UPDATE

Elder Robertson's new P-day will be on Saturdays instead of Mondays, so he will be able to read and send emails on Saturdays.

June 16, 2014

I'm getting transferred!!!  It was funny, we were teaching Saturday at like 4:30ish and the phone rang and it was president!!!!  So I answered and he asked how I was and if I thought I was going to have a cambio.  Haha, I really didn't think I was going to be transferred so I said no.  He just laughed and said, "Well, you are." :) I'm going to Osorno!  It's a sector called Franke.  So that should be really fun.  My new companion is Elder Montiel; he is from Argentina!  I'm going to be his "mom" :) his second companion.  He just finished training.  And I'm going to be district leader.... we'll see how that goes.  I'm not really sure how to be a leader.  So it should be crazy!!!!  My sector is really close to the misión home that should be good!  Osorno is a little different, so my p-day will be Saturday!  I'm going to have two p-days this week!!!!  Sweet! I'm kinda bummed to be leaving Porvenir/Punta arenas, it's weird to think that I might never come back in this life!

I have liked this área a ton!  We have lots of really awesome people that are going to get baptised once they come to church.  We didn't have any investigators come to church this cambio but we reactivated some menos activos.  Yesterday, a menos activo came to church and hasn't been in a really long time.  It was awesome!

The thing that I'm excited for is there are lots of stores in Osorno.  So I will be able to buy food!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) It should be really interesting.  Next month I have a year in the misión and this will be the first time I go to the center of the mission!  It will be really nice because I'm right next to the office so I will get packages and letters fast! :) The weather here is really cold, haha, it's getting lots worse but todavía (still) no snow!  So that's a bummer, it's really dry here so it's just cold and nothing else.  The ice is really bad! :) Osorno will be really rainy but I think the temperatura will be like it was during summer here in the south. Haha, that's weird!!!

Sounds like your class is really fun dad!  A lot of work but its what you like, cierto?  Who is the other teacher?  Is it Mr. Manwaring from Copper Hills?  He talked about a class like that but I can´t remember. :)  Losing weight is good, dad!  I'm too skinny, so I'm trying to gain a little weight but I can´t!  I'm excited to get pics.  I've started to enjoy taking pictures a lot!   

I've liked being in a small ward a lot!  The only thing that is hard is nobody does anything because everybody just waits until the missionaries do it!  But it's awesome, I gave 5 or 6 talks in my 3 months here!  There were a couple of times I was the only speaker. :)

My trip to Osorno should be really good, I'm really excited, but super nervous, haha, I have no idea what I'm going to do as a leader!

Love you all so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Elder Robertson

June 9, 2014

Hola. This week was hilarious!!!!!!:) haha

First story: So my companion, Elder Cariqueo, and I were walking doing some contacts and he passed gas.  It was so LOUD!!!!!!! hahahaha :) and then we realized there was a lady right behind us... I was trying so hard not to laugh. haha He did really good at just acting like nothing happened and we just kept going!  I think I almost died of laughing.

Second story: The weather has been pretty bad lately and it is really icy!  So we were walking down a hill and we were joking about falling... and he hit a really icy patch but didn't fall.  He looked back and started to say be careful it's icy, but before he could finish I was on the ground.  It was an epic fall!  Now my leg hurts haha :) I don't think anyone saw, so that's good.  I wish someone had gotten it on camera.

It was a good week.  A couple of weeks ago we contacted a kid in the street; his name is Ariel.  He told us where he lived and said we could pass by.  He has some problems.  So we passed by and his sister answered and we were talking to her and it was good, she has some problems too but not sure what.  We were just talking when all of a sudden she looked at me and said, "Wow, you are really beautiful!"  I was trying so hard to not laugh and then she asked, "Do you have a woman?" haha  That was probably the funniest thing that has happened on my misión.  But i lied to her and said yes!  She just said, "Oh, that's too bad." and went on talking.

 

This was a really funny week.  Church was good.  At 10:00, when it was supposed to start, there were 3 people there, including us! :) But, by the end, there were 21!  It was a good Sunday.  We got the call Saturday night before we went to bed and they asked us to give talks!  So i gave a talk again :) we didn't have any investigators come to church so that was a bummer but we are still working hard with people.

You'll have to keep me updated on all the changes!  That's interesting!  I'll let you know when I get letters, usually it takes lots of time!

Its crazy!!!!  I will know by next p-day if I'm staying or leaving!  I think I'm leaving, but we will see.

Jose is Elder Cariqueo's first name.  This cambio started May 5th.

You guys are the coolest family ever! love you tons!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Robertson

June 2, 2014

Thats crazy another school year is over!  1 more and I'll be home!  Crazy right!!!!  So this week was good!  We did a lot of walking!  I think i might put that every week.  This week the zone leaders came to Porvenir and we did splits with them.  That was really fun, I was with Elder Goobler.  He is 6´8´´!!! haha, it was fun.

Jorge and Lila: Still haven't come to church but yesterday we had a really good lesson with them about acting on our faith.  It was really good, they are really awesome!  Really we just need them to come to church and I think they will be baptised.

Franco is awesome!  We found him a couple weeks ago knocking doors and we started to teach him.  He is ateo (atheist) but kind of a fence sitter, he doesn´t really know if God existe (I can't remember the word in English) or not.  There have been lots of miracles happen with him and it's really cool.  He prayed the other day for the first time in his life.  The only bad thing is he got a new job.  He works 20 days outside of porvenir and has 10 days of rest!!  He left Sunday, I think.  

We have a lot of other people but those are the people we are working with a lot. The world Cup starts soon so that should be crazy.  Chile just passed a law that you can't work during the games that Chile plays in, ha-ha.  And if you do work you have to be within seeing distance of a TV!  I'm not sure what we are going to do during the games.

It's been really cold!  This morning it snowed a little bit but it didn't even stick.  Thankfully it hasn't been windy, so that's been good.  It's nice because here in Porvenir it's super-dry, I think it has rained 3 times since I've been here.

Nana emailed me the other day and she said she was going to write me!

Things are pretty much the same here.  We are working hard.  That's all that counts! :)

I always like getting pictures!  It's cool!  I have printed a couple off so I can show people my family!

Well shoot, sorry I can't think of anything else to write!  Thanks for the emails, you guys are awesome!!!!!

May 26, 2014

My week was good.  We have found some new people and have just about knocked all the doors in Porvenir:) haha Jorge and Lila are progressing really good but still haven't come to church!!  This Wednesday we are going to have a lesson with them in the church so they can be more comfortable with it.

Elder Cariqueo is my companion.  I would send a picture but it doesn´t work :( his camera doesn´t work también.  He is awesome, he is from Santiago and is almost 24!  He is an old fart!  He is a good Elder.  We get along good.  He is a funny kid! haha

I'm glad the doctors went good!  It's awesome everything is done!  That is awesome Deanna is engaged!  I haven´t emailed her in forever.  So her fiancee doesn't have anything to worry about! haha :)  Yea, I knew Paige! I didn't know she was mormon... That's awesome she is going on a misión!

Seems like the ward is growing really good!  Sounds like lots of people are moving in!

Dad, it would seem that the Young men need some palos!  Get on them for that one.  Tell them to start doing things on their own now before I get back and just make them do it! haha Just kidding.  Just tell them it's a lot easier to have good habits before the misión and not wait until the MTC :)

Not much happened this week.  We are sharing a lot with Jorge and Lila but don´t have too many other strong investigators!  I JUST REMEMBERED something hilarious, we shared with this guy in the army and he thinks the church was formed by the government to unite the world!  hahaha  It was the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life!  He is a funny guy.  We are working a lot with menos activas so that is really good.  We had a menos activa come to church who hasn't come in years!  It was really cool.

El Albedrio (freedom of choice)! It's something I have learned really well on the mission.  Everyone has it and all I can do is work my hardest, pray, and rely on the Lord.  Then they have to decide.

Well I can´t really think of anything else.  We did a lot of walking this week!

This week our zone leaders are going to come and we are going to do splits so that should be fun!  Something new!!!!! haha Love you guys tons!

Elder Robertson   

May 19, 2014

It was great talking to you guys!  That was really neat.  Haha next time we talk I will have 6 months left in the mission!  That's crazy to think about!  I like the misión a ton I love the south of Chile!  Not much has happened since we talked.  Friday we taught a lot and it was really awesome.  Saturday we had 5 citas planned with people and every single one fell through!  That's always frustrating!  But Sunday was good. There were 21 people but still no investigators.  It was crazy, there wasn't even that many priesthood holders that was weird!  Aside from us, there were 3 priesthood holders!

Right before church started President came up and asked if I could give a talk!  Haha, so I gave a talk, that was fun.  I talked about obedience and the gospel of Jesus Christ.  It was ok.

Thats awesome dad that you are taking the summer off!  That will be good!  Do you have any plans or things to do over the summer?  That's weird they are cutting back on summer school!  It's kinda important for some people!

Thats awesome you all had an awesome time for mothers day!  How was your Birthday, dad!?  How old are you agian? 50 or 60?  Just kidding, just kidding!  43 or 44? Sorry I never wrote anything for your birthday!  I forgot what day it was!  I knew it was the beginning of May :)

This week was good!  The temperatura is really cold!  Every morning we wake up and everything outside is frozen!!  But it's good!

We had a really awesome lesson with Jorge and Lila, that was really cool!  They said they will go to church when they feel ready.  Sometimes we just need to show our faith and trust in God!  Oh well we are going to keep working with them.

Glad everything is good!  Thats all for now Folks! :) haha I love you guys a ton you are the best family ever!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Robertson

May 14, 2014

We had a great visit with Keenan via Skype from Por Venir, Chile.  He said that he is doing great and loving the work and the people, not so much the food.  He talked about his work with investigators and less active members.  He doesn't anticipate being in Por Venir for more than a couple more months.  It is very remote but fairly modern.  He talked about wild Llamas and Penguins.  He laughed when we told him it was 75 degrees here, and said that he hasn't felt 75 degrees in many months even though it is the end of summer there.  The nights are getting long, he says it is dark by 5:30 pm and the sun comes up after 8:00 am.  In a couple of months the days will only be about 7 hours long.

He bore his testimony for everyone in Spanish so here it is below.  He loves getting emails and letters/cards.  We are very proud of him and excited that he is doing so well.