That sounds like a wonderful and beautiful service for grandpa. It was truly hard not to be able to be there. I definitely wish I could have! But it's good to know that it went so well. Dad I want to add my testimony to yours about grandpa. I did some specific studying when I found out the news because I truly didn't know and I wanted to know. I got the same answer that you just said. We'll get to see him one day and give him a great big hug and who knows, maybe we'll all get to go fishing again someday. That would be pretty neat :)
A funny story. Elder Moody and I had absolutely no food in our apartment and our dinner fell through. All I had was a box of macaroni but no milk to make it. So I just melted some shredded cheese that I had on top of it to make it somewhat of mac and cheese. It was interesting to say the least. Living off this money for food gets a little tight towards the end of the month. There are a lot more expenses than I thought being a missionary! Laundry, Toiletries, hair cuts, and some others. haha.
We got to baptize Tony on Saturday and it was amazing. He's one of the coolest guys I've ever met. Watching him progress over the last transfer was amazing and getting to watch the Spirit work through me and touch the hearts of others.
Top story of the week regarding an investigator. We have an investigator who is the father of a part member family. His name is Reynaldo Hurtado (or papa Rey). He has been an investigator for about 5 years. He's gone through sooo many missionaries. The reason that he hasn't been baptized thus far is because he can't give up smoking and doesn't really see the importance of being baptized. He is about 60 and has been smoking since he was 12. So it's a pretty intense habit. He doesn't have any self confidence that he can give it up. We have been praying so hard for him and talking to him to try and get this resolved. As of now, he has a baptismal date for the 20th of September and is going to try and stop smoking! It's gonna be rough because of his lack of confidence but we're going to keep trying our best to help him. It's been really cool to watch the hope go into his family that their dad and grandfather might finally come to church and be baptized! I'm excited to see where it goes. It's in the Lord's hands now :)
So I've been trimming down quite a bit because of one of the mission rules. We have to, no questions asked, run 3 miles every morning (besides Sunday of course). So I've been getting into pretty good shape! We don't run super fast but we still run every morning. I've also been doing some push ups and sit ups which has been nice to feel healthy. But the funniest part is that I haven't lost any weight at all even though I'm trimming down quite a bit. This is because we bike sooo stinkin' much. haha. My legs have gotten quite big... some of my pants are legitimately tighter than they were a few weeks ago! So that's an interesting tid bit. But other than that the mission is amazing! It's my second transfer and we've got some high hopes on how to improve and really let the Lord guide us and help these people. My Spanish is coming along surely but slowly. I've just gotta keep working at it! Thanks for the pictures mom :) it's nice to see all y'all and the family!
Let me know if there's anything I can do for y'all! I will try and take more pictures and such! I know that this church is true. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I know that Christ suffered and died for every one of us. He did this not only so that we could return to our Heavenly Father but also so that we would be able to have help in this life. This life is one of trials and hardships. But when we are able to see that there is someone just waiting to help us it becomes a lot easier. That doesn't mean that our trials will go away by any stretch of the imagination though! But just like the Ammonites, our trials will be made light on our backs because we will have someone there helping us with them! I love y'all and miss y'all! :) hope everything is going great. It's good to hear that BYU won! That's sad that I won't be there for the big Texas game though. Y'all will have to cheer extra loud for me!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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| The picture is right in front of our apartment, it's pretty much how the beginning of every day looks for me haha. (our apartment is the one up the stairs so we have to carry our bikes up and down them every day... so fun! |
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