Elder Roberts landed this morning in Argentina after hours and hours and hours of flight. At the airport in Texas and the airport in New York he was able to call home. It was so good to hear his voice, full of enthusiasm about this next step in his mission.
From Texas to New York he had an amazing experience on the plane. He he sat by a guy from the Virgin Islands. They talked about the church. The guy asked him about the Broadway play about the Book of Mormon. Reggie told him that it was not a true story about the real Book of Mormon. Reggie pulled out his book and showed it to the guy. Reggie asked him if he had seen one of those before and the guy said that he had not. (Reggie has a Spanish Book of Mormon to give away but not an English one.) The guy also asked Reggie about polygamy. Reggie didn't really know what to say. They also talked basketball. The guy had met Tim Duncan's cousins. So Reggie thought that was cool. Reggie said that their conversation was very positive. This guy pointed out different things in the landscape, as he has traveled that way before. They developed a good relationship.
As they were getting ready to land, Reggie really wanted to give him something, but only had his Spanish Book of Mormon. As he was grabbing his backpack to go, underneath it was a little card. At first Reggie thought it was a card from another religion. It said, "What does God think of you?" But when Reggie turned it over he realized it was an LDS pass-a-long card. Reggie had never seen it before and knows he didn't pack it. He picked it up and asked the guy if he would like it. The guy said, "Yes." Reggie was really excited about this experience and couldn't wait to tell us.
We can't wait to hear how the 12 hour flight between New York and Argentina went, and all about his new home!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
July 22, 2011 - Last MTC Email
Hello everyone nice to talk to u this fine afternoon!
things are good here just counting down the days until were on a plane cant wait!
So the other day my comp and i taught/ showed an example to the new missionaries about how to start a lesson and get to know them and then we were supposed to tie a spiritual part into it. we taught in front of about 200 to 300 new missionaries and they gave us those sweet microphones that they clip onto NBA players during games and stuff, i so wanted to be like "Going for takeoff' how nba-ers do and stuff into the microphone! and i also thought it would be sweet to pretend like i was Marv Albert 'From down town'
our investigator /actor was wearing a NY Giants jersey Eli Manning so i brought up nfl and he said how the lockout was going away. then he talked bout how he used to have these missionaries come over and one of them could cook really well and then he asked me what my best dish was hahaha and i said "Peanut Butter and Jelly" people were laughing it was a good experience
thank u so much for the packages they are awesome the slippers, bouncy balls, i think that i will break out that small hoop on the plane like at 3 in the morning and get some pick up games going hahaha
its going to be weird to actually be in the real world cuz i've been in here for what 8 to 9 wks and it'll be a big change where everyone is lds and everyone is happy and stuff to the outside world, i'm soo excited to see some people and interact with them instead of just saying "oh where u going on ur mish" etc i cant wait!
thank u for that phone card thingy i'm going to try and figure it out haha ill try to call as much as i can, its not a distraction to me its where i can get advice and talk to people that i love, will alyssa and scott be there or should i call them separate to logan i have alyssa's number so i could call her. idk when in SLC ill call once i settle down and everything is ready i'll try and call so 4 am be ready haha
alyssa asked a question bout if fams when they drop off there kids from like bama or tx if they drive from there state...i've seen some texas cars ID Colo but if they are farther than tx they usually fly then rent a car
Spanish is going alright i still don't really get it i can understand some sentences but i can't talk haha i just can say words but it'll come no worries i just need to work hard get better everyday
the girls are probly having a blast in girls camp
is there any fun games u can play on a 12 hr plane ride, i hope i get a window seat!
hmmm
dad i will be sending u a card today so that might some monday
i'm so ready for this new adventure coming up just think a week from now i may be eating cow nose or sumthing awesome, i cant wait to just meet the pple and embrace the culture and stuff
i hope i get a native companion that doesn't know english haha
someone was saying there's a wal-mart in bahia...its funny pple always say ''my bro girlfriends dad went there and they...'' stuff like that and they'll say how they say argentina is and half the stuff they say are mostly lies haha
i still pretty much know nuthn bout Bahia Blanca cuz i want it to be a surprise haha
some elders are saying how it won't be that cold and stuff hahah silly it'll be freezing
so jimmer got to play golf with charles barkley that is awesome haha and he finished last that is sweet haha
well i know this church is true and i know that the lord wants me in argentina and to speak espanol. it is kinda a scary feeling if u think about it too much...i don't know espanol idk a lot, but i know the lord needs reggie roberts in argentina and imma take that and run with it and do my best. i have no reason to be scared - the lord isn't setting me up to fail.
i love y'all
see u in ARGENTINA
Love Elder Roberts
things are good here just counting down the days until were on a plane cant wait!
So the other day my comp and i taught/ showed an example to the new missionaries about how to start a lesson and get to know them and then we were supposed to tie a spiritual part into it. we taught in front of about 200 to 300 new missionaries and they gave us those sweet microphones that they clip onto NBA players during games and stuff, i so wanted to be like "Going for takeoff' how nba-ers do and stuff into the microphone! and i also thought it would be sweet to pretend like i was Marv Albert 'From down town'
our investigator /actor was wearing a NY Giants jersey Eli Manning so i brought up nfl and he said how the lockout was going away. then he talked bout how he used to have these missionaries come over and one of them could cook really well and then he asked me what my best dish was hahaha and i said "Peanut Butter and Jelly" people were laughing it was a good experience
thank u so much for the packages they are awesome the slippers, bouncy balls, i think that i will break out that small hoop on the plane like at 3 in the morning and get some pick up games going hahaha
its going to be weird to actually be in the real world cuz i've been in here for what 8 to 9 wks and it'll be a big change where everyone is lds and everyone is happy and stuff to the outside world, i'm soo excited to see some people and interact with them instead of just saying "oh where u going on ur mish" etc i cant wait!
thank u for that phone card thingy i'm going to try and figure it out haha ill try to call as much as i can, its not a distraction to me its where i can get advice and talk to people that i love, will alyssa and scott be there or should i call them separate to logan i have alyssa's number so i could call her. idk when in SLC ill call once i settle down and everything is ready i'll try and call so 4 am be ready haha
alyssa asked a question bout if fams when they drop off there kids from like bama or tx if they drive from there state...i've seen some texas cars ID Colo but if they are farther than tx they usually fly then rent a car
Spanish is going alright i still don't really get it i can understand some sentences but i can't talk haha i just can say words but it'll come no worries i just need to work hard get better everyday
the girls are probly having a blast in girls camp
is there any fun games u can play on a 12 hr plane ride, i hope i get a window seat!
hmmm
dad i will be sending u a card today so that might some monday
i'm so ready for this new adventure coming up just think a week from now i may be eating cow nose or sumthing awesome, i cant wait to just meet the pple and embrace the culture and stuff
i hope i get a native companion that doesn't know english haha
someone was saying there's a wal-mart in bahia...its funny pple always say ''my bro girlfriends dad went there and they...'' stuff like that and they'll say how they say argentina is and half the stuff they say are mostly lies haha
i still pretty much know nuthn bout Bahia Blanca cuz i want it to be a surprise haha
some elders are saying how it won't be that cold and stuff hahah silly it'll be freezing
so jimmer got to play golf with charles barkley that is awesome haha and he finished last that is sweet haha
well i know this church is true and i know that the lord wants me in argentina and to speak espanol. it is kinda a scary feeling if u think about it too much...i don't know espanol idk a lot, but i know the lord needs reggie roberts in argentina and imma take that and run with it and do my best. i have no reason to be scared - the lord isn't setting me up to fail.
i love y'all
see u in ARGENTINA
Love Elder Roberts
Friday, July 15, 2011
July 15, 2011
TREMENDOUS NEWSS my peeps i got my travel plansssss!!!!
so heres the deal
july 25 at 3 am i have to be at travel off at mtc!!!
our plane leaves at 6 am from SLC,go to Dallas/Ft wrth Home of the champs Mavs!!!arrive in Dall at 9:35!! stay ther until 2;05 then guess where i get to goooo!!! NEW YORK Concrete jingle where dreams are made of in new yooork" alicia Keys
i arrive there at 6:55 pmand we leave NY at 10 pm (so dang thats like Midnight0 lolthen head to Buenos Aires ARGand arrive at 9:35am july 26 so i did the math and that is 19hrs and 50 minutes on a plane hahaha isnt that awesome!!!! New yooork of i really want to see Madsion Saquare Garden, i know that we probly cant leave the airport but if we fly over it oh man i think ill Cry "The worlds most hfamous arena" Mohamed ali MJ Kobe Melo Wilt Rocky anybody whos anyobdy has been theere Rocky Marsciano ugh New Yoork!!
I wrote it out like on my travel plans so itll be easir to understand maybe
and i will call for sure if they klet me so if u get a call at 4am thatll be me
just saw pics of matts baby way cute Matt ur the Man!!!
on this past wed we hosted new missionaries and haha my mish was from Alabama yup i briought up Sugar Bowl for sure i didnt want bring it up but i said u a bama fan then he askd me U or BYU and i ghave him a smile and said UTAH and he was like ugh u guys dominated us hahahathen he said well we won ntl champ nxt yr. then i thot if the utes had a chance they wouldve won it to. but were cooll he has class in my same building so we see each other
hosting is awkward parents are crying hope i dont have to do that again
saw kellan and at dinner his 1st day he sweiped his meal card and looked up and his comp just disapeard hahaha so i tried helping him find his compbut no luck he said hed look for him at a new mish conf we were laughing about that funny story
hey im goin to NY
hmm wat else
time has flied since the 3 rd wk here yesterday was our 50th day weird
was talking to sum ute D end today hes from bingham and he also got to play in "Jerrys World' cowboys stadium he has gym with me and haha it looks like not really athletic, hes pretty big.
Maybe ill see carmelo at the airport and ill give him a b of m for sure haha i will keep my eye open for celebs like how dad got OJs autograph on jis mishh haha hey maybe ill see spike lee and i will toatlly bring up how my name is Reggie...but ill make sure i act like a mish not some crazy fan hahaha but if i see kobe i may go crazy haha chiste
thats sweet how jody is dating Young Sim man that guy can rap no question thats sweet how he was in the mish with pres rose "His mother named him Jimmer hes not much of a Jammer"
i can have 2 bags weighin 5o lbs then a carryon (my backpack) can be 40 i weighed my big bag with some stuff in it and i was only like 27lbs so i should be good with the weight limit
hey dad 10 days til ur bday can i send u a card from ARG or do u want oneon ur bday i guess i can do both cards are cheap
i met some girl from Miami in lunch line the other day oh i wanna go there some day, i asked here if shes a fan of the Heat then she said something to me in espanol cuz i guess here mom is from cuba so shes way fluent, i think she said she thinks there goo idk her sapnish was like furhdf;uhgiufesghyrgfurgyfhdsjalugfug so i probly just smiled and said sweet hahaha
LOVE YALL
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts
so heres the deal
july 25 at 3 am i have to be at travel off at mtc!!!
our plane leaves at 6 am from SLC,go to Dallas/Ft wrth Home of the champs Mavs!!!arrive in Dall at 9:35!! stay ther until 2;05 then guess where i get to goooo!!! NEW YORK Concrete jingle where dreams are made of in new yooork" alicia Keys
i arrive there at 6:55 pmand we leave NY at 10 pm (so dang thats like Midnight0 lolthen head to Buenos Aires ARGand arrive at 9:35am july 26 so i did the math and that is 19hrs and 50 minutes on a plane hahaha isnt that awesome!!!! New yooork of i really want to see Madsion Saquare Garden, i know that we probly cant leave the airport but if we fly over it oh man i think ill Cry "The worlds most hfamous arena" Mohamed ali MJ Kobe Melo Wilt Rocky anybody whos anyobdy has been theere Rocky Marsciano ugh New Yoork!!
I wrote it out like on my travel plans so itll be easir to understand maybe
and i will call for sure if they klet me so if u get a call at 4am thatll be me
just saw pics of matts baby way cute Matt ur the Man!!!
on this past wed we hosted new missionaries and haha my mish was from Alabama yup i briought up Sugar Bowl for sure i didnt want bring it up but i said u a bama fan then he askd me U or BYU and i ghave him a smile and said UTAH and he was like ugh u guys dominated us hahahathen he said well we won ntl champ nxt yr. then i thot if the utes had a chance they wouldve won it to. but were cooll he has class in my same building so we see each other
hosting is awkward parents are crying hope i dont have to do that again
saw kellan and at dinner his 1st day he sweiped his meal card and looked up and his comp just disapeard hahaha so i tried helping him find his compbut no luck he said hed look for him at a new mish conf we were laughing about that funny story
hey im goin to NY
hmm wat else
time has flied since the 3 rd wk here yesterday was our 50th day weird
was talking to sum ute D end today hes from bingham and he also got to play in "Jerrys World' cowboys stadium he has gym with me and haha it looks like not really athletic, hes pretty big.
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| In class we had an activity where we drew a picture of our favorite food and we learned how to ask for the food in Espanol. It ended up that we as a class took it a step further and we asked for anything we could see hahaha yeah we're cool! Dobson: Spanish dictionaries. Hermana Smith: looks like it she took everyone's rings. Sterling: took everyone's tie except mine. McDaniel: has everyone's watches hahaha. Cooper: nametags. Francis (top left with glasses): everyone's keys. Hermana Toronto: my tie and all the food haha. Me: I go for the bling! I got Hna Toronto's "Randy Moss" type earrings they're sweet. And I have some bracelets. Lang: I have no idea what he's doing haha. |
Maybe ill see carmelo at the airport and ill give him a b of m for sure haha i will keep my eye open for celebs like how dad got OJs autograph on jis mishh haha hey maybe ill see spike lee and i will toatlly bring up how my name is Reggie...but ill make sure i act like a mish not some crazy fan hahaha but if i see kobe i may go crazy haha chiste
thats sweet how jody is dating Young Sim man that guy can rap no question thats sweet how he was in the mish with pres rose "His mother named him Jimmer hes not much of a Jammer"
i can have 2 bags weighin 5o lbs then a carryon (my backpack) can be 40 i weighed my big bag with some stuff in it and i was only like 27lbs so i should be good with the weight limit
hey dad 10 days til ur bday can i send u a card from ARG or do u want oneon ur bday i guess i can do both cards are cheap
i met some girl from Miami in lunch line the other day oh i wanna go there some day, i asked here if shes a fan of the Heat then she said something to me in espanol cuz i guess here mom is from cuba so shes way fluent, i think she said she thinks there goo idk her sapnish was like furhdf;uhgiufesghyrgfurgyfhdsjalugfug so i probly just smiled and said sweet hahaha
LOVE YALL
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts
July 8, 2011
Top of tha Muffin to ya this dandy morning from the provo mtc laundry room!
its all good!
this wk my spanish has had the biggest improvement witch is grreat! thx for the prayers!
the 2nd of july surprise we as an mtc listened to a talk from our zone branch pres leader which was awesome but they ran out of rm in the gym so we had to go in the overflow he talked bout USA, we sang US holiday songs yankee doodle etc then there were these bagpipe guys that came in and then they brouht a ton of flags in from all around the wrld...perfect time to go to the overflow haha we missed all the live action, oh well. then they said we could watch the firewrks from the stadium of fire which was awesome, and they also gave us an ice cream bar...and the firewrks didnt end until around 11 if i remember right they gave us permission to stay up hahaha so that was pretty sweet!
its all good!
this wk my spanish has had the biggest improvement witch is grreat! thx for the prayers!
the 2nd of july surprise we as an mtc listened to a talk from our zone branch pres leader which was awesome but they ran out of rm in the gym so we had to go in the overflow he talked bout USA, we sang US holiday songs yankee doodle etc then there were these bagpipe guys that came in and then they brouht a ton of flags in from all around the wrld...perfect time to go to the overflow haha we missed all the live action, oh well. then they said we could watch the firewrks from the stadium of fire which was awesome, and they also gave us an ice cream bar...and the firewrks didnt end until around 11 if i remember right they gave us permission to stay up hahaha so that was pretty sweet!
17 days left in th usa
hahaha the other day i was looking at our fam pic and i saw scott and just started laughn cuz i remember our convo with alyssa in the backseat where we were talkn bout penguins and etc oh that was such a good laugh for my abs hahahaha fantastic times haha
got package wch is awesome
chancho ine espanol mean a male pig "Pig lemme borrow ur sweats" hahaha from nacho libre haha
(Writing captions on photos isn't working right now, but the caption under that photo should say: Hot air balloon that was taking money for any missionary that wanted out of the MTC hahaha Chiste. It was closer at one point, and the Hermanas got between me and Dobson.)
this coming week we will probly be getting our travel plans!!!!! so hopefully we ll stop in chicago!!
found my pat blssn in my other esapanol scripts wahoo!
and i realized that i have 2 of those cheaper Book of mormons or books of mormon lol so on our plane ride im determind to give one away even if i have to sneak it in sumones bag like at 3 in the morning
wow only 8 mins left
so justin got his call im guessing New Mexico bahahaha
no temple today cuz of cleaning :( so we have 3 hrs of personal stud/ pres time we just cant go to our rooms
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| On Sunday after our devotional me, Elder McDaniel (who's on me), and Elder Sterling (my comp) decided to chillax as we were waiting for Hna Toronto to make popcorn. We as a class watched in our room a DVD on "Miracle of a Mission" from Jeffrey R. Holland it was powerful it was probably filmed in the 80's. Hahaha we're funny. |
i know this church is true and w/god nuthn shall be impossible its way sweet to think that the lord has faith in me to learn espanol.. i dont even thought that me has learned english alls the ways haha
no kodey sighting yet.
maybe with the nba lockout means more time to teach the Ginobili family about the gospel :)
this wk went by fast which is sweet
oh itll be funny trying to shop in argentina spanish ill be doin a lot of hand signals
i know this church is true an jo smith was a true profet
Love Elder Reginald G Roberts
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
July 1, 2011
Email
hey hey hey everyone how is life
its bueno here like always!
Elder Bednar spoke to us last Friday and it was awesome he talkd bout becoming a pRCH MY gospel missionary"
It was awesome and 7 out of 12 apostles were there perry nelson ballard bednar holland andersen andi cant think of the others and dont have enuff time to look it up haha
and after breakfast on last sat isaw elder perry walking by and he asked us group of pple how our language is going...itts cool ive been in his presence up close 3 times
So thr NBA might be having a lockout that is bittersweet cuz maybe Manu will be in Bahia Blanca longer so i can teach him!! i pray that ill be able to teach him :) but if its not the lords will im okay with it but i really want to
24 days left in America!!! i cant wait!! well probly get our plane plans in a wk or 2
Elder lang and Mcdaniel are the new zone leaders. well get new dist leaders sunday\
Today is the last day to go to the temple:( so im sad they will becleaning it an re open it on the 25th ive really enjoyd going each fri
i saw another baby the other day and it felt like christmas a little bit hahaha a real live baby
to bad we cant hug kids and i probly assume we cant hold them either :(
tomrw we have a little special treat fo the 4th of july im excitd
so jimmer is wearing No. 7 awesome me gusta jimmer
sweet story bout me folowing the holy ghost promptings...so its wed and there are a billion new missionaries and it was dinner time so it was packed and i got in line for food and the line wasnt that big but still it could be shorter and i just had this feeling to go to the other line on the otherside but i could see the otherside a lil bit and it lookd packed and then i was like "hey the HG is never wrong" so i got out of my place in line which wasnt terribly long in the 1st place and i see that noone is in line at all cuz i guess the new missionaries probly thought that there is only oneline per serving area (this is making no sense probly) but to get to the point i followed th spirit and i saved a few min.
the lord cares bout everything bout u even bout how fast yu get ur food :)
i put soap in this time for laundy bahahaha
im doing pretty good in teachin in all spanish our inv want to get bapt...they are inv from our teachers missions so they try to make it as real as possible
kodey will be great here tell him he should have no worries haha
jeff is in africa that is sweeet
the Argentine mail takes bout 10 days to get to utah
hows lucy still walkn her
dang 3 min
my comp and i are gellin which is good
spanish is going okay still hard but itll come i need to get conjugations down
well im need to go :( love yall miss yall
Love Elder Reginald Roberts
Parts of Reggie's Letter home
Reggie wrote home a 9 page letter. I am going to type some of it to you. It is so good, I wanted to share. I'm going to type it exactly how he wrote it.
Mi Familia
Querido Familis
Hows the Bury it is good here
I don't really know what to say cuz I have some stuff I'm going to save for the email
I kinda need a haircut hmm maybe I'll get one Friday. But the Haircutististist aren't really good so I'll probly look like a Tom Jones after ugh hahaha
The other day @ lunch some of the Elders were taking about Pokemon hahaha I'm glad I never got into that stuff & I think I'm the only Elder that knows nothing about it. So it made me happy
Elder Bednar spoke about becoming a "Preach My Gospel Missionary" it was good
My comp said he went to Ryan Sheckler's bday party for his 12th Bday party. Shecker is a sweet skateboarder & he's kind of like one of the best known skaters so it is sweet
So I got to see Paul & Karen & Nancy & Kevin. In our Devotional w/ all the MTC I was thinking oh yeah I should look for them so I stand up for like 20 sec & then I sat down then I stood up for about 10 sec & I look over kind of in front & all 4 of them are waving & giving me thumbs up. I was sitting in the corner (to the speakers left & a little bit behind them) so it was amazing how fast they found me!
Then as we were walking out for dinner I'm kinda zoned in while I was walking then Paul runs up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and I was like "Heeeyy!" Then we hugged it was sweet!
I'm so glad I get to learn Spanish! I love it. I don't hate anything I can't wait til I can just speak it.
I think Nathan & Andrew said they got it by 6 months (the language) so that will be like Nov, Dec when hopefully I'll be able to do it w/ ease. but who knows it may come earlier. I just need to work hard & do my part & the Lord will do the rest. So when I call home on Christmas (which will be hot by the way hahaha :) ) I will try to be able to say a ton.
Kodey will be great for sure. Its funny to see all the Rooks on Wed they look in shock like deer in headlights it sweet. I might be able to host (pick up new mish) on Wed. Maybe I'll get him. I got some Elder from France "I like hungabooga" haha.
MTC also kind of reminds me of a reverent Scout camp hahaha
I love reading my Pat blessing there is sweet stuff in it.
Can't wait to see the world just being on a freeway or something like that. I hope I get a window seat
I can't think of any other stuff I need for Argentina . . . besides Spanish hahaha
Mark or Matt 8:35 is a tremendous scripture about leaving Babylon behind I'm in Mormon in the B of M. I've read it pretty fast this time. It's been what 5 months since I finished it last. I read 30 min, in B of M for Pers Study time in the morning then I started reading the Doctrine & Covenants yesterday for 30 minutes a day also. Is there any other good places I should specifically read in the Bible?
I've been sleeping great since I started sleeping the other way on my bed cuz now there is no light facing right @ me!
I'll make it a goal to send pics for sure coming upon this nxt fri. Keep reminding me, What do you want pics of haha anywhere particullarly
these last 4 weeks have gone by so quick it feels like a wk or 2!
I hope to teach Manu!!
Oh when they do "haha" in Spanish they do "jaja" cuz J's make the "H" sound
I'm going to attempt to write Spanish here
Hola mi familia, hy es un Buen Dia y me gusta "Preparation Day" luego nosotros iremos a Templo y me y mi companero will (English) Duerme en el noche
yo se que Thomas S. Monson es un Profeta hoy y yo se que Evangelio es verdadero.
me gusta Baloncesto
yo quiero baptismo Manu Ginobili y El familia. Ore en el noche Saber Poco Espanol yo trabajado o Espanol
Elder Dobson es muy comico
!Correo tiempo es como oro! aqui es un poco celestial
You like :)
It reminds me of heaven here cuz everyone is so nice! I have payed in some games dad, they were fun I think I'll start doing that more instead of just shooting. hahah yesterday I was shooting w/ these 2 Elders & I made 3 Freethrows in a row and they were like freaking out how I could make that many in a row & some Elder said, "If you make 10 in a row I'll do 20 push ups!" So what did I do I made the swish like licorish 10 for 10 & I thought they were going to die cuz they were amazed. hahahah I was waiting for them to ask me how many I've made in a row lol but they never did haha (311)
Okay my goal when I leave here is to write 2 pages to you en Espanol
I weigh 150 lbs ahora (now) but it'll probably go down cuz my weight never wants to make up it's mind 150.2 to be exact. I still do 300 everyday my abs are getting good too.
Some Elder (new Elder in district) is from Alabama & you better believe that will bring up "UTAH UTES" "Umm who is better Utah or Alabama" haha then I'll give him a U hand sign or something, Jk I'll be nice about it.
Where are the Roberts from & Smarts cuz some Temple worker last Friday asked me where the Roberts were in like the 1800's and I was like "Ummm idk" aren't we maybe from Wales.
That reminds me @ Gym I was asked my name y (that is & in Espanol) I couldn't think what to say "Elder Roberts, Reggie, Elder Roberts, Reggie?" Going though my head haha so I put Reggie & Roberts together & I made Roberts lol hahaha
Yahoo Isaiah Thomas my man from Wazon was drafted representing the 5'10" club. I need to get his size when I'm home weight wise.
I'm still determined to baptize Mike Tyson in my lifetime and then I want him to punch me just so I can say I've been punched by Mike Tyson. Thats like singing a duet with Michael Jackson.
On Tues or one day this past week me & my comp spoke 90% Spanish maybe 85% cuz Hermano Estivez (our teacher) said that if he will let us speak English in our lessons then we have to go the rest of the week all Spanish except in Pers study time, comp study. The English in the lessons was to me talk more but then Estivez prayed about it and changed his mind on that deal but it was Awesomely fun!
Going to get Almuerzo (lunch) . . .back from getting a sack lunch thanks for waiting for me hahaha
I think when I get to Argentina I'll have a small breakfast cuz I don't get hungry much anymore & so I can have some room for the Steaks!!!! Idk how I'm going to be able to eat all the food they give me. @ this rate I probably can't get past the whole 1st dish. haha
I told my comp that I've never had Dr. Pepper on my life. He doesn't believe me haha he just opened his up from his mom, he had me take a pic of it.
Just ate peanut butter sandwich & I'm not hungry :( but 'll force it
When I get home I don't want to lose my Espanol so I want to think, read B of M & pray in Espanol. I can pray pretty good en Espanol.
I just heard Ron Artest wants to change his name to "Metta World Peace" hahahahahaha that is awesome! I will definatly buy that jersey lol. If you had to change your name what would it be? I would do "I love Jimmer" haha JK or "Made You Look" or "Guess What" but my name is seriously the coolest in the world so I would never change it. Reginald Grant Roberts.
I'll just name my kids those names & hopefully they succeed in life. JK
Love yall
Miss yall
Reggie Roberts #31
I don't think I've written a school project as long as this letter :) hahaha
hey hey hey everyone how is life
its bueno here like always!
Elder Bednar spoke to us last Friday and it was awesome he talkd bout becoming a pRCH MY gospel missionary"
It was awesome and 7 out of 12 apostles were there perry nelson ballard bednar holland andersen andi cant think of the others and dont have enuff time to look it up haha
and after breakfast on last sat isaw elder perry walking by and he asked us group of pple how our language is going...itts cool ive been in his presence up close 3 times
So thr NBA might be having a lockout that is bittersweet cuz maybe Manu will be in Bahia Blanca longer so i can teach him!! i pray that ill be able to teach him :) but if its not the lords will im okay with it but i really want to
24 days left in America!!! i cant wait!! well probly get our plane plans in a wk or 2
Elder lang and Mcdaniel are the new zone leaders. well get new dist leaders sunday\
Today is the last day to go to the temple:( so im sad they will becleaning it an re open it on the 25th ive really enjoyd going each fri
i saw another baby the other day and it felt like christmas a little bit hahaha a real live baby
to bad we cant hug kids and i probly assume we cant hold them either :(
tomrw we have a little special treat fo the 4th of july im excitd
so jimmer is wearing No. 7 awesome me gusta jimmer
sweet story bout me folowing the holy ghost promptings...so its wed and there are a billion new missionaries and it was dinner time so it was packed and i got in line for food and the line wasnt that big but still it could be shorter and i just had this feeling to go to the other line on the otherside but i could see the otherside a lil bit and it lookd packed and then i was like "hey the HG is never wrong" so i got out of my place in line which wasnt terribly long in the 1st place and i see that noone is in line at all cuz i guess the new missionaries probly thought that there is only oneline per serving area (this is making no sense probly) but to get to the point i followed th spirit and i saved a few min.
the lord cares bout everything bout u even bout how fast yu get ur food :)
i put soap in this time for laundy bahahaha
im doing pretty good in teachin in all spanish our inv want to get bapt...they are inv from our teachers missions so they try to make it as real as possible
kodey will be great here tell him he should have no worries haha
jeff is in africa that is sweeet
the Argentine mail takes bout 10 days to get to utah
hows lucy still walkn her
dang 3 min
my comp and i are gellin which is good
spanish is going okay still hard but itll come i need to get conjugations down
well im need to go :( love yall miss yall
Love Elder Reginald Roberts
Parts of Reggie's Letter home
Reggie wrote home a 9 page letter. I am going to type some of it to you. It is so good, I wanted to share. I'm going to type it exactly how he wrote it.
Mi Familia
Querido Familis
Hows the Bury it is good here
I don't really know what to say cuz I have some stuff I'm going to save for the email
I kinda need a haircut hmm maybe I'll get one Friday. But the Haircutististist aren't really good so I'll probly look like a Tom Jones after ugh hahaha
The other day @ lunch some of the Elders were taking about Pokemon hahaha I'm glad I never got into that stuff & I think I'm the only Elder that knows nothing about it. So it made me happy
Elder Bednar spoke about becoming a "Preach My Gospel Missionary" it was good
My comp said he went to Ryan Sheckler's bday party for his 12th Bday party. Shecker is a sweet skateboarder & he's kind of like one of the best known skaters so it is sweet
So I got to see Paul & Karen & Nancy & Kevin. In our Devotional w/ all the MTC I was thinking oh yeah I should look for them so I stand up for like 20 sec & then I sat down then I stood up for about 10 sec & I look over kind of in front & all 4 of them are waving & giving me thumbs up. I was sitting in the corner (to the speakers left & a little bit behind them) so it was amazing how fast they found me!
Then as we were walking out for dinner I'm kinda zoned in while I was walking then Paul runs up to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and I was like "Heeeyy!" Then we hugged it was sweet!
I'm so glad I get to learn Spanish! I love it. I don't hate anything I can't wait til I can just speak it.
I think Nathan & Andrew said they got it by 6 months (the language) so that will be like Nov, Dec when hopefully I'll be able to do it w/ ease. but who knows it may come earlier. I just need to work hard & do my part & the Lord will do the rest. So when I call home on Christmas (which will be hot by the way hahaha :) ) I will try to be able to say a ton.
Kodey will be great for sure. Its funny to see all the Rooks on Wed they look in shock like deer in headlights it sweet. I might be able to host (pick up new mish) on Wed. Maybe I'll get him. I got some Elder from France "I like hungabooga" haha.
MTC also kind of reminds me of a reverent Scout camp hahaha
I love reading my Pat blessing there is sweet stuff in it.
Can't wait to see the world just being on a freeway or something like that. I hope I get a window seat
I can't think of any other stuff I need for Argentina . . . besides Spanish hahaha
Mark or Matt 8:35 is a tremendous scripture about leaving Babylon behind I'm in Mormon in the B of M. I've read it pretty fast this time. It's been what 5 months since I finished it last. I read 30 min, in B of M for Pers Study time in the morning then I started reading the Doctrine & Covenants yesterday for 30 minutes a day also. Is there any other good places I should specifically read in the Bible?
I've been sleeping great since I started sleeping the other way on my bed cuz now there is no light facing right @ me!
I'll make it a goal to send pics for sure coming upon this nxt fri. Keep reminding me, What do you want pics of haha anywhere particullarly
these last 4 weeks have gone by so quick it feels like a wk or 2!
I hope to teach Manu!!
Oh when they do "haha" in Spanish they do "jaja" cuz J's make the "H" sound
I'm going to attempt to write Spanish here
Hola mi familia, hy es un Buen Dia y me gusta "Preparation Day" luego nosotros iremos a Templo y me y mi companero will (English) Duerme en el noche
yo se que Thomas S. Monson es un Profeta hoy y yo se que Evangelio es verdadero.
me gusta Baloncesto
yo quiero baptismo Manu Ginobili y El familia. Ore en el noche Saber Poco Espanol yo trabajado o Espanol
Elder Dobson es muy comico
!Correo tiempo es como oro! aqui es un poco celestial
You like :)
It reminds me of heaven here cuz everyone is so nice! I have payed in some games dad, they were fun I think I'll start doing that more instead of just shooting. hahah yesterday I was shooting w/ these 2 Elders & I made 3 Freethrows in a row and they were like freaking out how I could make that many in a row & some Elder said, "If you make 10 in a row I'll do 20 push ups!" So what did I do I made the swish like licorish 10 for 10 & I thought they were going to die cuz they were amazed. hahahah I was waiting for them to ask me how many I've made in a row lol but they never did haha (311)
Okay my goal when I leave here is to write 2 pages to you en Espanol
I weigh 150 lbs ahora (now) but it'll probably go down cuz my weight never wants to make up it's mind 150.2 to be exact. I still do 300 everyday my abs are getting good too.
Some Elder (new Elder in district) is from Alabama & you better believe that will bring up "UTAH UTES" "Umm who is better Utah or Alabama" haha then I'll give him a U hand sign or something, Jk I'll be nice about it.
Where are the Roberts from & Smarts cuz some Temple worker last Friday asked me where the Roberts were in like the 1800's and I was like "Ummm idk" aren't we maybe from Wales.
That reminds me @ Gym I was asked my name y (that is & in Espanol) I couldn't think what to say "Elder Roberts, Reggie, Elder Roberts, Reggie?" Going though my head haha so I put Reggie & Roberts together & I made Roberts lol hahaha
Yahoo Isaiah Thomas my man from Wazon was drafted representing the 5'10" club. I need to get his size when I'm home weight wise.
I'm still determined to baptize Mike Tyson in my lifetime and then I want him to punch me just so I can say I've been punched by Mike Tyson. Thats like singing a duet with Michael Jackson.
On Tues or one day this past week me & my comp spoke 90% Spanish maybe 85% cuz Hermano Estivez (our teacher) said that if he will let us speak English in our lessons then we have to go the rest of the week all Spanish except in Pers study time, comp study. The English in the lessons was to me talk more but then Estivez prayed about it and changed his mind on that deal but it was Awesomely fun!
Going to get Almuerzo (lunch) . . .back from getting a sack lunch thanks for waiting for me hahaha
I think when I get to Argentina I'll have a small breakfast cuz I don't get hungry much anymore & so I can have some room for the Steaks!!!! Idk how I'm going to be able to eat all the food they give me. @ this rate I probably can't get past the whole 1st dish. haha
I told my comp that I've never had Dr. Pepper on my life. He doesn't believe me haha he just opened his up from his mom, he had me take a pic of it.
Just ate peanut butter sandwich & I'm not hungry :( but 'll force it
When I get home I don't want to lose my Espanol so I want to think, read B of M & pray in Espanol. I can pray pretty good en Espanol.
I just heard Ron Artest wants to change his name to "Metta World Peace" hahahahahaha that is awesome! I will definatly buy that jersey lol. If you had to change your name what would it be? I would do "I love Jimmer" haha JK or "Made You Look" or "Guess What" but my name is seriously the coolest in the world so I would never change it. Reginald Grant Roberts.
I'll just name my kids those names & hopefully they succeed in life. JK
Love yall
Miss yall
Reggie Roberts #31
I don't think I've written a school project as long as this letter :) hahaha
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