First things first, Conference. I love General Conference. Like I really do. I really regret not paying more attention to it before my mission because it is super awesome. I have so many favorite talks and I could spend forever talking about all of them but two that I really loved were Elder Hales at the beginning of Saturday Evening about being a true disciple and what it means. We really cannot be part time disciple in this day and age. We have to be all in. The second was Elder Eyring in the Priesthood session about walking hand in hand with the Lord and seeing people how he sees them. It's kind of funny because at the end of conference I feel like I want to change my entire life! Also! Like whaaaat Elder Palmer?? That was so cool! Our computer lagged when they were announcing it so I didn't hear that he was going to speak but then when he got up there I was like WHOA I KNOW THAT GUY! Like I actually said that out loud raja. That was super awesome.
Conference this time kind of snook up on me. Last conference I was waiting for it for a long time and I knew that conference was almost here but it kind of just came out of nowhere. I definitely have to download them and listen to all the talks again because we really can get so many answers to our prayers and learn so many amazing things. I am pretty sure I gave this invitation last time but I will give it again, Elder Holland has a talk that he gave at the end of the last April conference (or two years ago I don't remember exactly) but everyone should go an read it and apply it to their lives! Also shout out to Elder Sabin, Dad why did we never do that, that seems like a way better way to watch BYU sports haha. :)
Other than that this week has been pretty normal! My birthday was good! I got a little sick but it was still a good day!
The wife of our branch president is trying to get us four elders (we have four elders in our branch) to do a special musical number where we sing four different verses in different languages. She got that idea because there is one native Spanish speaker and one native dutch speaking missionary. But the problem is there are two native English speakers but she wanted four languages. So I am currently learning how to sing I Know That My Redeemer Lives in French so that has been kind of awesome! If we are ever practicing I will try and record it for yall because I think it is going to be awesome!
We are one week away from another transfer! This transfer has gone by pretty fast. I have thought everything out and I am either going to get transferred again, or stay in this area until August. Because my companion is going home in nine weeks, the same time as President, and because President doesn't want to make the new President worry about transfers right away he is having one transfer of three weeks and another transfer of 9 weeks after that. So really he only has one transfer and a half left here. And I don't think there are going to be hardly any changes in that three week transfer. I also don't think my companion is going to leave this area until he goes home. So that means that I am going to leave Valiente next week so someone else can learn the area before Elder Morales goes home, or I will be here until the end of the 9 week transfer which is in August. That was all pretty confusing but yeah I am really anxious to see what is going to happen.
I love yall so much!! Thank yall for everything and have an amazing week!!!!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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| I turned 20 this week and my family sent a birthday care package. This was my birthday cake. |
