tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53161381771588091012024-03-05T06:59:19.136-08:00Elder RJ RobertsIowa Des Moines Mission,
Spanish Speaking,
July 2013-July 2015RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-74695646784207522412015-06-29T11:18:00.000-07:002015-06-29T11:18:31.611-07:00Week 102 - Last email, see you Friday!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435586312742_129786">13 </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120001">I </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120002">had </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120003">many </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120004">things </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120005">to </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120006">write, </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120007">but </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120008">I </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120009">will </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120010">not </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120011">with </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120012">ink </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120013">and </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120014">pen </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120015">write</span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120016"> unto </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk120017">thee:</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435586312742_129774">14 </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130001">But </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130002">I </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130003">trust </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130004">I </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130005">shall </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130006">shortly </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130007">see </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130008">thee, </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130009">and </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130010">we </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130011">shall </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130012">speak </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130013">face </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130014">to </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130015">face. </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130016">Peace </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130017">be</span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130018"> to </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130019">thee. </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130020">Our</span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130021"> friends </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130022">salute </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130023">thee. </span></div>
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<span id="yiv6130135519chunk130024">Greet </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130025">the </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130026">friends </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130027">by </span><span id="yiv6130135519chunk130028">name.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435586312742_129581">(3 John 1:13-14)</span></div>
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Areas: Mexico MTC - Osceola - Muscatine - Perry - Iowa City - Muscatine (#2) - Iowa City (#2) - Des Moines</div>
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Companions: Marstaller, Blauer, Jackson, Miranda, Steele, Akaka, Johnson, Gregor, Jackson (#2) Peterson, Hunter, Porter, Broadbent, Marting, Edmunds, Peterson, Akaka (#2)</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-20323173750426911712015-06-22T20:55:00.000-07:002015-06-22T20:55:44.951-07:00Week 101 - The best kind of week, busy & fun!<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434933551497_371756" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
Today we have some awesome lessons lined up! After P-day we are having dinner with a member family and then we are teach JG! Elder Akaka and I met him a couple of weeks ago. He has completely changed his life and will be getting baptized this Saturday!!! After his confirmation on Sunday I will probably be checked out, but I am grateful that I have had the responsibility to help him into the waters of baptism. It has helped me a lot to stay focused.</div>
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Tomorrow I will be going on the departing temple trip in Nauvoo....</div>
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Wednesday we have exchanges planned.</div>
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Thursday will be a day full of meetings.</div>
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Friday we be spent planning and teaching.</div>
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Saturday Jose's baptism.</div>
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Sunday Jose's confirmation.</div>
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So this week will be very busy for us as well and FUN!!</div>
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I am feeling great! I don't need anything in particular, just prayers throughout the week.</div>
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See you next week :)</div>
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This week has been a wonderful week!!</div>
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-Helping Jose prepare for his baptism that is coming up!</div>
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-Participating in an inspirational zone conference (gave my departing testimony....)</div>
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-Helping Edwin quit smoking (so he can enter into the temple)</div>
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-Giving a blessing to a baby who was afflicted and whose mother was in distress</div>
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-Being surprised with a visit by an old companion and being able to talk about the good times we had serving together (Elder Gregor)</div>
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-Having the opportunity to be taught by Elder David S. Baxter; who presided at stake conference and being able to meet and talk with him</div>
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-I also had my departing interview with President Jensen on Sunday (due to the number of missionaries who are going home with me)</div>
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-Being able to participate in Stake Coordination and to be able to learn hands on about leadership in the church.</div>
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Stake Coordination is a meeting in which leaders from the mission meet with the leaders from the stake they are serving in to discuss the Work of Salvation.</div>
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It is truly amazing to see the Lord use the men of the Priesthood as his instruments here on the earth!</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">I know</span> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is led by men chosen <span style="font-weight: 700;">by</span> God. </div>
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2 The keys of the kingdom of God are committed unto man on the earth, and from thence shall the gospel roll forth unto the ends of the earth, as the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth, until it has filled the whole earth.</div>
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In this life we must prepare to return to our Father in Heaven. To return to our Father we must....</div>
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32 , come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.</div>
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We must act in this life, it is essential! "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also"(James 2:26).</div>
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Thank you for all of the love and support</div>
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Why I haven't lost weight this transfer:</div>
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SO this week was great!</div>
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We had a couple "close calls" :) Mom, they sure were "close" </div>
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and that is as much as I should tell you now!</div>
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We have gained some amazing memories this past week.</div>
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And we saw COUNTLESS blessings!!</div>
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Right now we are working with a lot of people that Heavenly Father has prepared!<br />
There were 10 non-members at church this Sunday in la rama quinta and we are helping<br />
multiple people reach the baptismal dates that have been set with them.</div>
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Everything is great in Des Moines!</div>
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We are working hard!</div>
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from the miracles Heavenly Father blesses us with.</div>
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Love,</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-20516951979050806282015-06-04T12:57:00.001-07:002015-06-04T12:57:23.287-07:00Week 98 - Lots of success, crazy month<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433435165245_143525" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
June is going to be a crazy month but Elder Akaka and I are very excited!!</div>
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Elder Akaka and I are doing great we saw a lot of success this week and the area is on FIRE!</div>
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We are in the same apartment that I've been in for the last 2 transfers. Elder A is the dream companion that missionaries want to finish their mission serving with!</div>
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And I am doing great right now as I have been able to stay focused on the work and helping Father in Heaven's children find the iron rod.</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-55131238700074221012015-05-27T21:07:00.001-07:002015-05-27T21:08:39.396-07:00Week 97 - No time to relax, I love it<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432776218229_4651" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So last Thursday the Des Moines 5th branch got 2 new missionaries! I am now serving with Elder Akaka, who I served with in Muscatine for 6 months the first time I served there! I am SO happy to be serving with him!! </div>
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We have seen MANY miracles already and it has just been a few days!</div>
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From last Friday till this Friday we will have no time to breath or relax, I LOVE IT! I have said many times on my mission that we have been busy, but this is a new <span style="font-weight: 700;">level</span>. With the short time we have had to work/ proselyte in our own area this week, we have been richly blessed!!</div>
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On Monday we had a great day playing sports as a zone and getting to know one another! On Monday evening a member family called us and said Elders we are sitting with a family <span style="font-weight: 700;">right now </span>that want to learn about the gospel. We were just walking into another appointment but we told them that we would be there in an hour. We entered C and E's trailer and my heart just dropped. They are SO humble in all aspects. They have two grown children that live with them as well. As we testified to them of the Restoration they were so open, C said after we were done, "It is amazing how young you are and how much you know of God and how old we are and how we don't know anything." The member family testified of what the gospel has done for them in their lives and the blessings they have received from the gospel. C and E want the same blessings for their family.<br />
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On Tuesday we had Mission Leadership council in Iowa City and got home at about 8:30, so with 30 minutes to work we went and taught J and G about the importance of the Book of Mormon and invited them to be baptized on July 18th! We are really excited for them as well. They are both extremely humble too.</div>
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The Lord will pour his blessings upon us if we are pure, worthy, and diligent!</div>
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Saying goodbye to Elder Ganoe:</div>
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With Yordan and Elder A<br />
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-56036429763377962052015-05-18T12:23:00.000-07:002015-05-18T12:23:01.921-07:00Week 96 - Finishing up in Des Moines!!!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
This week I feel many different emotions and feelings, but the one that I feel the strongest is an absolute excitement to do the Lord's work! Many missionaries might dread when they hit their one transfer left mark. They might want to pull a mission emergency break to slow things down or they might feel the time goes by really slow. I am excited to put my shoulder to the wheel and push as hard as a can until it is over!! I know the Lord has so much in store for me and my new companion!</div>
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My new companion!!! YES... Elder Petersen and I have served together for 2 transfers and have seen SO many miracles. This morning we got a call from President that he will be getting transferred and that I will be getting a new companion. We will be going to Iowa City on Thursday for transfer meeting.</div>
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Monday: We met a woman whose name is G. She is a very humble woman. We taught her about the Restoration of the Gospel and she said a very sincere, and beautiful prayer at the end of the lesson.</div>
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Tuesday: Was a day full of teaching!! Those are always the best days :)</div>
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Wednesday: I almost got squashed while Elder Petersen and I where helping O (a Hispanic man) move his HUGE refrigerator! We also taught L for the first time. She is a single mom with 2 cute little girls!</div>
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Sunday: We taught C who is preparing to be baptized on June 6th. We helped her resolve some concerns she had and taught her about the Plan of Salvation and what a blessing it is to have the knowledge of the Plan of Salvation in our lives.</div>
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We are so blessed as the Lord's servants to be serving in the 5th branch here in Des Moines. The members are so incredible and loving.</div>
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This week strive to see God's hand in your life!</div>
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He lives, He loves you, and wants the best for you</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-16534913178472560512015-05-13T13:48:00.002-07:002015-05-13T13:48:39.848-07:00Week 95 - Great to see the whole family<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431526336802_252409" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
Sunday was great!! It was great to see the whole family! I am doing good, doing the best work in the world :)</div>
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I used my birthday money to buy something nice :) :)</div>
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I feel like what I write each week is super repetitive. People don't care what I write anyway, but I will try and do better next week.</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-23588856077240472972015-05-04T12:59:00.003-07:002015-05-04T12:59:47.728-07:00Week 94 - Short & Sweet<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We will call you Saturday evening for details for Mother's Day :)</span><br />
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Monday- We taught a beautiful family (C, E, and M) with Y. We taught them about the Restoration and they loved it!</div>
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Tuesday- We did a lot of finding and found many new trailer parks!!! Some of which we probably won't go to when the sun goes down :)</div>
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Wednesday- We had interviews as a zone with President and Sister Jensen! It is always such a blessing to talk with them and feel the love they have for us! After interviews I was out for the day with the flu or food poisoning. I had not been sick like that before on my mission and would appreciate if it never happened again! We had appointments that still needed to be kept so Elder Petersen went on exchanges with Elder Guymon serving in West Des Moines so we could still make them.</div>
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Thursday- Went on exchanges with Elder Cox in the Easter Lake ward and we had a great day working there.</div>
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Saturday- We met G who referred herself, because she has been going through a really hard time and saw an add for Mormon.org on Facebook and clicked on it!!! Super cool miracle! We have a lesson with her this upcoming week!</div>
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Sunday- We taught C and her family and they are excited to prepare themselves to be baptized on June 6th!! They are such a humble and open family who really want to strengthen their relationship with God and follow Christ's example. We love them! :)</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-32934259705606632662015-04-13T11:34:00.001-07:002015-04-13T11:37:08.803-07:00Week 91 - Only 2 transfers left, ahhhhhhhh<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was definitely a different week than normal for us here in DSM!! This week we had lessons with many people whose eyes are blind and hearts are hard. We also had many of our investigators no longer want to meet with us. But...... the Lord's work must not slow down!!! So with this upcoming week we are super excited to find more people to teach. With the many meetings we have this week we are very aware we are going to have to rely on the Lord. We know he will bless us with miraculous miracles!!</span><br />
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-81449754818707235222015-04-13T11:11:00.003-07:002015-04-13T11:17:38.412-07:00Week 90 - Conference, Easter and Thinking of Zach<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428932444786_263196" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
1. My birthday was great thank you so much for the money and the pictures. I took pictures this week but forgot my camera. We just worked the whole day, nothing to special, except the Whitlows came and said hi.</div>
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2. Conference weekend, we watched conference at the stake center. On Sunday in between sessions we went to President and Sister Jensen's home and had a wonderful lunch! And after the second session we went to dinner at President and Sister Jesperson's home which was amazing as well! President Jesperson is the branch president here and they were really sad they were not able to meet you when you came here recently so they are looking forward to you next trip out here.</div>
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Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the power of His Resurrection, all of God’s children will be raised unto life eternal. He gave us His Beloved Son as our Savior to make that possible. The Savior in Gethsemane and on Golgotha paid the price of our sins so that we could be cleansed. That purifying can come to those who have faith in Jesus Christ.</div>
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The darkness of death is dispelled by the light of revealed truth. “I am the resurrection, and the life,” spoke the Master. “He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die” (John 11:25).</div>
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“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-69565268609119417252015-03-30T11:50:00.004-07:002015-03-30T11:50:56.798-07:00Week 89 - 20???Well it's going to be really weird being 20 years old on Wednesday. I remember when I started my mission and I was like wow I am going to finish my mission when I am 20 and thinking it was so far away and now POOF.<br />
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We had many powerful and life changing lessons this week!! Every night Elder Petersen and I would come into the apartment and just say wow, and couldn't stop saying it! We also had super funny experiences! We were used as the Lord's instrument and he made it known to us this week! I'll share one of the powerful experiences and one of the hilarious ones.</div>
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POWERFUL- One night some of our appointments fell through, which is normal, so we decided to look at a list of members and less active members that we have. As we were looking over the names, we noticed that neither Elder Petersen or I knew one of the families, the S family. So we just said "hey lets go try them." As we knocked, a shocked man opened the door and let us in. He told us to take a seat and he went to the other room. We got to know him and he let told us that he had only been in the USA for 4 days. He then began to tell us that he had just finished studying his scriptures and asked the Lord in prayer that he might feel an increase of the Spirit, and as soon as he said amen there was a knock on the door and there were two missionaries standing at the door. He said look at my hands. As we looked we saw his hands shaking as his prayer had just been answered instantly. We had a great lesson with him, and felt the love the Lord has for him.</div>
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FUNNY - This one was pretty good :) I wish that I had taken a picture, but hopefully my poor descriptions will suffice. We had a lesson with someone people named C, E and K. We had set a baptismal date with them for May 2nd, and since then they haven't been responding to any contact we decided to stop by one last time last night. We arrive at their apartment, the door was closed but the keys were in the deadbolt just hanging!! So it was obvious that someone was home. We heard talking inside, then we knocked, and it got silent. Nothing too unusual. We knocked again, then a third time. We then see the keys rotating from our side of the door because they were locking the door from the other side. We then began to laugh uncontrollably. Once they finished locking the door, I said, "sus llaves estan en la puerta!!!" (For you gringos: your keys are in the door!) We then continued to knock three more times while dying laughing at the situation. So we waited out side for a while because we wanted to do everything possible for them to use their agency correctly. But they didn't respond... Oh what people do to avoid the missionaries.</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-7606121745960124772015-03-23T19:59:00.004-07:002015-03-27T07:46:17.054-07:00Week 88 - Another week...another dollar...<br />
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Tuesday- We had an amazing Zone Conference here in Des Moines. We were blessed to be trained by Sister Training Leaders, the Assistants, and President and Sister Jensen. After Zone Conference we went and applied what we learned and found 2 new investigators, D and C!</div>
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Saturday- We helped a recent convert family move a HUGE sofa up to their apartment on the third floor then we flew to our apartment to change into our suits. We then went to the baptism of the G Family. They are a beautiful family from Liberia who were baptized. G, who is someone we are teaching, came and now he is really excited for his baptism. After the baptismal service we taught S and she wants to know if the church is true and when she knows it is true she said she would be baptized. Then after our lesson with S we went to a restaurant, El Salvador del Mundo. And to wrap the night up we went down to Easter Lake to interview J for baptism.</div>
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And our investigators are solid!! :)</div>
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Monday- We had an awesome P-day at the stake center with the zone! For the rest of the evening we tried to stop by some people that want to be taught but they weren't there. Then we had a lesson with O and taught him about the Plan of Salvation. He will be baptized on April 25th, he just has to get work off on Sundays and take a few steps in faith.</div>
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Tuesday- We had a great lesson with E who is a recent convert of rama quinta. I had a really cool experience while teaching him! Everything I had studied during personal study that morning was exactly what he needed. I really know Heavenly Father uses us as his instruments! Then we had a amazing lesson with G and set a baptismal date with him for April 11th. We taught him about the Book of Mormon and he loved it.</div>
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Wednesday- Went on exchanges with Elder Whiting who is the district leader of the Easter Lake district. During the exchange we found many people who are interested in learning more, and we also had the opportunity to teach a part member family who have 2 children who have not been baptized yet.</div>
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Saturday- We had another great lesson with G and taught him the Plan of Salvation and the Word of Wisdom. He said he has been looking for a church that has the beliefs our church has!! After teaching a couple more people, la rama quinta had a fiesta for the Petersons. They are the most amazing senior couple in the World!!! But they are headed back to California after serving a 2 year mission here in La rama quinta. We will miss them soooooo much</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-83876768740533452652015-03-07T17:15:00.002-08:002015-03-07T17:16:32.544-08:00Week 85 - Des Moines...Rama Quinta!!!!<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425169431293_3439540" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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So right now I am sitting in a Des Moines Public library writing to my mom as she sits here in my territory!! Words can't explain how weird I feel because she's just a couple of minutes away but in reality she is still months away. Mom, it isn't cold here, it's a beautiful day, you are just spoiled!! </div>
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As the transfers tear by me, missionaries continue to say that I am old in the mission! It kills me, It kills me to think I won't be here. I love my mission so much!!!!</div>
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I love Des Moines a ton. I am serving in a Spanish branch here; Rama Quinta!! My new companion is Elder Petersen, we have seen a lot of success already in the past 3 days and are so pumped for what lies ahead!</div>
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This past couple days in Des Moines have been SO amazing! The branch here is so spectacular!! Elder Petersen and I have only been together a full 3 days, and we have already witnessed many miracles! The Des Moines East Zone is incredible!!! Heavenly Father has put his elect here and the work is so exciting! </div>
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With the past transfer being as crazy as it was, I was looking for to stability, little did I know Heavenly Father doesn't have that in mind for me! These past couple of days I have been just absorbing all I can, and trying to get to know the missionaries and the situations of the people they are teaching. I have had multiple nights of tossing and turning just thinking about the work here!! This might be the most excited I have been on my mission so far. Which is saying a lot!! The field is white and already to harvest, and now it is time to thrust with all of our might.</div>
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I continue to ponder deeply how important this work is! There is one way, ONLY one way Heavenly Father's children can return back to him and that is through the message we are privileged to share!! The authority we hold as His servants is real. He wants everyone of his children back, and because of this it is our duty to open our mouths and preach the Gospel.</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-92232377953659260392015-02-23T14:50:00.000-08:002015-02-23T14:52:14.176-08:00Week 84 - Translados!!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well we got transfer calls from President Jensen this morning, and I will be moved again!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am headed to Des Moines, I'm pretty sure, and I am soooooo excited! It was hard leaving Iowa City the first time and all the wonderful people I have met, and I have a feeling it will be harder the 2nd time. I am very excited for Margarita; she will be baptized this Saturday!! We have been teaching her since I have been here, and she is so prepared! I won't be able to attend the baptism because I will be to far away, but "my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He called at 8am and told me to be at the stake center at 11am ready to get 2 new companions!! So I have now had 5 new companions within 5 weeks..... I love how the Lord works!! I have grown a lot and love the opportunity to continue to accept things with faith as my anchor.</span></div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-77558310848179610372015-02-09T20:24:00.001-08:002015-02-09T20:24:40.838-08:00Week 82 - Bought new dress shoes<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423540924519_8967" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
I am not frozen, but we have been pretty close to it!<br />
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I got the package thank you so much!!!!!!!! It was the first thing I have gotten since Christmas :)</div>
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I would love the family pictures you guys took and a picture of Dad's car :)</div>
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Oh and I bought new dress shoes today because I have worn holes in the soles of the ones I am wearing right now. Just thought I should let you know.<span class="icon icon-chevron-right qtd-expansion-icon" data-action="quoted-text" role="presentation" style="color: #999999; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: mail; font-size: 2rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: -7px; padding: 0px; speak: none; vertical-align: middle;"></span></div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-43022183086381285402015-02-02T20:38:00.001-08:002015-02-02T20:38:53.295-08:00Week 81 - Exchanges, Exchanges...<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422937741011_3179" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve with Elder Porter and Elder Broadbent!! I have learned a lot from them and continue to love serve the Lord more and more everyday!! They are great examples to me and help me strive to be the best I can be!</div>
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So this week has been a lot of shifting, packing suitcases, and teaching the gospel which all and all is just what every missionary wants!! :)</div>
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Tuesday- Elder Porter and Elder Broadbent had to prepare for Zone training Meeting so I went on exchanges with Elder Bowman and Elder Devenport in the 2nd North area. They are two very great disciples of Jesus Christ!!</div>
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Wednesday- We had Zone Training Meeting! We were trained by our Sister Training Leaders, Zone Leaders, and the Assistants to the President. I learned so many things I can improve on as a missionary, which I love! After Zone training meeting we went on exchanges with the Assistants. Elder Porter, Elder Cleverly, and I worked in the 4th ward area for the day! It was SO much fun!!! We had a couple great lessons, and even though one of them I had to teach by myself because the investigator only spoke Spanish, it was amazing!</div>
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Thursday- Elder Porter and Elder Broadbent went on exchanges with the North Elders, so I went on exchanges with the 2nd South Elders ( Elder Price and Elder Kircher)! Once again I learned so much from serving with them and was able to give them some advice to best help some of the people the are teaching. We also had the opportunity to find a child of our Heavenly Father who is very prepared and we taught him the restoration while sitting on the carpeted floor in his apartment.</div>
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Friday- We had weekly planning and had a wonderful dinner with the L Family, and then we had Noche de Hogar or family home evening for all of the Hispanic members in the 4th ward, which we do every Friday.</div>
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Saturday- The highlight was definitely finding D. He is a 20 year old guy who said when he opened the door started to shake a little bit because the whole week he had been praying to God for a sign because he had felt lost. We taught him the Restoration and I was able to relate some principle of the Restoration to wrestling, since he is a wrestler too!!! </div>
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Sunday- We had got 6 inches of snow over night so church was canceled so we cleaned up our area books and went through our phone contacts.</div>
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I am once again so grateful for the prayers that are offered for all of the missionaries serving, because as one of them, I can feel the strength! I truly know this church is the true church, with a living prophet and apostles. As a servant of our Savior Jesus Christ I testify he loves us and wants us to put of the natural man and become like him. In doing so we can feel a sense of peace as we make our way closer back to our Heavenly Father's presence!!</div>
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Monday was a pretty normal P-day. We went shopping, cleaned a little, and then we went to the stake center to play sports for the rest of P-day with the Iowa City Zone!</div>
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RJ Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045638218402027945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316138177158809101.post-83944954681618086652015-01-19T10:27:00.002-08:002015-01-19T10:27:22.468-08:00Week 79 - Hectic and full of surprises!<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">This week was hectic and full of surprises! I am so grateful for my mission and how the Lord has taught me to love change.</span><br />
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I got transferred again, and am back to arguably one of the best areas in the mission!</div>
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Tuesday- Walked and knocked most of the day trying to find those people prepared for the most important message they will ever hear.</div>
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Wednesday- Was P-day, I packed up pretty quickly; I am a pro by now, and said good-bye to those I have grown to love in Muscatine.</div>
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Thursday- We went to transfer meeting in IA City and I found out that I would be returning back to IC and be getting my 10th companion, Elder Hunter!</div>
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Friday- We had district meeting and got to know the district! Once again I am incredibly blessed to serve amazing elders and sisters!! In the district there are 4 sets of missionaries that cover 2 wards, the 2nd and the 4th ward.</div>
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Saturday- We taught a man whose name is A who now has a baptismal date for Feb 14th, and we also went up to Cedar Rapids to teach Margarita. M is SOOOOO prepared. We taught her about the Word of Wisdom with a member family and a recently returned missionary and the spirit was so powerful! She has a baptismal date as well for Feb 28th. </div>
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All and all I am so happy to be back in IA city and am so excited to see what the Lord has in store for Elder Hunter and I as a companionship and also what he has in store for the IA city district! </div>
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We got transfer calls this morning and I will be transferred again after only 6 weeks and President let me know it will probably happen again this upcoming transfer! It is really interesting and I wonder why the Lord has me moving around so much, but I truly believe and know President Jensen has the keys to this mission and constantly receives revelation. I will continue to be district leader in my new area, and am super excited to continue to love and be a servant to those elders in sisters in the district.</div>
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This week I had such an amazing and priceless opportunity to go to the temple to see Tyler get his endowments out! Tyler is a young man who me and Elder J - one of my old companions - love SOOOOOOO much. He opened up his mission call as well on Sunday evening and guess which mission he will be serving in?!?!?!?!</div>
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I am so excited for him!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I am sad to leave Muscatine so soon,</span></div>
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I am excited for what is ahead,</div>
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I have faith that the Lord will continue to guide me.</div>
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