Hey there,
So my week was good and it sounds like your was too. Well there was one bad thing. So you remember our recent convert David Bonbrake that we baptized a few weeks ago? Well we had an appointment set up to go see him in the afternoon a few days ago and everything before hand fell through so we thought we would go over a little early. So we drove over there and much to our surprise we saw him on his neighbors porch smoking. If you want to feel let down like never before, watch your recent convert smoke, that will do it. It was definitely inspired though, cause if we had not caught him, he would never have told anybody. So now he is meeting with the bishop, and hopefully that will fix the problem.
Kevin Hagan's baptism went fantastic! Elder Goodwin baptized him and I gave a talk on the Holy Ghost. In my talk I read the words to hymn number 143, which I think really meant a lot to him. It was the first time in Elder Goodwin's 23 months that he had baptized somebody on his mission, and he was nervous. He said "it's supposed to be the members job to baptized people". And I said "not when they ask us to do it". Brother Hagan was confirmed a member of the church yesterday and he said that it was really powerful. And his wife Kathy surprised everybody when she showed up. It was the first time she came to church and she stayed for all 3 hours. So hopefully she will keep coming back for more.
Last night we had a sweet awesome thunder and lightning storm with heavy rain, and we got to ride our bikes through it. You haven't experienced a thunder and lightning storm until you have been in one in Indiana. When there was lightning, it lit up the whole sky, it is beautiful. The thunder was so loud. Before the storm hit it was nice and warm. When it started rolling in, the temperature drastically changed and cooled down. We were soaked head to toe by the time we got back to the apartment. It was a good experience.
We were tracting in a trailer park this week and this one lady was like "it is illegal to solicit in here". And said what we always do, which is "we aren't solicitors". So we walked off her porch and she followed us down and she said she was calling the cops. She bluffed. We waited around and no police showed up. So that was my week. Hope everybody's was just as eventful as mine.
Love,
Elder Robertson
Monday, May 23, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
16 May 2011
Hey!
We had a great Stake Conference yesterday. We had a little meeting for investigators last night called "Why I Believe". It was great, Kevin Hagan(our investigator who is getting baptized this Saturday) bore his testimony and the Spirit was so strong there. The stake president talked about the importance of 1 while reading out of Luke 15, which is the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and the prodigal son. I encourage you to read that chapter and figure out what was lost, how it was lost, how it was found, and the ratio of how many were lost and found compared to the total number of items in the parable.
So I went on an exchange this week and one of the spanish missionaries came to my area with me. We had a lesson with a less-active member who is a 22 year old girl who has 2 kids and is living with a guy and she isn't married, that seems to be the norm around here. So we brought with us a member who has recently been brought back to activity. It was a great lesson. Bro. Silvers(the member we brought with us) said something pretty funny. We were talking about the Restoration and about Joseph Smith and bro. Silvers said that Jesus baptized Joseph Smith. We were like woah, back up, John the Baptist gave the authority to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and they baptized each other. True and funny story. That just goes to show you that you don't need to know every detail to know that the church is true, that is a great lesson that I learned and I will never forget it.
So I'm sure everybody is wondering if I or my companion are getting transferred on Wednesday. Well neither of us are being transferred!! I finally get to be with a companion more than 1 transfer, and it is his last transfer before his finishes his mission. I am just so happy that I get to be the last missionary to serve with Elder Goodwin. He is a great example to me and a great tool in the Lord's hands.
Love,
Elder Robertson
We had a great Stake Conference yesterday. We had a little meeting for investigators last night called "Why I Believe". It was great, Kevin Hagan(our investigator who is getting baptized this Saturday) bore his testimony and the Spirit was so strong there. The stake president talked about the importance of 1 while reading out of Luke 15, which is the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and the prodigal son. I encourage you to read that chapter and figure out what was lost, how it was lost, how it was found, and the ratio of how many were lost and found compared to the total number of items in the parable.
So I went on an exchange this week and one of the spanish missionaries came to my area with me. We had a lesson with a less-active member who is a 22 year old girl who has 2 kids and is living with a guy and she isn't married, that seems to be the norm around here. So we brought with us a member who has recently been brought back to activity. It was a great lesson. Bro. Silvers(the member we brought with us) said something pretty funny. We were talking about the Restoration and about Joseph Smith and bro. Silvers said that Jesus baptized Joseph Smith. We were like woah, back up, John the Baptist gave the authority to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and they baptized each other. True and funny story. That just goes to show you that you don't need to know every detail to know that the church is true, that is a great lesson that I learned and I will never forget it.
So I'm sure everybody is wondering if I or my companion are getting transferred on Wednesday. Well neither of us are being transferred!! I finally get to be with a companion more than 1 transfer, and it is his last transfer before his finishes his mission. I am just so happy that I get to be the last missionary to serve with Elder Goodwin. He is a great example to me and a great tool in the Lord's hands.
Love,
Elder Robertson
9 May 2011
Hey,
Well I don't have much to say after talking to everybody yesterday. It was so weird to hear Mitchell and Parker's voices. They sound so much different than the last time I heard them. Parker was talking about getting a job when he turned 16 and I was just thinking that it would be so weird to see Parker with a job. When I talked to Hailey I asked her if she was gonna get married before I got home and she was like "don't count on it". It's going to be really funny when she gets married before I get home. Well it looks like next P-Day will be pretty fun cause the member that we live with said that he would take us out to the driving range so we could hit some golf balls. Should be pretty fun. Well that is pretty much all I got this week.
Love,
Elder Robertson
Well I don't have much to say after talking to everybody yesterday. It was so weird to hear Mitchell and Parker's voices. They sound so much different than the last time I heard them. Parker was talking about getting a job when he turned 16 and I was just thinking that it would be so weird to see Parker with a job. When I talked to Hailey I asked her if she was gonna get married before I got home and she was like "don't count on it". It's going to be really funny when she gets married before I get home. Well it looks like next P-Day will be pretty fun cause the member that we live with said that he would take us out to the driving range so we could hit some golf balls. Should be pretty fun. Well that is pretty much all I got this week.
Love,
Elder Robertson
2 May 2011
Hey!
Well this week has been awesome! We got an awesome and hilarious couple investigating the church now! They both came to church together for the first time and they both loved it! When we had a lesson with them on Saturday Clayton and Mary Moore (the couple) told us how they felt about some of the churches they have been too. Currently Clayton doesn't go to a church but his wife does or did. Mary was like "I'm tired of people speakin' in tongues and babbling and fallin' into the isle!" It was the funniest thing ever! Best of all, they are a member referral! Statistics show that 1 in 1000 people the missionaries talk to will get baptized, but 1 in every 2 people the members interact with will get baptized. Missionaries need more members referrals!
One of our investigators, David Bonbrake, got baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. It was so awesome. His room mate came who isn't a member, which was good, we were glad he came to support brother Bonbrake, but when he was going into the font and everybody was being reverent he was getting loud and saying "this isn't a time to be reverent, we need to be excited and to rejoice, it's a wonderful day!" Needless to say he was a little disruptive.
We have been so blessed lately with finding people that are ready to receive the gospel. It has been a wonderful week for us!
Love, Elder Robertson
P.S. The stake president here, President Shumard, is awesome! You should be expecting a call from him sometime this week :) You should be getting a call from him because he asked for a number to contact my family at cause he wanted to talk to my parents cause he's awesome. Apparently he calls the families of the missionaries that he likes.
Well this week has been awesome! We got an awesome and hilarious couple investigating the church now! They both came to church together for the first time and they both loved it! When we had a lesson with them on Saturday Clayton and Mary Moore (the couple) told us how they felt about some of the churches they have been too. Currently Clayton doesn't go to a church but his wife does or did. Mary was like "I'm tired of people speakin' in tongues and babbling and fallin' into the isle!" It was the funniest thing ever! Best of all, they are a member referral! Statistics show that 1 in 1000 people the missionaries talk to will get baptized, but 1 in every 2 people the members interact with will get baptized. Missionaries need more members referrals!
One of our investigators, David Bonbrake, got baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. It was so awesome. His room mate came who isn't a member, which was good, we were glad he came to support brother Bonbrake, but when he was going into the font and everybody was being reverent he was getting loud and saying "this isn't a time to be reverent, we need to be excited and to rejoice, it's a wonderful day!" Needless to say he was a little disruptive.
We have been so blessed lately with finding people that are ready to receive the gospel. It has been a wonderful week for us!
Love, Elder Robertson
P.S. The stake president here, President Shumard, is awesome! You should be expecting a call from him sometime this week :) You should be getting a call from him because he asked for a number to contact my family at cause he wanted to talk to my parents cause he's awesome. Apparently he calls the families of the missionaries that he likes.
25 April 2011
Hey there,
Yesterday at church I ran into 2 guys who somehow know Steven, so they took a picture with me and they said they would send it to him. Small world!
Mt. St. Helens was a lot of fun, I'm happy for all of you. Maybe this time you will get to be with the group that makes it to the top. Rafting on the John Day could be a spiritual experience for the youth of the stake, but there may be better things than that that you could come up with. Coos Bay was great and so was going out to Brother Bever's ranch.
So yesterday we presented a quit smoking program to a couple who are investigating the church and trying to quit smoking. The program involves 15 steps that you must follow with exactness over the course of 7 days. If they can do that, they will be non-smokers in no time.
One of our investigators, David Bonbrake, was interviewed for baptism on saturday and he is all set to be baptized on this coming saturday. He has been investigating on and off for about a year now and he is finally taking the leap. He is 69 years old and is missing a lot of his teeth like a lot of the people around here because they have smoked for years and have not taken care of their teeth.
I had a pretty great Easter. I got to have dinner with the mexican family that we live with(we live in the garage with a kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom and we get to use their washer and dryer) and we had some delicious South American food. Now I'm not sure if that food did something to me or not, but I woke up at about 5 this morning and I had the worst tummy ache and I felt like I was gonna throw up. But the food was good though, so it was worth it. Funny story, I dished myself up the first time, and when I went back for seconds they piled more food on than I had the first time! It was pretty cool.
Love,
Elder Robertson
18 April 2011
Hey Mom,
I am loving my new area and companion. His name is Elder Goodwin and he is from Utah and is about to finish up here. He goes home next transfer and he already got his flight plans, crazy! He plays Lacrosse just like me.
The weather isn't as nice as the area I just came from but I am managing just fine. But it looks like we will be getting some not so fun weather here pretty soon. Oh well.
That is so crazy that Tayler Knowles is getting married. But that is even crazier that Cassie is getting married, I never would have guessed she would get married this soon. But good for her.
I'm pretty proud to hear that Oregon is doing so well sports wise. Now we just need to get an NFL team and we will be set.
Well my time is about up so you will have to get the details I sent to dad.
Love you mom,
Elder Robertson
Hey Dad,
The time out here is passing by just as quickly as it is for you. It's insane, I can't believe I've been out almost 7 months. When I say 7 months to my self it seems like a long time. But when I look back on it, it really isn't very long. Maybe it's because I have had so many companions that has made it go by so fast.
That's pretty cool that you guys got to go to the temple with Steven to get out his endowments. How did he like it? When I went through for the first time I was in awe the entire time and I didn't understand too much of what was going on. And I have gone through too many times since then because there isn't a temple out here, so there is still a whole lot I would still like to learn about it. Guess I'll just have to wait till I get home.
Are you guys doing a rafting high adventure? I loved rafting so much. So many good memories came from rafting and kayaking.
The weather is a whole lot worse than Bloomington. It is always just gloomy here. It's almost always cloudy and it is windy pretty much always which is no fun ever. Well it sounds like Oregon is being Oregon as per usual. The weather out here changes so dramatically so fast. Just a few days ago it was all hot and stuff, now it is kinda cold, rainy, and cloudy. Indiana is so weird.
Something cool that this ward does is something called the Lost Sheep program. Once a year, the members go out for 2 saturdays and go visit every less-active member on the roster. We got so many names to go try by, we are going to be so busy. It is happening this saturday and the next one. Speaking of next saturday, if all goes according to plan we will be having a baptism!! His name is David Bonbrake and he has been investigating for almost a year now on and off. He has quit smoking and he is all ready for his baptism on April 30th.
So my companion is the district leader, and as you probably know, they go on exchanges with the zone leaders. We will be going on those exchanges tonight and it will be my first exchange with a zone leader. What was the highest leadership position you reached? I'm not sure if I want to reach very much leadership, all I really want is to train a new missionary. I think it would be fun to do that. So that is pretty much all I got this week.
Love,
Elder Robertson
11 April 2011
Here is my new address:
8307 Hunter's Knoll place
Fort Wayne, IN
46825
So I got sent back up to the Fort Wayne Stake, oorah! We share a car with Columbia City which is where I was born as a missionary, and Elder Bodily is still there. The work here is so much better than down in Bloomington, so many more people are wanting to learn here. So many people were comfortable where they were in life, but so are some of the people up here. My new companion's name is Elder Goodwin and he is my district leader. He only has this transfer and the next until he goes home, crazy. I got to see one of my old investigators again. She used to be in Columbia City but then she moved here into the Fort Wayne second area boundaries. She is in worse condition than I left her. Apparently she is having thoughts of suicide now. She reads from the Book of Mormon but she doesn't remember a single thing about what she reads. She's not even trying anymore and she thinks just by us coming over and talking to her is good enough and she doesn't have to do anything. She is in for a rude awakening. So not much else is happening here as of right now but I will let you all know when something awesome goes down.
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Love, Elder Robertson
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Love, Elder Robertson
4 April 2011
Hey there,
Right now we are in the library and it is raining like crazy outside. And there is loud thunder and lightning, it's pretty intense
This morning we got transfer calls and we are being double transfered out. Another companion down. I'm coming into my fifth transfer and fifth companion. I want to stay with at least one of my companions more than one transfer! But I guess this is what the Lord wants of me, so I will go where he wants me to go. This has been by far the most trying transfer thus far in my mission. We didn't teach more than 10 lessons in all the entire transfer and their were many other trials too. But luckily our companionship has been unified through this whole thing, so that has helped tremendously. We met lots of good people, even though they didn't really want to talk with us, atleast they we polite about it. Their was also funny times too.
General Conference was awesome! I loved every minute of it. My companion and I were looking out the front doors of the church and watched as people drove by in their cars. Elder Swanson turned to me and said "if only people knew that a prophet was speaking, they would all come flooding in here to here what he has to say". So many people are searching for what we just had the honor of witnessing, but they are to blind and hard-hearted to look into our church because they hear so many false things about us. They can't bring themselves to learn for themselves that this is the true church of Jesus Christ. Sometimes I wish I could tell people how misinformed their churches really are so they could see how true ours is. Oh well. They will have to find out the hard way if they won't listen to us as messengers of our savior and redeemer.
I am grateful for or beloved prophet Thomas S. Monson and his counselors, the twelve apostles, and all church leaders. I am grateful for this opportunity to serve the Lord for this short amount of time to declare the truthfulness of this gospel, and to give back what He has given me. I am grateful for President Collins for being there for me whenever I need him and for being the inspired and loving man that he is. I am eternally grateful for the love and support from everybody back home, especially my family. I am so so grateful for my family, for being patient with me, for supporting me in everything I have done, and for helping me here on my mission. And I am grateful for this church and this gospel and it's members. I know the church is true and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that Joseph Smith was it's translator who brought it to pass as our first prophet in this dispensation. This is my testimony and I bear it with all my heart.
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Love, Elder Robertson
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Love, Elder Robertson
28 March 2011
Hey everybody!
This week we worked our butts off everyday but nothing got done. Every Sunday night our district leader calls to get our numbers for the week to see how we did. We reported that we got zeros for everything. Everybody keeps telling us that no effort is wasted, but it is kinda hard to see the rewards when we can't even teach a lesson to anybody. Nobody seems to want to here about the gospel here in Bloomington.
As you all know, last week I was feeling a little down and homesick. You'll be glad to know that I am getting over that, thanks to my companion and my mission president. Yesterday President Collins came down to Bloomington for sacrament meeting so that he could talk to both of us. I love President Collins, he is such an inspired and loving man. He made me feel so much better about being out here and to not worry about how things are going here and to just keep working. He said that sometime soon he is going to be making some changes to the mission and he is going to show the missionaries that we can have fun while serving the Lord. President Collins also talked to Greg. Greg used to be an investigator but has asked that we don't come by his house anymore. Greg is gay and doesn't want to change and he lives with another man. He also comes to church every Sunday and has told us on several occasions that he has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of the church. So President Collins asked me if Greg would be open to talking with him. I said that he probably would. He then asked well if he doesn't want to talk with missionaries why would he talk with me? I'm like a missionary on steroids! President Collins is awesome! President Collins is also a lawyer which makes him that much more of a better missionary, and he is the number 1 lawyer for the church in Utah. We don't know how their conversation went but Greg looked like he was in deep thought after church.
The only thing I can say now is that transfers can't come soon enough. I want to get out of this area and go somewhere that the people are willing to talk with us.
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Love, Elder Robertson
This week we worked our butts off everyday but nothing got done. Every Sunday night our district leader calls to get our numbers for the week to see how we did. We reported that we got zeros for everything. Everybody keeps telling us that no effort is wasted, but it is kinda hard to see the rewards when we can't even teach a lesson to anybody. Nobody seems to want to here about the gospel here in Bloomington.
As you all know, last week I was feeling a little down and homesick. You'll be glad to know that I am getting over that, thanks to my companion and my mission president. Yesterday President Collins came down to Bloomington for sacrament meeting so that he could talk to both of us. I love President Collins, he is such an inspired and loving man. He made me feel so much better about being out here and to not worry about how things are going here and to just keep working. He said that sometime soon he is going to be making some changes to the mission and he is going to show the missionaries that we can have fun while serving the Lord. President Collins also talked to Greg. Greg used to be an investigator but has asked that we don't come by his house anymore. Greg is gay and doesn't want to change and he lives with another man. He also comes to church every Sunday and has told us on several occasions that he has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of the church. So President Collins asked me if Greg would be open to talking with him. I said that he probably would. He then asked well if he doesn't want to talk with missionaries why would he talk with me? I'm like a missionary on steroids! President Collins is awesome! President Collins is also a lawyer which makes him that much more of a better missionary, and he is the number 1 lawyer for the church in Utah. We don't know how their conversation went but Greg looked like he was in deep thought after church.
The only thing I can say now is that transfers can't come soon enough. I want to get out of this area and go somewhere that the people are willing to talk with us.
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Love, Elder Robertson
21 March 2011
Dear Peoples,
This week had it's up's and down's. First I will tell you about the up's. We got to talk to so many people on their door steps which was nice because they usually don't leave the door open long enough for us to talk, it was nice even though we didn't get very many return appointments. We found a girl who let us in when we were tracting some apartments that were kinda in the hood. Her name is Brandy and she told us that she was depressed all the time, has thoughts of suicide, and has an abusive boyfriend who she just got out of jail. The only reason why she doesn't commit suicide is because she has a little 3 year old daughter that she doesn't want to leave alone for 2 seconds because she loves her so much. So even if she doesn't want to join the church, we still want to go over there to comfort her and talk with her so she doesn't end her own life. We had dinner with a family last night and the husband served his mission in Spokane, Washington and he has a picture of Mt. Hood on his wall. It was so awesome to so Mt. Hood again!! We have been teaching a 11 year old Jamaican girl who is the daughter of a member here who converted last year. And we are pretty sure this little girl is going to get baptized, slowly but surely because she can only take in so much at a time.
Now for the low point of the week. Friday morning before district meeting I kinda broke down and cried because I was feeling pretty home-sick. I just missing so many things from back home. I wanted to see everybody again, I wanted to play sports, hang out with my friends, and do many other things. The mission was just starting to weigh down on me because of all the stress and difficulties and exhaustion. I felt like I was done. But because of my superman companion, he lifted my spirits and I was happy by the end of the day. This mission is harder than anything I have ever done or accomplished, and it will probably be the hardest thing I ever will do, the hardest thing anyone can do. I think that the only way missionaries finish their mission is because we have a companion by our side every step of the way to build them up. I know that I probably wouldn't be out here anymore if it weren't for my companions. So I say to all those who are considering to serve a mission to prepare yourself now, both spritually, mentally, and physically. Because this is tough.
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Love, Elder Robertson
This week had it's up's and down's. First I will tell you about the up's. We got to talk to so many people on their door steps which was nice because they usually don't leave the door open long enough for us to talk, it was nice even though we didn't get very many return appointments. We found a girl who let us in when we were tracting some apartments that were kinda in the hood. Her name is Brandy and she told us that she was depressed all the time, has thoughts of suicide, and has an abusive boyfriend who she just got out of jail. The only reason why she doesn't commit suicide is because she has a little 3 year old daughter that she doesn't want to leave alone for 2 seconds because she loves her so much. So even if she doesn't want to join the church, we still want to go over there to comfort her and talk with her so she doesn't end her own life. We had dinner with a family last night and the husband served his mission in Spokane, Washington and he has a picture of Mt. Hood on his wall. It was so awesome to so Mt. Hood again!! We have been teaching a 11 year old Jamaican girl who is the daughter of a member here who converted last year. And we are pretty sure this little girl is going to get baptized, slowly but surely because she can only take in so much at a time.
Now for the low point of the week. Friday morning before district meeting I kinda broke down and cried because I was feeling pretty home-sick. I just missing so many things from back home. I wanted to see everybody again, I wanted to play sports, hang out with my friends, and do many other things. The mission was just starting to weigh down on me because of all the stress and difficulties and exhaustion. I felt like I was done. But because of my superman companion, he lifted my spirits and I was happy by the end of the day. This mission is harder than anything I have ever done or accomplished, and it will probably be the hardest thing I ever will do, the hardest thing anyone can do. I think that the only way missionaries finish their mission is because we have a companion by our side every step of the way to build them up. I know that I probably wouldn't be out here anymore if it weren't for my companions. So I say to all those who are considering to serve a mission to prepare yourself now, both spritually, mentally, and physically. Because this is tough.
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Love, Elder Robertson
14 March 2011
Hey Mom,
What did the Sister missionaries call you about? Sister missionaries are so jack. We ask members anytime we talk to them if they need any help from us with anything but they always say that there isn't anything we can help with.
Did Mitchell's choir place at all or did they not do that at this concert? I'm glad they did well, sounds like my fasting paid off.
So I got a letter from the ward again and somebody whose name I couldn't read asked me to write the young men and tell them what it is like being on a mission. It looked like the name was Decker? IDK. But anyways, if I get the time I will try to write something for them and I will just address to you or dad.
So this week has been a bit better. We have some new investigators and things are starting to pick up. We had a lesson with a referral we got from headquarters and she seems like she has lots of potential to be baptized. At the end of our lesson we asked if she would get baptized if she came to know that we are the true church and she said she would. So we were pretty darn excited about her. So that is pretty much the most exciting thing that happened this week, everything else is pretty much the same. lots of tracting and trying by potential investigators and former investigators.
Love
Elder Robertson
What did the Sister missionaries call you about? Sister missionaries are so jack. We ask members anytime we talk to them if they need any help from us with anything but they always say that there isn't anything we can help with.
Did Mitchell's choir place at all or did they not do that at this concert? I'm glad they did well, sounds like my fasting paid off.
So I got a letter from the ward again and somebody whose name I couldn't read asked me to write the young men and tell them what it is like being on a mission. It looked like the name was Decker? IDK. But anyways, if I get the time I will try to write something for them and I will just address to you or dad.
So this week has been a bit better. We have some new investigators and things are starting to pick up. We had a lesson with a referral we got from headquarters and she seems like she has lots of potential to be baptized. At the end of our lesson we asked if she would get baptized if she came to know that we are the true church and she said she would. So we were pretty darn excited about her. So that is pretty much the most exciting thing that happened this week, everything else is pretty much the same. lots of tracting and trying by potential investigators and former investigators.
Love
Elder Robertson
7 March 2011
Dear Dad,
This has been another one of those tough weeks. My companion and I figured out our boundaries. It turns out that everybody that we were teaching were barely on the other side of our boundaries. So we had to give all of our investigators away. Back to the drawing board. Now we will be doing lots of less-active work and tracting.
We were unable to go to the baptism of the guy that I was teaching last transfer because we got some appointments set up during the time the baptism was happening. Then all the appointments fell through.
I can't believe that I have been out almost 6 months. It doesn't even feel like I have been out for very long. But I guess when you look at 2 years compared to your whole life, it isn't all that long anyways. So I guess I'm not sacrificing that much of my time to the LORD, but it is the least I can do.Dear Dad,
I love you all.
Love
Elder Robertson
This has been another one of those tough weeks. My companion and I figured out our boundaries. It turns out that everybody that we were teaching were barely on the other side of our boundaries. So we had to give all of our investigators away. Back to the drawing board. Now we will be doing lots of less-active work and tracting.
We were unable to go to the baptism of the guy that I was teaching last transfer because we got some appointments set up during the time the baptism was happening. Then all the appointments fell through.
I can't believe that I have been out almost 6 months. It doesn't even feel like I have been out for very long. But I guess when you look at 2 years compared to your whole life, it isn't all that long anyways. So I guess I'm not sacrificing that much of my time to the LORD, but it is the least I can do.Dear Dad,
I love you all.
Love
Elder Robertson
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