost the phone and gave a family money, I gave them 30 bucks and yes 100 dollars is enough I wont need more.

Monday: We had to go get a new phone at the office we got there and no one was there so we ended waiting 2 hours and then they said they couldn't do anything until Tuesday but on Tuesday we had a funeral so we didn't get the phone until Wednesday but we wasted like 4 or 5 hours jut to not get our phone!!!

Tues: P-day we did internet and went to the funeral. It was good but it was one of the saddest funerals I have ever been to!!(I sent pictures of the family and their mom that died)

Wed: Just a normal day we couldn't do anything until the afternoon because we didn't have a phone!! but we passed by our investigators houses.

Thursday: was just another day we got a lot of contacts that day and a few lessons!!

 Friday: after we studied we got a call from one of our investigators and he asked if we could come over and pray for him so we thought that he was sick so I asked him what was the matter he said I want to open my little store can yo give it a blessing!!! hahah so we went over and dedicated his little store!!!

Sat: MY COMP WAS SICK 

Sun: MY COMP WAS SICK we didnt do anything on these days it was rough!!!

So what was the African Holiday last Monday? Day of Victory I don't know what it is though

Is there any place in Mozambique that you want to go visit? Yes but they are far away so I cant visit them!!!

Why don’t you go visit places on P-day besides just playing gator ball ? they are all to far away!!!

So you look a little more muscular, were you flexing extra hard, haha or have you been working out? Been working out we work out both morning and night!!!

SEND MORE PICTURES!!

Send more PIcturES!

Did you read Saydi’s blessing? Yes

Is it hard to read letters in English or just to speak and write it? Just write and speak it sometimes

Are you wanting Christmas packages or Christmas Money? Dr pepper would be nice but if not I like money but I will think it through

Have you received any hand written letters?  yes from Grandma Carol!!!

What was your spiritual high point of the week? We didn't work much this week but next week for sure

What are you learning most about yourself since you have been on your mission? like I said before I want to be very successful and I just want to do better!!

What has made your testimony grow the most? seeing the families change you watch them from when they start and they grow a ton they are happier!!!

But thats all for this week !!!!

Love Elder Roberts

Week 55 Goal for the week FIND, FIND, FIND

Hello family! Not much new here in Matola. We are just doing the work of the lord and we didn't have transfers soon we had them 7 weeks ago.   I am sad I am missing out on the great monsoons. How's the high school football team looking this year? Send me some pictures of the boys playing ball I want to see them! (I asked the question if Mozambicans get offended easily) yes Mozambicans get offended way easy as well, if they offer you food and you turn it down they wont like you! No I usually don't read their blogs I don't have time!! Sorry it is hard to write a long letter at times one because I am tired two I don't have much time three I don't know what to write about.

This week was another tough week we did a lot of contacting but out of all the people we contacted we only had 2 lessons!!!So that was pretty tough, its hard to do contacts because its almost a waste of time because almost every one we do the lessons fall but one of the first lessons we taught didn't even live in our area so that was frustrating. but the one family we did find was nice and actually they are a neighbor to one of our other investigators!! One of our families Felix and Rosa that are trying to get baptized she said she doesn't want to be baptized, so that was disappointing. She said that she doesn't feel right being baptized again. so we are going over tomorrow to explain the whole authority thing with her again!!!   So yeah our goal this week is FIND FIND FIND!! Well that's it for the week.

I Love You Guys!!! 

Have a great Week!!!

Questions???

So you have another elder in your apartment that is from AZ?  What part of AZ is he from? HE IS FROM SCOTTSDALE!! 

So who replaced Elder Keck in your apartment? ELDER CAYTAENO HE IS FROM MANGA  

So what part of Idaho is Elder Van Leuvan from? IDAHO

So did Elder Jeumece get his Visa to serve in Angola yet? YES HE SHOULD LEAVE NEXT WEEK

Do you get to do divisions much with Elder Rebollo? TWO EVERY TRANSFER

So is fun to have 8 of you in an apartment?  YES AND NO YOU HAVE TO CLEAN A LOT MORE BUT HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO MESS WITH

Did you forget how to write in English? YES I CANT EVEN SPEAK MY GRAMMAR IS ALL MESSED UP Is that why your letters are so short and the punctuation is well to say the very least declining haha? ( Keep writing letters we can get past the punctuation but just to let you know you are on the stake blog and you have a lot of people reading your letters.)

So are you handing out the toys and the CTR rings that I sent you? Do the kids like them? YES THE KIDS LOVE THEM!

So what are your goals for the week? 

Do you keep your apartment clean?  Have your cleaning skills improved or have they gotten worse? BEM THEY ARE BETTER THAN WHEN I WAS HOME BUT WORSE SCINCE I GOT ON THE MISSION

So what do you do on Sunday at church?  Do you teach gospel Doctrine?  Have you had to speak in church yet? I WATCH CHURCH BUT NEXT WEEK I HAVE TO TEACH A TEMPLE PREP CLASS


Did you feel like your were getting yelled at in last weeks letter? NO I KINDA KNEW IT WAS COMING! (overspending i had to write some of my letter in all caps haha) 

So I was just wondering what did you spend all  your.. I mean my money on, was it stuff to help other families or just stuff? BOTH MY COMP LOST HIS WALLETT ACTUALLY GOT IT STOLEN SO HE HAD NONE SO I USED MINE FOR HIM!
Are you keeping track of how much money you are spending? I AM NOW AND I DIDNT MEAN TO OVER DRAW THE ATM.  I JUST TOOK OUT WHAT IT SAID I HAD IN IT

Did you buy the cake for the wedding you guys had a couple of weeks ago?  YES Did you help at all in making those disaster cakes? BUT THE DISATER CAKE WASNT ME MINE LOOK GOOD!!

What new families are you teaching this week?  TOMAS AND ENYGENCIA WE FOUND THEM ON SATURDAY THEY ARE A NICE COUPLE

What was your high for the week? ONE NEW FAMILY

What was your low for the week? OUR RECENT CONVERT HIS MOM GOT HIT BY A CAR AND SHE IS IN A COMMA AND THE HOSPITALS HERE SUCK SO SHE MIGHT DIE

Kinzies question is what tribe is most of the people there from like in our blessings most of us are from the tribe of Ephriam? I DON't KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A PATRIARCH HERE BECAUSE THEIR ARE NO STAKES.

BUT I HAVE A QUESTION 

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS IN SAYDIS PATRIARCHAL BLESSING? 

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