13 August 2012

Hey Family,

So this week I had my final zone conference. Which usually means that I would have to bear my testimony. But, for whatever reason, they didn't have the departing missionaries bear their testimonies. I think it was because Elder Christoffel Golden Jr. was there and we were doing things his way. So, I didn't have to bear my testimony. I was kinda looking forward to it, but whatever. The zone conference was sweet though, Elder Golden was awesome. So was everybody else's trainings. Sister Golden told us something I hadn't known. She was talking about Mother Theresa and how she was a catholic nun. She told us that when she had died, the catholic church canonized her, which means they turned her into a saint. So that was pretty interesting. I also had to get my temple recommend renewed by President Collins after all the meetings were over.

So the work was slow again this week. Funny story though. So a few weeks ago we tracted into this 16 year old girl who was home alone. So we asked if we could come back to talk with her parents sometime. She told us that probably the only time we would be able to meet them was that night because they were leaving for a mission trip the following week and would be gone for a week. So we went by that night and nobody was home. So we waited until this last Saturday to go back. So we went there at about 2 in the afternoon. The same girl answered and told us her parents weren't home again. So we asked for another time that they would be home and she said that we could try back later that night but she wasn't totally sure they would be home. So we went back that night anyways. She was still the only one home. So we were talking with her for a few minutes, then she started trying to end the conversation by saying that we had interrupted her playing Assassin's Creed. I was like "your a gamer!?" It was pretty funny. So then we talked for another 10 minutes. She is super into videogames, it's just stupid silly. There's your story Hailey.

We went to Why I Believe last night, it was pretty cool. There were lots of speakers. One of them was a convert from the ward I am serving in right now. She is an 18 year old girl, and she just got called to be the Laurels president. She is super funny too. Hailey, you would love her.

So that was pretty much my week. Hope you liked the stories!

Love,
Elder Robertson