I am on a little early today because it is a short p-day because we are going to the temple this week! BUT this week was AWESOMEEEE!!
First and most important thing is that Ysmael got BAPTIZZEEDDD!! He was so excited about it! He wanted to know everything. Like exactly how it was going to be and everything. When he finally got changed in the bathroom he said that there was no need to wait or do anything special or have a service and he wanted to just jump in right then and there. We convinced him to wait and while Elder Arnold was changing Ysmael was dancing in the mirror and it was super funny. Like I said last week, he had been to church a lot throughout his life. When he was younger he visited a church by himself but a couple of his friends would tell him "hey come with us to the true church." From a young age he like the church but then moved and lost connection with the church. Here through a friend (who we are also working with to get baptized but that is a whole different story) he found the church again and started visiting but never understood why everyone said it was the true church. We taught him a little bit and after we taught about Joseph Smith we could feel the Spirit really strongly. He just sat there for a bit and thought and then looked up and asked, "so when can I do this whole baptism thing?" He has been so much fun to work with and he is helping us with one of his friends. Ysmael is one of the kids that we play basketball with on P-days. He is a super good kid. He has a pretty strong testimony of the church and wants to serve a mission!
For family reasons Yudeli's baptism fell and we rescheduled it for this week! Prayers! She is super nervous but super prepared!
Elder Arnold bought a basketball and we have been waking up a little early to go play a little bit and it has been super nice. We played today and we did a lot better. We beat them 5 games to 1. I love basketball. Do the guys in the ward still get together on Wednesday nights and play?
GENERAL CONFERENCE IS IN TWO WEEKS!!!! IT FALLS ON EASTER SUNDAY SO GET READY BECAUSE THE TALKS ARE GOING TO BE AWESOMMMMEEEE!!
There isn't a ton more that happened this week that I can think of. I might keep this one a little short due to some complaining by some unnamed Elder whose name is Elder Lynn. But still love that kid.
Just some fun little pictures that I can send because I know only send this to the family, all my missionary friends have gone home (We all can agree that Christian and Zach are part of our family.)
Really the only picture that is awesome is what we found in our neighbors house. Right now we are just a normal companionship so I don't really have many responsibilities which has been a weird change because if we get home at 9, I have no idea what to do with all the time. I have to call our district leader but then I have time to make dinner or do a lot of stuff. We have to be in bed by 10:30 so we have an hour and a half. A lot of time we will just climb onto our roof and talk (hence the picture of me laying down, my back was hurting.) Well we were just kind of looking around and there was this big ole gaping hole in our neighbors wall and as you peek, we found something kind of interesting. I will let yall guess what it is.
This week is going to have a lot more awesome stories I think! I also think my suits might be done this week and I might try and pick them up when we go to the temple on Wednesday. IM PUMPED!!!
It sounds like life back there is pretty full of adventures! That is awesome that the cousins got to go on trek with yall! That must have been a blast! I remember when we went on trek and I kind of cheated the system because I had a qualifying meet one of the days so Dad came and picked me up and I slept in my own bed. jeje. Spring break here is always the week before Easter and they call it the "Holy Week" and that week gets crazy! But we still got a week before that!
That is super crazy and a little scary about the bombings in Austin. Be careful! Just don't order any packages until they catch that crazy guy!
I love y'all a ton! I hope everyone has an amazing week!!!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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