tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68472506290428939032024-03-13T10:01:03.080-07:00Elder Roberts MissionTiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-84644234419878304822016-01-31T19:21:00.003-08:002016-01-31T19:21:41.184-08:00Look Who's Coming Home...<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Hey all you <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1631810734" href="https://www.facebook.com/kj.roberts.13" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Elder KJ Roberts</a> fans!<br />Tuesday, February 2nd, is the day he will be back on Utah ground!</div>
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He arrives at the Salt Lake Airport at 1 if you want to be there with us to welcome him home.</div>
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Other chances to see him:<br />He has 2 homecoming talks (cause he's so popular)</div>
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February 14th at 11pm,<br />Mountain Point 3rd Ward<br />498 E 14085 S<br />DRAPER, UTAH 84020</div>
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February 28th at 12:30,<br />Hidden Valley 3rd Ward<br />11755 South 2000 East<br />SANDY, UTAH 84092</div>
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After the homecoming on the 28th, we will be having a small gathering at our house. If you would like to take part in that, we can get the address to you either at the homecoming, or message me and I will get it to you.</div>
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If you're going to come to either homecoming, I suggest you google the addresses to the church. They can sometimes be tricky to find.</div>
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Hope you're as stoked as we are!</div>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-71845744536579281082016-01-25T19:52:00.001-08:002016-01-25T19:52:57.297-08:00Worldwide Missionary Broadcast, Last Week, All the Feels, January 25th, 2016<p dir="ltr">This last week we had a worldwide missionary broadcast put on by the Missionary Executive Committee. If you want to hear more about it:<br>
https://www.lds.org/church/news/focus-on-the-doctrine-of-christ-elder-andersen-tells-missionaries-worldwide?cid=HP_TU_1-12-2016_dCN_fCNWS_xLIDyC-3_&lang=eng<br>
It was really awesome! They helped direct our thoughts to the most important things we ought to be focusing on in our work and where our minds should be centered. I grateful to have learned those things even though I am going home kinda soon. ;) But it was very powerful. Elder Bednar as well as other general authorities led discussions on different topics such as the Role of the Holy Ghost in conversion and Teach People not lessons. The main emphasis over all was to Teach Repentance and Baptize Converts. We need to make sure to help people repent and make changes in their lives that will help them to build lasting conversion in their lives, that way as people decide to be baptized it will make a lasting change in their lives. The goal of helping people to repent and make changes will help them to become more like Christ.<br>
This last week is going to be a pretty good one. Working all day everyday of course but I also have the opportunity to go to the temple on Thursday. That is going to be awesome! I am looking forward to that a lot. In the culmination of all the things I have been learning on my mission and learning to follow God and be taught by the Spirit I am looking forward to going to the temple. All of my feelings at this point are all over the place. I am excited, and sad, thankful. I got to give a talk yesterday in the second ward, and I went into the talk crying! It was awesome!<br>
Boston, Cherie's daughter, set a day to get baptized next month and she is excited. We also when out to the pine valley Branch and we are going to start teaching a couple kids out there who want to get baptized. Jodene is doing awesome. she is reading her scriptures and we met one of her friends who is actually a less active member but she wants to better figure out how to use the atonement in her life. We have had the opportunity to give a lot of Priesthood blessings lately and it has been really awesome to see the blessings that our Heavenly Father wants to pour out upon these people as they desire to come unto Him. Particularly Tim, is one we were teaching this week. We were trying to helpin Him understand Priesthood authority and the importance of it when performing ordinances such as baptism. We had the opportunity to teach him about priesthood authority and then use that authority to bless him. He is so great. He meets with some friends of other churches sometimes and they are always talking to him about a lot of different things, not opposing us, just talking about us, and he told us whenever he is away from us he feels like there is no way we have all of the nuts and bolts of understanding, to answer his questions, but whenever he has us come talk to him, he always says things make more sense, you have all the nuts and bolts and the spare parts just in case something isn't working here or there. He is awesome. I have a real testimony as to the power of the spirit influencing us as well as others and the mantle of a missionary. No one else sends out kids like us to go and teach the gospel to all the world. God makes up for what we can not do in our weakness and we become conduits for the Spirit to teach. It is so amazing to witness. Love you all see you soon!<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-23594874370441091852016-01-18T11:18:00.001-08:002016-01-18T11:18:21.442-08:00I am feeling it, MLC with Seventies, People January 18th, 2016<p dir="ltr">So I am really actually beginning to feel that I am coming home soon. I now have these little things that I do online each week as part of preparation for going home called My Plan. It essentially helps one recognize that my purpose does not change coming home, just how I got about doing it changes. It helps me set goals to stay spiritually in tune, set goals for work, education, keeping up habits developed here, dating, marriage, all of those good things. It is just trying to make sure that missionaries return home prepared, and it is really cool. I am really feeling that it is happening soon, it doesn't seem not real anymore.<br>
This last week we had our Mission Leadership Council with President Soares, Elder Martino, and Elder Anderson. It was great and gave us counsel on how to help the work move forward here better and then we had the opportunity to ask questions as to how we can help the work forward better, help the missionaries in our stewardship as well as so many other things. It was a great opportunity not many get to have. and I only got to have the opportunity cause my mission was delayed 2 years ago. We also have a worldwide missionary meeting this next Wednesday where we will be trained on a new emphasis. I am really excited for this as I have been hoping for something like this for a really long time, a meeting with all the missionaries in the world.<br>
We have met a lot of cool people this week, like a man named Antoine from Indonesia and he used to be a hit man essentially but was converted to Christianity a while back. Lets just say there aren't very many people that have Welcome signs that really mean that to anybody. He says just walk in whenever you come over. Missionaries have taught him in the past but he has a hard time with the Book of Mormon. He has to ride on a little scooter because he served in the Marines and a lot of things happened while fighting in the Viet Nam war. He is a super friendly guy and our awesome friend Jodene is going to moving into one of his rooms at his house when she gets out of rehab. We essentially went over and checked to see if it was going to be an environment that would help with her recovery when she gets out of rehab. And it is probably one of the best she could fall into. He has a strong desire to help people so that will be great for her.<br>
Jodene has changed a lot this last week. We were helping her to come up with ways to clear her mind to make it easier to understand as she read. So that she could pay closer attention to the spirit as she reads. We also gave her a blessing last week and she just felt a whole lot better after. She seemed to have a clearer mind. She told us the next day that as she was trying to read, she was crying and praying that she would understand. She told us that essentially that she told God if she wanted to follow Him she would need to understand His word. As she continued to read she understood it. And when we came back the following day she gave us a rundown of Mosiah 3. She was so excited, and I felt the spirit very strongly as she taught us what she had learned in her study. We then taught her more about faith and repentance which was what we had wanted her to get out of Mosiah 3, and is what she got. We invited her to stop drinking coffee because that is really the only other thing in there that she can do to follow the commandments better than they already make her. She was so excited to try stopping drinking coffee.<br>
We met a lady named Lorenda whose daughter was baptized a couple years back but never really engaged herself in the church much. Her daughter is now of doing things that are making her life miserable, and Lorenda is distraught. We told her about the Book of Mormon and the atonement and how it can help her have peace and understanding of God's plan. She at first was not open to talking to us, but as we talked we all felt the spirit more and more and she invited us to come back. There are a lot of good things happening not only for us but for our zone as well. Love you all!<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-34357229802062458742016-01-11T11:41:00.001-08:002016-01-11T11:41:56.226-08:00MLC again, sickness, life January 11, 2016<p dir="ltr">I think it is finally starting to set in that I am coming home. Preparation Days are really the biggest thing reminding me, emails about it for one, but also just knowing how many more p-days I have left. Really the only easy thing to count because all others days may as well be the same day. I believe it is sinking in. 3 weeks is pretty tangible as oppose to a month or a transfer. As coming with that is a mix of emotions. There is Joy and excitement knowing that I will be seeing those I love back home really soon, but sadness knowing that my purpose will not be exactly the same though similar, and a different calling, but peace knowing that God has just as much a plan for me there as he does here and that the Work of Salvation goes on at home just as much as it does here. Gratitude for the trials, the people I have met and helped, always having 2 companions Elder Haws as well as many others and the Holy Ghost, the things I have learned, the powerful and joyful experiences. I guess the biggest thing I feel I will be leaving with is a greater knowledge and understanding of my purpose in life and the Gospel of Jesus Christ that has come with being engaged in this work. I guess my biggest hope is that I really did leave this place having touched the lives of all those who the Lord hoped I would. I got to be the recipient of many great blessings, but it was never about me. I have come to know of the Lords love for each of us and each of Heavenly Father's children. The purity of it, and the strength and enabling power behind it. I hope that I truly was the instrument in God's hands to touch the lives of His children here, that as I leave that they have felt the influence of God's love.<br>
This last week we had a great experience reading the Book of Mormon with Jodene, we were going verse by verse practically phrase by phrase but we were trying to help her clear her mind to gain understanding as she was reading. The Spirit was really powerful with us when we were doing that and we could feel it working through her to understand what she was reading. As she cleared her mind and allowed God to place the understanding there, it came.<br>
We went out to Halfway (about 53 miles away in part of our area) and met a couple kids out there who have been taught previously, but their parents didn't really feel like the kids were taking it seriously enough so they put the kibosh on them learning. But they seem to have a strong desire again and the Pine Valley Branch out there that they are attending they like a lot (the parents do) so they have been going very frequently now.<br>
We were teaching Michael and Anthony last week again but they contracted a really bad sickness that is going to keep Michael from being baptized in these next couple weeks. We won't even be able to meet with him sadly.<br>
We are going to be having 3 of the members of the Quorum of the Seventy come to a Mission Leadership Council on this Saturday and next (not this) but next Wednesday there will be a worldwide training for all of the missionaries. We have a lot of opportunity to learn from our Leaders and the Lord. They are going to be discussing with us a lot of different topics.<br>
Ronny came to church! He called up some of the ward council members and worked out a ride for himself without even telling us! It was cool to just be walking up to the door at church and see Him get out the Ward Mission Leader's car! He enjoyed it a lot and we are hoping that he will continue to make changes in his life for the better!<br>
Jean out in Baker Valley Ward also has a desire to be baptized and she finally feels like she understands why we have a Book of Mormon. She has a renewed desire to follow God's teachings and bring her life more in harmony with those teachings. She is just working on Sundays and it is making it hard for her to come to church. She recognizes that she is not really justified in her reasoning either, so she is trying to fix things to make it possible. God is preparing people all around us, we just need to have the courage and faith to ask and see if people really want to hear more and know how to find that guidance. It feels like there is all sorts of potential just popping up all around us, independently of us, and then God has been sending it our way. The work is moving forward in Baker City. I love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-51150227378862428102016-01-04T12:22:00.001-08:002016-01-04T12:22:34.223-08:00Good Week, People Popping Out of Nowhere January 4th, 2016 <p dir="ltr"><br>
So this last week was a pretty awesome week, we saw a lot of good things happen as well as the rest of the zone did. We have had a bunch of people getting a hold of us lately and telling us they want to be taught or members telling us about people that want to be taught. Or at least it feels like it has been a lot. There are a couple kids who have been going to this member lady's day care that want to learn. The younger son named Michael (11) wants to get baptized, the older son Anthony(13) does not yet. Michael is really enthusiastic about it, and Anthony is struggling cause of some past experiences he has had with God. He doesn't really know if God is there. We are feeling we will need to teach him independently of his brother.<br>
Another girl, (her name is Elle) just called us last night telling us she is in 3 Nephi and she knows the Book of Mormon is true, she is just nervous about what her parents will have to say about it as they are both pastors of another church. She has a strong belief in God already and knows how to receive answers from God. We are trying to make contact with her before Wednesday to give her a blessing as she just recently tore her ACL. She has an interesting story that she took a little while telling us but she seems to be in a good place.<br>
We also got to see Tim again this week. He thinks the plan of salvation makes sense to him, but he is having a harder time understanding the significance of baptism. He halfway understands it and we have had a few appointments fall through with him this last week. Jodene is struggling in the rehab place but she knows it is meant to help her, so she is trying her best. She also received the answer that the Book of Mormon is true by praying and asking and then flipping to a random page and finding the last page in Moroni 10:27-30 and she has been reading it pretty frequently. She has been finding a lot spiritual power that has been a great help to her! She is pretty happy! We were also able to get in contact with a guy named Ronny who really wants to change his life and has just seen so much good come from the members of the church that he knew that was where he needed to start. He is not keeping a appointments very well either though. Love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-14514137812079253532015-12-14T15:59:00.001-08:002015-12-14T15:59:53.470-08:00Last Transfer Begins, Awesome Zone, Staying December 14th, 2015<p dir="ltr">We are down to the last transfer and it feels weird. The time flies by so fast. But I have been blessed to stay with Elder Haws for this last transfer! Our zone just shrank from 20 missionaries to 12 missionaries and we only have 2 districts in our zone now. But we have such a stellar zone and we are so excited for this next transfer, sadly Union, my second area was just combined with the other la grande area. We have been starting to come up with ways to help the members in this area start doing more missionary work. And we have received a lot of revelation concerning this matter and we have been working with the bishop and ward mission leader to come up with it.<br>
With Jodene, sadly she had some stuff going on with her teeth this week that put her through a lot of pain, but we ended up showing up at the perfect time to give her a blessing. I haven't mentioned this yet, but on a few of the lessons that we taught her there was a guy who had noticed a change in her, and he wanted to come and see what it was like for himself and he ended up coming to church a couple times so far as well, we genuinely just thought for a long time he was tagging along just for her and kinda just watch and make sure we weren't doing anything weird. But this last week we have been able to start teaching him as an individual and he is . Jodene has also stared sharing the things we have been teaching her with other people as well and there are a couple people who are interested in us meeting with them since Jodene started talking to them. It is pretty awesome! As people are truly touched and start making changes in their lives people around notice and the desire to share overcomes our fears. During this Christmas seasons what gift can we give Christ? Why not give someone the gift of eternal life and an eternal perspective and in doing so give Christ a gift. Look for ways to serve those around you, shovel walks, sing Christmas carols at senior centers or drug rehab centers. Look for those who may not have a Christmas and look for someway to help them. There is the pure love of Christ in the air this Christmas season, turn to help others and do not focus on what you want and you will have a more Merry Christmas than you ever have. I love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
Watch this video!<br>
https://www.mormon.org/christmas/stuart-edge<br>
look for someone around you whose heart may be hurting.</p>
Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-32913040720868931982015-12-07T11:38:00.001-08:002015-12-07T11:38:20.104-08:00Another Exchange, Revelation December 7th, 2015<p dir="ltr">This week we went on another exchange with a different district leader in our zone. It was good and me and him talked about a lot of good things in seeking to improve his work and his district. I have been struggling with knowing how to help a few different missionaries in the zone, but I received some very important revelation this last week concerning that. Christ in His teachings focused on those who wanted to repent, those who want to progress and become better. In our missionary work we are supposed to focus on those who are seeking to better their lives and repent and develop faith in him. And It hit me, that not everyone even missionaries want to become better and progress in their lives. We should love everyone always as Christ did and still invite those who don't want to improve to do so, but do not focus on it. This district leader wants to improve and become better and as we focus on helping him we can. In all of our callings and responsibilities there are those who do and don't want to progress, and as we focus on those who do want to progress we will see a lot of growth. That does not mean we don't continue to help and love those who don't, but that we should not bang our heads against walls that don't want to move.<br>
Another thing is how does God see us? Am I a wall he is banging his head against? I would say all of us are at different points, but we need to continually be seeking ways to repent. If we are convinced that we are doing well and that we have nothing to work on, Satan has us deceived. God can only mold us as we humble ourselves and put ourselves in his hands. Like the talk that says What lack I yet? I would invite anyone who feels comfortable to ask that question in prayer and open your heart and be ready to receive and do whatever is said. I have seen the fruits and it is very hard but very beneficial.<br>
Sadly Chrisy was sick this last week, but we will be seeing her again soon. We also met another lady named Tanya who used to meet with missionaries over in Portland. She said that we could come by and teach her family. That is going to be great! Damion was supposed to come to church this last week but we were told that he is sick as well. Jodene came to church though and she is doing well. She is reading her scriptures and striving live the word of wisdom. Things are going well up her in Baker City. I love you all!<br>
Elder Roberts</p>
Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-55902304729250540592015-11-23T11:03:00.001-08:002015-11-23T11:03:25.246-08:00Zone Conference, Jodene, November 23, 2015<p dir="ltr">This last week we had zone conference, and it was powerful. We learned more about the significant role the members of the church have to play in the work of salvation and how important it is that we get them involved and doing missionary work. And we had the opportunity to teach a lady named Jodene. We taught her the plan of salvation on tuesday and the gospel of Jesus Christ on thursday. There is a much brighter light in her now than ever before and she really wants to get baptized but will have to wait awhile for her probation. She is excited though and wants to work toward it. She came to church as well and she loved it. She is feeling good and her boyfriend came to church as well and has sat in on the last couple lessons. He noticed a big change in her and the light that she has and he wanted to know what has changed her.<br>
I know that the gospel is real and that it really can help us overcome all struggles that we face and get us through the hard times and the painful times. As we rely on the atonement of Christ all things can be made right. This life is just a small part of the eternities. But our eternity includes now. The way we choose to live now the person we decide to be. I am grateful for the power of the atonement and how it changes us. But we can not allow Satan drag us back down, even through just the appearance of evil. We must cleave to light and to all that God wants us to and do not Wink at sin. Christ never did. Remember Him.</p>
Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-34058838416876180572015-11-16T12:45:00.001-08:002015-11-16T12:45:46.887-08:00Elder Haws, MLC, Book of Mormon November 16, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
So this last week has been good. For some reason the first week of transfers as a zone leader always feels like it goes on forever, probably due to the amount of meetings we are in and prepare for. There is a lot of planning that goes into it. Mission Leadership Council is always powerful and it was largely centered on the Book of Mormon this transfer. It rekindled my love for the Book of Mormon and that was the central feature of our training for the zone meeting. The Book of Mormon plays a huge role in our conversion, but is also a huge source of strength and power, as well as it teaches us so much about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It helps those who read with a sincere heart to know how to develop faith and to repent. As we do so we are able to become more like Christ and be able to feel more of His love and share it more as well. It is awesome to see the power of the Book of Mormon work in people's lives, missionaries and investigators alike. The Book of Mormon can change people's lives as people are willing to experiment upon the word. As we do God will magnify us and we will see the fruit's in our lives.<br>
We got to go to an appointment with the Bishop of the ward yesterday, he is the people's home teacher and he hadn't met them yet. We were teaching the second lesson. The people's names are Loren, Cherie and her daughter Boston. Boston is 9 and not baptized and Loren is not baptized either, but they are both sincere in their desire to learn and eventually be baptized. Cherie was raised in the church but due to different circumstances at different times she has fallen away. Also a less active father that we have been teaching his Mom and his daughter destiny, decided without prompting from us to read the entire Book of Mormon by the end of the year. His desire is to baptize his daughter and son and to become active in the church again. He is staying on track so far in reading what he needs to, to finish the Book of Mormon. And he is getting a lot of it too because he has been coming to us with questions.<br>
Elder Haws is great! Truthfully I feel like I have known him forever and that we have already been serving with each other for a long time. Things just click. Inline image 1<br>
This picture is out in front of our house. We also got some snow yesterday. Elder Haw's being from California doesn't like the cold, so snow is a bad sign.<br>
This next week we have zone conference so we will be having a whole lot more opportunity to work, because we won't be having to go to district meetings almost everyday. It will be awesome!<br>
love ya!<br>
Elder Roberts</p>
Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-4166284821228109182015-11-02T15:52:00.001-08:002015-11-02T15:52:49.576-08:00Power and Authority November 2nd, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
So I think I mentioned this last week in my email, but the Assistants had a meeting with us about the weight of our calling and the power and authority of it. It has been cool to see the change I have seen in myself and the work in our area just in this last week since then, but also the potential it has to be changing the zone, starting with the district leaders. I feel the district leaders are starting to recognize the significance of their roles more and more, as missionaries and as mission leaders and in leading their district. It is pretty awesome. Also, just how the Holy Ghost makes us feel when something is being done right. Things just feel good and right after they were done to the full measure expected, or even just to an improved measure. The Assistants to the Mission President are now expecting a bit more from us in what we report, and it felt good reporting, also when we talked to the district leaders we expected more as well, and after all of the reporting it just felt good, and it makes me look forward to doing it again this next week. Seemingly simple, but the Spirit confirms to us when we are doing the right thing in the right way, and it just feels good.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We have felt a lot of difference in our work, we have been a lot more bold and at the same time we have felt the Spirit and the love of God working through us. Sadly we still have fallen through appointments, of course, and some of the people who wanted to learn were kind of shot down by family members, but we are seeing good things happening. We cover a branch called Pine Valley out in the farther parts of our area and we taught the family the last lesson they needed in order for the daughters to get baptized. They will be going out to central Idaho for the baptism though, because there is family out there who would not be able to make the trip out here.<br>
I went on exchanges with Elder Anien from the Marshall Islands this last week as well and that went great. He is a pretty shy Elder and doesn't really know how to go up and talk to people, which truthfully I still feel not great at. But I shared with him a lot of the things that my trainer Elder Morse had shared with me and taught me in doing so. I thought it was good because I could really relate to him in that and I wanted to help him to be able to do it as well.<br>
I don't know If I mentioned that we started getting into family history about a week ago and now we are starting to use it more in our proselyting. We will be having a few people coming to the family history center this week to learn how to do it. It is pretty great and it brings such great joy and peace. We are hoping to see some good things from those coming to do it with us.<br>
love,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-68911633860281775262015-10-30T21:52:00.001-07:002015-10-30T21:52:40.061-07:00First lessons outside, meetings, October 26, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
This last week was a pretty good week. We met a kid named Junior, who we had knocked on his door because of a girl we had met walking down the street. We shared a pamphlet with her and asked for her address about a week and a half ago and she gave it to us. When we knocked he answered and we talked with him and we just felt the prompting to start teaching him the first lesson. We gave him the Restoration pamphlet, and then we asked questions about some of the pictures and taught him about it. As we were going through we all felt the spirit, most specifically at the first vision. Afterward he told us that he felt that it was true because of the spirit. He already has a degree of understanding about the Holy Ghost. We set up another appointment for tomorrow and we are looking forward to it. He has a very open heart!<br>
Another lady that we met yesterday is from the Philippines and her name is Lila. She was raised Methodist over in the Philippines and moved here and then became Catholic. She we were talking to her over her fence in her backyard and she was watching her grandson. We talked about the restoration and she ended up bringing up some questions she has. She started talking about how the Bible only talks about the middle eastern area, it doesn't talk about America and Asia. So we talked about the Book of Mormon. She also asked some questions concerning confession and repentance. After that we talked about baptism and she asked how we do it, and how old we are when we do it. We talked about how we believe it is done by immersion and at an age that we can choose for ourselves, and she expressed that she agreed with us. She doesn't know what the rest of her families feelings are about the church, but she said we could come back. We are looking forward to seeing her again! Those were some great experiences trying to teach just immediately as we find people. We are making it a goal to teach the first lesson at least 5 times a week. And we started Thursday last week. So we are hoping it goes well. So far it has been great.<br>
Also we had a meeting with the Assistant's to the Mission President this last Saturday and it was great. The biggest thing that we were talking about was the weight of our calling and power and authority. It was a powerful meeting and it is something that we needed I think to help us recognize the power that we can have if we so desire it. And now we are going to try and take that to our district leaders and help them with it so they can take it to the missionaries. We are trying to just elevate all of the things we are doing. Put power behind it. Things are going good. I love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-41438907844742552652015-10-19T12:53:00.001-07:002015-10-19T12:53:45.265-07:00Interviews, Exchanges, Delays October 19, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
This week Damion got interviewed by President Cannon and the baptism is going to be delayed for a couple months. Damion is on top of things and President just felt that it would be best for him to prove to himself that he was ready and prepared. He is doing great! We also had our own interviews with President Cannon just reviewing what we are doing and how things are going in our area's and where we are in our progression. It is great and I enjoy them.<br>
On exchanges I went down to Weiser, Idaho with Elder Hanny. I had served around him awhile back and he is one of the district leaders in our zone. It was kinda funny, we tried this house where a former investigator lived and he wasn't home, but he ended up going and knocking on about 5 houses around him. three of those five said we could come back. two of them didn't answer. It was pretty awesome. Then we were able to find him at his house. And he isn't particularly ready for the gospel. It was a good day. Our area seems to be kinda different, just like in the previous area, I feel like God is trying to get us to focus in a different direction again. Trying to help us focus on helping the members in their work. That is what we have been pondering over and trying to figure out again now. Not too much else happened this week. Yesterday we met a guy outside with his family and he shared with us a lot of his beliefs. He is a Christian and has a lot of interesting perspectives on a lot of different things, not particularly of any denomination. But he has studied with missionaries before and said we could come back. Normally, I would be worried he is trying to convert us, but he has a very open mind. He is into Philosophy and getting a masters in it right now. My worry in teaching him now is mostly just talking around in circles without the spirit. He has had spiritual experiences in the past and we just need to help him remember them and feel the spirit again. He is looking at things from too logical of a perspective. He places his authority in reason. We hope to be instruments in helping him and his family feel the spirit again.<br>
love,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-40859859571663713442015-10-18T12:56:00.001-07:002015-10-18T12:56:05.938-07:00Up in Baker, Talk October 12th, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
Hello! I had the opportunity to give a talk yesterday in one of our wards on this past General Conference, which I recognized that I did not talk about at all last week. It was great and a spiritual feast as I have seen it to become more and more over my mission. And it is so sad that it will be my last. Time flies by so fast. I particularly liked, well most of the talks. But a few of the ones that I talked about were President Eyring's about the companionship of the Holy Ghost and What Lack I yet? by Elder Lawrence. My talk was largely based upon the Holy Ghost and the role that it plays in helping us to become more like Christ, in elevating our observance of the Sabbath day, and in the work of salvation. As those were a lot of the things that had stood out to me in conference. I ended up taking a long time, and unlike before my mission, I think I am now likely to go over on time due to the things I would like to say.<br>
Damion just got out of the rehabilitation center and he will be having an interview with President Cannon this week about baptism. He is awesome and dedicated to following God. He just recently had some hard things happen for him though and it is tough. But he is still working toward it.<br>
We also just had the opportunity to start teaching a lady named Cherie, her daughter Boston and her boyfriend Loren. They are super awesome. She has just recently gone less active but wants her daughter baptized and we shared the Restoration with them. Loren really liked it and said that it made a lot of sense. He said that as he knows it's true he will be baptized. They want the blessings of the gospel for their family. It is cool to see how open of a heart that he had hearing about the church and gospel for the first time. So many people have a lot of reservations and things that hold them back, and he has such an open heart it is awesome. I hope that this next week is a good one for all of you.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-62489175231650258852015-09-28T14:06:00.001-07:002015-09-28T14:06:00.795-07:00Transfers! Back to LA Grande Zone September 28th, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
Hello Everybody!<br>
It was transfers this last week and I am now in Baker City, which is about a half an hour away from Union and 2.5 hours away from Nampa. I am still serving as a zone leader, just over a different zone. My new companion is named Elder Knighton from Clinton, Utah. This is his last transfer and he was in my district back in the beginning on my mission. It is pretty crazy to be serving with him now. I learned so much in my previous area and with my 2 companions there, and with just everything, so it was pretty hard to leave. But continuing to look forward with an eye of faith. He is now going to be companions with my MTC companion Elder Hulet. So we had a few particularly cool things happen last week! We were finally able to get in contact with Danielle again. While on exchanges, Elder Halverson and Elder Goodsell went over and helped Danielle's mother in law move out. She had been creating a certain amount of tension in the home that was making it hard to be able to see her and teach her. They made awesome contact and helped her move into her new place. We were then able to see Danielle the next day. I was able to get a picture with her and her son and their emails. We found out where she is in her spiritual progression.<br>
The 36th ward is now getting pretty active in missionary work. The ward mission is essentially creating a mini mission in which the ward missionaries will be assigned to specific areas of the ward and the members and sometimes the investigators. We want to make sure the right investigators are with the right people, but the work there is about to take off. It is super awesome and I am excited to hear back more from what is happening there.<br>
Things are a whole lot slower pace up here on p-day's, just because there are so many less people up here. It has a calmer more peaceful feeling. Here is a picture and I will let you all know more as I know more.<br>
This is me and Elder Knighton at the Baker transfer spot. I remember all the previous times I had been there. It will be funny how close I am to Union. <br>
I love you all, talk to you later!<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7r4P8dAyNGyK8H88C2vfUi5sDzrQu6cIcWC6bxGDQGA7-K1zrkGiPXWSGWrYoOEucqlh9-4kmICTmZe1UlsBrKypz5BN_klq7beklKLqAl9nxe3fzDzNR5fz-4IBmCNWD1KCucoAMpiv/s1600/IMG_1104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7r4P8dAyNGyK8H88C2vfUi5sDzrQu6cIcWC6bxGDQGA7-K1zrkGiPXWSGWrYoOEucqlh9-4kmICTmZe1UlsBrKypz5BN_klq7beklKLqAl9nxe3fzDzNR5fz-4IBmCNWD1KCucoAMpiv/s640/IMG_1104.JPG"> </a> </div>Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-9064636311882457192015-09-27T09:40:00.001-07:002015-09-27T09:40:19.112-07:00The Spirit of the Law September 21st, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
These last couple weeks have been pretty weird. <br>
We have had so many more appointments that have fallen through. We have been feeling that God is trying to help us shift our focus and recognize some things that we need to be doing better. We are still trying to figure out what some of those things are, but we feel like we are catching some of the idea's.<br>
One guy that we met yesterday is named Chris. He was one of the people we met sharing the family proclamation. When we first gave it to him, he was headed off to the hospital because his wife was having a baby. We think he may have been drunk while he was meeting with us, but he was very wishy washy. One moment he would be telling us that we were saved, the next we were deceived, then that we were Brother's in Christ, then that we were damned. He seemed to be struggling, and he doesn't know for sure if he can be forgiven. We are hoping to find him at a time when he is sober that way we can help him feel and recognize that he can have a knowledge of the forgiveness of his sins. He is a great guy and he is just new to Christianity but he is trying to figure it out, and we hoping we can do all we can to help him feel the power of the atonement in his life.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One thing we have been learning about more recently, is about the spirit of the law vs the letter of the law. The spirit will require more of us than the letter of the law, and that is why we have such a great need to be obedient. If we can't be obedient to those things plainly put in front of us, how can we be raised above that bar. As we are willing to give more of ourselves to the Lord, we can become more effective tools in his hands and we can be those that the Lord will call upon us to accomplish His work in bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. It is amazing and we are hoping to see changes. In the way we work as well as the zone. Though transfers are next Monday so I will let you all know what is happening next week.<br>
Sincerely<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-41803939833235107812015-09-15T13:40:00.001-07:002015-09-15T13:40:39.974-07:00Elder C. Scott Grow September 15, 2015<p dir="ltr">Hello Everybody,<br>
This week we went on 2 different exchanges with two different sets of missionaries. Elder Larson is one of the district leaders and he is so humble and relies on the Lord so much. One of the other companionships is Elder Lagunzad and Elder Matthews. Who have both been my companions! So either way we did the exchange I would be with a previous companion. Elder Matthews went with Elder Halverson and me and Elder Lagunzad went together. He is going home in two weeks and it pretty crazy. Elder Nielson actually ended up having some family things happen and he couldn't come, and last minute things changed and Elder C Scott Grow came. It was awesome and we learned a lot of good things . We also had Bishops and Stake President's there for training as well so we all got to receive training from Elder Grow at the same time. It was cool! I really feel it helped all of us to see no separation of in the Work of Salvation. We are all engaged in the same work. Also all the missionaries I trained and the missionaries they are training were there too so here's a picture.<br>
I promise I have more hair than it looks like I have in this picture. I promise.<br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgb_755MzqxY7TqPNtiK4ypooAR9-1nBJjB-5auaoTHZC7k9HzyQCJSkosasFncSqaLvTj8f-CF9PYKnHj44UyWPRWYBkedmIzkLgC0Jg6MNvoz0IIkGsW6s1J4V8b5tLbNgTTvPCTARN/s1600/IMG_0336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgb_755MzqxY7TqPNtiK4ypooAR9-1nBJjB-5auaoTHZC7k9HzyQCJSkosasFncSqaLvTj8f-CF9PYKnHj44UyWPRWYBkedmIzkLgC0Jg6MNvoz0IIkGsW6s1J4V8b5tLbNgTTvPCTARN/s640/IMG_0336.JPG"> </a> </div>Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-55857175448292541132015-07-13T14:39:00.001-07:002015-07-13T14:39:49.115-07:00Meetings and more meetings July 13th, 2015<p dir="ltr">This last week we had a lot of meetings. But they were all super powerful. In our mission leadership council we spent a long time discussing the missionary handbook and not so much what is in it, but more the why. It was good and we were able to hear a lot of good things from the leaders of the mission and how most all of it came back to the principle of love. Love for God and Love for those we teach. As we follow the commandments we show our love for God and we should follow them out of love for God. At the same time the white handbook is a foundation for revelation. And as we live it we are more apt to receive revelation and it is a sign of our love for those we teach. We are able to receive more inspiration and revelation to bless the lives of those we meet and teach. The white handbook is a resource given to us to help us show our love for God and help our investigators. It is great! During the meeting we also received revelation as a group about 30 or so people on a mission wide goal. The spirit was powerful in testifying to each of us that it can be accomplished.<br>
Our responsibility was then to take it back to our zones and help each missionary be inspired and to work toward it. That meeting was powerful as well. Because of miracles that happened last transfer as a zone it will make this transfer's goal easier, but it was more to give the missionaries of this zone the faith they needed to accomplish. They already know miracles are possible and more importantly, that they happen and not over there and to other people, but to us and those we teach. They witnessed this last transfer, and that has given them the faith for this. Our meeting was also very powerful. We as a zone also received revelation on this mission wide goal and know that it is possible and the Lord's will for us.<br>
Now the implementation into the zone is key. The district leaders now at this point carry a lot of weight, we need to help to make sure that everything goes the way it is supposed to. We have faith that all will work out!<br>
Paige also set a baptismal date with us this week. We watched the Joseph Smith:Prophet of the Restoration movie! And after we talked about it and eventually I asked her if, limitations aside (because she is in a wheelchair) if she wanted to be baptized. And she said no. But then she went on to talk about how she knew the church was true and that is was God's church because of the dream she had. And if she has to be baptized to join it, she would think about it. So we talked about it some more and eventually Elder Bjorling just asked her so will you? And she thought about it, then pulled out her phone (on which she had been receiving a bunch of texts) so we didn't know what she was doing. She eventually started talking about how a bunch of things are happening on all of these different days and we eventually suggested the 25th and she said yeah. We are so excited for her! And she is struggling with other things too but she is dedicated! Things are going well!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-35440779077317726772015-07-13T14:38:00.001-07:002015-07-13T14:38:48.974-07:00Solid Change July 6th, 2015<p dir="ltr">We had a good week full of miracles. For just our companionship as well as the whole zone. Those area's that had seemed to be struggling took off and have found a lot of people to teach recently. They are so excited to have more people to teach and to see these people desire to follow Christ. The missionaries have seen amazing miracles within themselves as well. As they have reached out to those around them and felt the spirit it has changed the missionaries as well as the investigators.<br>
Earlier this week, we got to see Paige a few times. We helped plant some flowers, pull weeds, guide vines and plant carrots. She is in a wheelchair so it makes it hard for her to do stuff like that and it drives her crazy not being able to do it herself. She was raised as a cowgirl into rodeo's and things like that. She told us that she has felt at a few different times that she has been about to say that she wants to get baptized, but every time she wants to, the thoughts come of how. It would be hard for her, so we are working out other ways it can be done than in a font through the ward mission leader. We are thinking a swimming pool with a chair lift. This last week she actually got up and bore her testimony as well. She talked about the dream in which she received the answer that the church true. And she talk about how she had always known. She is awesome!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Danielle is doing sooo great!! We were able to see her Wednesday and set up a time for the next day on Thursday for a lesson. We decided to watch Meet the Mormons with her. and set it up so that could happen. We had a member come with us with a similar story to her's, as well as a recently returned missionary. We started off by talking about the spirit and how it feels to her and the purposes of the spirit. Then we started the movie. Elder Bjorling could see Danielle in a mirror by the TV and she was crying the whole time. After we stopped the movie we asked her if she felt the spirit and where. She said yes and specifically at the beginning with the bishop in Atalanta and The Missionary Mom. But she then proceeded to tell us about a bunch of the things that touched her throughout the whole thing. We talked about it some more talked about baptism and the gift the of the Holy Ghost and how these things would bless her family. We then invited her to be baptized, and she said she wanted to do, but she just needs more courage. We bore our testimonies to her and told her how she could receive that answer and courage, and that was the through the Book of Mormon. As we invited her to pray and ask she interrupted us mid-sentence and told us that she was going to be baptized. She knew then and there and had received her witness from the Holy Ghost. Elder Bjorling when talking about receiving a witness was touching his heart and I started talking about prayer it reminded her of a story that had happened in her child where her heart wasn't doing so well and the prayers of members of the church (whom she had no connection to) in that area of Southern California had healed her and she came out well, unlike others with the same condition. As those things connected in her mind she received the witness and she became solid in that decision. We asked when she would like to, she said I don't care, I am just going to do it, we suggested July 25 and asked about a time and she said I don't care I am just going to do it. We suggested 4:00. She changed in about the space of 10 mins. We came back yesterday and asked her about church with her kids and her husband is pretty hard pressed against their kids going to church and so that is a struggle. He works out in North Dakota so he is not around too often. But we have been trying to meet with him too when he is in town. He doesn't have any problem with our church in particular so much as organized religion. But she still seemed like an entirely different person when she came to the door. She is still rock solid in her decision to be baptized. She talked about it with no doubt in her mind that it will happen and she then told us that she would pray and figure out how she could help her husband to open his heart and allow the kids to come to church and be baptized. She is also praying about him coming to her baptism. He is alright with her getting baptized but he is still not sure about the kids. But she awesome and it won't be too long for her.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We also had a great lesson last night with a kid named Cameron who is dating a girl who wants to get married the in the temple. He has family members who are Mormon and some who are not and so he has a lot of conflicting views of mormons but he wants to know for himself if the church is true. He wants to learn about marriage in the temple and why she has this desire. WE taught the restoration and it was a very powerful lesson. He felt the spirit for the first time in his life and he was astounded and blown away. He is anxious to learn and we will be seeing him again tomorrow to teach him the plan of salvation so he can know the whole purpose behind it all. It was a great week! These are just some of the wonderful experiences. There has been a lot with the Zone in particular as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-37888560083354744762015-06-22T13:50:00.001-07:002015-06-22T13:50:34.436-07:00Answers! June 22, 2015<p dir="ltr">Paige got the answer that the church is true! She received the answer in a dream. And now she is talking a lot about baptism, she is still trying to receive a confirmation that she needs to be baptized again, as she has been baptized previously, but she is doing awesome! We were waiting for another person to get there so we could teach her so we were just waiting in the doorway and she told us she had been having some conversations with God, but before we could ask about it, the other lady, Audra (the lady who I did the baptismal interview for) kept talking to her. So once he got there we got inside and asked her. She is happy to know that it is true, and she actually seems anxious to be baptized. She brings it up all the time and is asking about it. She is just trying to receive another witness. She is great and it won't be too long for her!<br>
Our appointments with both Danielle and Janelle fell through this last week, which was sad, but we just went over and tried Janelle yesterday, and we found out that her and her husband have been listening to the Book of Mormon through the gospel library app. They are on chapter 15 and they've only been doing it a couple days. They are enjoying it so far! We should be seeing them again tomorrow.<br>
We went on exchanges with Elder Hulet, one of the district leaders in the zone. He is also my mtc companion. But I wasn't his companion. He is in a trio with two other missionaries and I was with them. They got to come to the dentist with me and it was a party for sure. I got to go to the dentist twice this week and get my face all numb on two different sides. We were able to talk to quite a few people, mostly not interested, but there were a few potential people who said they could come back. And then we went to an investigator's, named Jeremy, house for dinner and we had really spicy hamburgers for dinner. He is big into a pepper called Carolina reaper, which sounds scary. I am not big into spicy food.<br>
The zone was also able to find about 12 new investigators the last 3 days of last week! It is really amazing to see how many people they are getting out and being able to touch the lives of people. We have seen lots of cool miracles. Lastly, last Sunday, a week ago we were out with the Stake President's son who is going on a mission to Guatemala in a couple weeks. After we tried an appointment that we were planning on having him there for (that fell through) we asked him if there were some people who he wanted to try before he heads out on his mission. We had heard of a couple of them before, but one we knew of named Jayden and we knew he was out of town, but for some reason we felt like we should go. We went over there and we didn't find him, but there was this big garage band thing going on. And there were a bunch of people on the street listening to them. To talked to a lady who had been baptized recently up in Emmett. And after she walked away another guy walked up holding a beer and he was drunk. He was telling us about how much he respected us and how he felt like his life was going wrong and that he just felt like he couldn't move forward. We testified to him of God's love for him and that God wants to help him and forgive him. He also told us about how his Brother is on a mission. He told us his name was Justin and he is a member and just recently in ward council they had told us of a guy named Justin who lost his job after a tool was dropped on his foot from multiple stories. Elder Bjorling looked down and his foot was in not so great a shape. So we figured out it was this same guy. He was grateful for our testimony's and he said we could come back. Then later, while they were on exchanges, Elder Bjorling and Elder Hulet went to Justin's house. We had were thinking he would not have remembered because of him being drunk. But he remembered it all. He welcomed them right in they testified of God's forgiveness and taught largely about prayer and how that will help him. They committed him to pray every night for 7 days and to stay on his knees until he felt the spirit. He said he could do that, and then they invited him to pray right then and Elder Bjorling remembered a testimony of the significance of a kneeling prayer in district meeting. They all knelt down and the second Justin's knees hit the floor he started breathing heavy and then he started crying. He said a very short and simple prayer but one of the most powerful Elder Bjorling has heard. He said the lesson was also one of the most powerful. After he was trying to be all manly, cough it off, but he admitted as to how amazing it was and how quick it hit him. He is such a humble man and a couple days later we asked him how his prayers are going. He said they are great and that he is doing better everyday, he feels like he can move past the struggles he has and that he can be forgiven. He also told us that his wife, who used to be against the church, has agreed to pray with him. It is so cool to see the way that his life is being changed, and the power of prayer is truly amazing. The Lord wants to bless us with so much, we must be humble enough to ask for a lot of it though. And to ask with the faith to receive it.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-69774204596453578722015-06-15T13:45:00.001-07:002015-06-15T13:47:41.692-07:00June 15th 2015<p dir="ltr">Hello!<br>
This week has been a good and fun week. We got to see pretty much everyone we wanted to see. We had a great lesson with a lady and her husband. Her named is Janelle and his named is Cody. He is a member and she is not. His brother died not too long ago and since then their normal roles have switched. She is now trying to increase the faith in their relationship while he is really struggling with it. We taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and invited her to be baptized, in the past she has been apprehensive but when we invited her this time she said yeah. She said asd long as her father in law can do it. We wanted to set a date with her but the days we aimed for she was out of town. But that she will talk to her father in law about a good day to do it.<br>
We also got to see Danielle just yesterday her family is still pretty anti- but is standing strong in her determination to learn. The hardest thing for her is when her kid's uncles who are not too much older are telling her kids that we are bad, it makes it harder for the kids. But she still wants to learn and get her family in there. We went over and told her the story of Amulek, and how he had Alma to help him in his hard path, and how she has a lot of people who want to help her as well. It touched her and we are going to have a lesson with her tomorrow with one of the ward missionaries and her husband.<br>
Paige is going through some hard things but we taught her a little bit more about opposition as well. She comes to church most every week and she enjoys learning. She is often focused on little small things and allow them too hold her up. She is striving to have a more open and sincere heart. We hope to see her receive an answer soon as she is reading the Book of Mormon.<br>
The zone is doing pretty well. There have been some cool things happening for them as well as disappointing. But overall it seems like they are doing well. There has been a lot of cool improvements. We went on exchanges this last week with Elder Clark and his companion who is the district leader and it is first time. I went with the new District leader Elder Stanley and Elder Bjorling went with Elder Clark and it was awesome.<br>
Also we drive a super slick mini-van around. I don't think I mentioned this yet. It is pretty great. Her named is Charlotte and she is beut. Here she is after some of the Sisters who live down the street from us, along with the Sister Training leaders tatted her up. But she good now. All of the little stars have hashtags with random things as well that mean something only to us.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Elder Bjorling also had boot on his feet up until last week and it was because of his ankle, this is him wearing the rubberband on his head that he uses to exercise his ankle.<br>
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Love you all! <br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts</p>
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Hello everybody! This week was a good week, we had zone conference which was a great experience. A lot of the focus of this zone conference was on the sacrament, striving to be who the Lord would have us be. It was a very cool meeting! At that meeting they also stuck these little things called Tiwi's in all of our cars. They help us drive more better. They tell us to check our speed and if we are aggressively driving and if we are driving without a seat belt. And then we if we do it too much it gets reported to salt lake and then to the mission office and if we are terrible we get our driving privileges taken away. But it mostly just helps us be safer drivers. It is cool and kind of funny.<br>
We were able to see Danielle and we had a good lesson with her at a members house. She is trying to find out if the Book of Mormon is true and she is super awesome. She has a lot of opposition from family but she is pushing through it.<br>
Paige was super awesome! The first lady I ever did a baptismal interview for came with us to her house and she was able to address pretty much all of Paige's concerns . They were raised in very similar ways and have had very similar concerns in investigating the church. So they were able to connect amazingly well. The missionary before me with Elder Bjorling both felt strongly prompted to have her there, and both Paige and Audra had felt inspired to talk to eachother. And Audra gained a testimony of fasting because of this experience. It was really cool!<br>
I love you all and I'll say more next week, but we got to go! :)<br>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-6705206390428945712015-06-01T22:09:00.003-07:002015-06-01T22:09:32.711-07:00Zone Leader 1st week June 1, 2015<p dir="ltr">Dear Everybody,<br>
This week was a crazy week. Sadly we weren't able to accomplish as much missionary work as we needed to, because the first week of every transfers is crazy for zone leaders. We had to prepare for our zone meeting, which is a 3 hour meeting that me and my companion are in charge of, plus we had a 7 hour meeting called MLC (missionary leadership council). Plus all sorts of other fun stuff. But we did get to do some stuff. I met a few of the investigators of the area and they are really cool and have a lot of great potential! I will let you know more of the details of the investigators as I have more, but one of them is a lady named Paige who is in her 50's or 60's who was a big cowgirl in her time. She did rodeo's all the time and now she announces in them. It is cool. She is Christian and she is excited to be learning this stuff she is just trying to figure it all out at this point. She is enjoying reading the Book of Mormon and she comes to church a lot. She is in a wheelchair now. We helped her with her garden a little bit  and we will being seeing her again soon.<br>
So for a lot of the zone meeting we have a lot of the other missionaries train on different things pertaining to the vision that we had seeked revelation on. It was a powerful meeting and it was great to have all of the missionaries participation in discussions. The coolest experiences we had this week had to do mostly with me and Elder Bjorling in our planning for the zone. We were planning what our vision is for the Zone and our vision is Victory through Reliance. That we can achieve victory in the war against the adversary through reliance on our Savior. It was a cool experience in planning and trying to help the zone to move forward. At this point the District leaders are going to have to carry this vision along with the zone. We will try our best to make sure it goes about but now the district leaders have to make sure to apply this to their training and implement it into their meetings and everything we do. So we hope to see good things come from it. I love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
Me and Elder Bjorling and Elder Clark and Elder Stanley (he is Elder Clark's companion and one of the district leaders)</p>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-2955816627002812932015-06-01T22:09:00.001-07:002015-06-01T22:09:20.759-07:00Zone Leader 1st week June 1, 2015<p dir="ltr">Dear Everybody,<br>
This week was a crazy week. Sadly we weren't able to accomplish as much missionary work as we needed to, because the first week of every transfers is crazy for zone leaders. We had to prepare for our zone meeting, which is a 3 hour meeting that me and my companion are in charge of, plus we had a 7 hour meeting called MLC (missionary leadership council). Plus all sorts of other fun stuff. But we did get to do some stuff. I met a few of the investigators of the area and they are really cool and have a lot of great potential! I will let you know more of the details of the investigators as I have more, but one of them is a lady named Paige who is in her 50's or 60's who was a big cowgirl in her time. She did rodeo's all the time and now she announces in them. It is cool. She is Christian and she is excited to be learning this stuff she is just trying to figure it all out at this point. She is enjoying reading the Book of Mormon and she comes to church a lot. She is in a wheelchair now. We helped her with her garden a little bit  and we will being seeing her again soon.<br>
So for a lot of the zone meeting we have a lot of the other missionaries train on different things pertaining to the vision that we had seeked revelation on. It was a powerful meeting and it was great to have all of the missionaries participation in discussions. The coolest experiences we had this week had to do mostly with me and Elder Bjorling in our planning for the zone. We were planning what our vision is for the Zone and our vision is Victory through Reliance. That we can achieve victory in the war against the adversary through reliance on our Savior. It was a cool experience in planning and trying to help the zone to move forward. At this point the District leaders are going to have to carry this vision along with the zone. We will try our best to make sure it goes about but now the district leaders have to make sure to apply this to their training and implement it into their meetings and everything we do. So we hope to see good things come from it. I love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
Me and Elder Bjorling and Elder Clark and Elder Stanley (he is Elder Clark's companion and one of the district leaders)</p>
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Tiffany Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386803494775318057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847250629042893903.post-44680757146646100002015-06-01T22:07:00.001-07:002015-06-01T22:07:12.818-07:00Sickness, transfers, Union! May 25, 2015<p dir="ltr"><br>
Hello! Here is some info for you. <br>
This last week was sadly a very unproductive week. Except on Wednesday on splits where we got to have a good lesson with a couple, it was not filled with super exciting things. Elder Matthews got sick and has been sick since Friday. It got progressively worse up until Sunday. But this morning he seemed to be feeling a whole lot better. Also we got transfer calls Saturday morning. We have been shotgunned out of our area, And Elder Matthews is being transferred up to Union!!! It seems like it has been decided that All missionary's that I train must spend some time in <br>
Union. I trained the first two in Union, Elder Bushell and Elder Clark, and now Elder Matthews is going up there too. He was kind of scared but he will do great. I was transferred within the same zone, just to a different stake within the zone. I was also made a Zone Leader. So that will be a new adventure! Elder Bjorling (pronounced B-yor-ling) He has already been a zone leader for 7.5 months and before that he was an Assistant to the President for 7.5 months as well. He is from Canandaigua, New York. It is right next to Palmyra and Manchester, New York. He just told me that Canandaigua means chosen spot He is super great and it will be great to learn from him! I hope I am able to learn a lot! Here is some pictures of the people from my previous area.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here is my ward mission leader, Bro Haws, from the 2nd ward and his family.<br>
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Here is Bro Blackhurst from the 18h ward he is our other ward mission leader. Inline image 2<br>
This is the Bishop of the 2nd ward and his family! The members are all some of our favorites and ones that we worked with closely.<br>
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These are a couple members that would often give rides to us for p-days grocery shopping and emailing. They are great!<br>
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This is Elder Bjorling, back when he was my zone leader. Last week we went to the roller drome and went roller skating. </p>
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He is super tall and great! He has a low voice as well! Have fun all of you and I can give you more updates next week. I love you all!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Elder Roberts<br>
</p>
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