Blessings!

This week was really cool. So, Monday was weird because we didn't have time to pick up any food. Literally the next day, the sisters call us and they give us three huge boxes of rice, orange chicken, and Jimmy John's sandwiches leftover from a YSA activity! It was so awesome! Then the zone leaders were able to get us even more food as well just to make sure we had milk and bread. Everyone here is just phenomenal! 

I got my letter from the Carroll Clan and I loved it! I'm so grateful for all the support and love that I'm getting for being out here. I guess I got puppies too according to the card so I hope to see them when I get back! 

The work has been really progressing here. We met two solid people who want to learn more and actually do what we ask them to do! Its amazing! We had to stop teaching a few other people because they either weren't doing anything or we simply can't help them because of their mental condition. I feel so bad that I can't do anything to help them. I really hope everything works out in the end for them. 

We also got to spend a few days with Elder Townsend! He was one of the assistants when I got out and now he's tracing between companions for the last six weeks of his mission! He is awesome! We had a weird few days with him because it seems like even more crazy people came out when we were with him. 

I found out that my parents are moving! I promise to come and visit those that I can when I get back!

Sincerely,

Elder Robertson 

P.S.

The first one is the letter I got, then we found the pony just in someone's front yard that's been there for 15 years, and the last is with Elder Townsend and Elder Cheney.

Zone Activities (July 15)

We have had an awesome time spending time together as a missionary zone. Last week we we made tie dye shirts that turned out really well. We almost stained the table but we sacrificed our clothes to save the table from being dyed. It was actually really fun.

This week, we are at President Mackay's house for our activities and it is awesome! He has a huge house and is doing great! We played pingpong for a little while and then we did around the world. It was really crazy at first and then we got it down. We when had a tournament and I was up against President Mackay. I almost had him, but I eventually messed up. We were playing until seven and we went to twelve because we had to win by two. I got fairly good at pingpong when I was with Elder Settle and it was to much fun. 

The work hasn't been going too well. We are still trying to set up appointments that won't fall through and people just haven't been interested. We have been really persistent though and we have a few of people we hope we can meet with this week. Most of the people we are trying to contact are really busy and we haven't really found a way around that. 

We were able to help some Nuns this week! As we were biking we noticed a green PT Cruiser that had a flat tire and they didn't know it. We had to bike exceedingly fast to catch up to them. When they did realize it, they didn't know what to do so we helped them out right away. We found the spare on the bottom of the car and got it changed really fast. The lady driving the Nuns tried to give us twenty dollars but we declined and helped them to the nearest gas station to fill the tire up with air. We asked someone for some quarters and the man we asked was glad to help. Sadly, no one was interested in the gospel but it was really awesome! 

I hope everyone has a safe week and enjoys summer while it lasts!

Sincerely,

Elder Robertson

P.S. 

Presidents house and the zone and me with an exceedingly old car from a former investigator 

Happy Fourth of July! (July 8)

I hope Everyone's Fourth of July was Awesome! We were ab;e to spend our holiday at the Lakatani's. Brother Lakatani has been a personal trainer for missionaries for years. We go over every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to work out in the mornings. He himself is able to lift an tremendous amount of weight so, it works. We were able to see them set off some fireworks and have an awesome conversation about his family history. His grandpa apparently used to hunt wild boars when he was ninety-four!

These past few weeks have been crazy and really productive. We have been meeting with so many people and have had to drop even more people than ever. I really want to help people, but if they don't do anything it is impossible to make lasting change. We do have a lot of promising people so your prayers are paying off. We are meeting with Kenneth tonight, we have a lot of hope for him and the first lesson we had with him went great. we could tell he felt the spirit and things made sense.

I am so sorry that I have not been able to Email for a long time but the keys to the family history center were lost for a time. I don't like making excuses but, what happens, happens. 

There are earthquakes happening here! we only felt it for probably twenty seconds but it was awesome! The earthquakes are coming from down south and a lot of houses were destroyed but from what I have heard no one was hurt too badly. I really hope things stay that way. 

I did discover something interesting this week too. English isn't the hardest language to learn. The reason why people say it is is because the roots of some languages are similar or totally different. same with the sentence structure, too. Really, the difficulty of the language depends on what language you start with.

There is even a Native American language that is really odd. You can write a sentence and then mix and match the words, but it will mean the same thing. Its really awesome how it works but I don't know the name of the language.

I hope everyone has a safe week!

Sincerely,

Elder Robertson