Monday, November 28, 2011

Talking to EVERYONE on the street!

Hello people
Life is good!

Comp and I are still here in Olavarrrrrrrrria! I'm glad bout it. It's a chill place. Here people are cool etc.

Glad to hear that you had a good thanksgiving.  Haha Comp and I totally forgot until it hit me at like 10:20 on Thursday night. So then I told comp happy thanksgiving haha. The warm weather keeps you focused for me haha.

I guess there is a volcano in Chile or somethin and so this week we has a lil bit of some smoggy ash stuff in the air. It just looked kinda brown. It was pretty sweet, but other than that weather is awesome hahaha. Comp hates the heat (don't ask me why he lives in Cali). He's funny bout it too, ¨Eat me dog I cant take it! I want to shave all my hair off it's so hot.¨ haha he's funny.

We had no investigators at church, but Carmen, one of our investigators who doesn't go to church cuz she visits her hubby in the jail on Sunday morning, said that she knows the book of mormon is the word of God. We just need to help her with her hubby situation. We went to Laprida, about a 10 min drive from our area. It's still in our area but we took a bus out there. It's cool, the bus drivers have some skill. As soon as you walk on the bus he's driving. Then he takes your money, gives you change and a ticket while he's driving. I have a hard time talking and driving lol jk. But they have skill. Laprida went well. Dropped off a book from a reference we got and taught a 19ish yr old girl. She liked the message, but didn't go to church. Also taught two other girls in their teens sitting in a park. Haha at the end we asked for their address and they didn't know and so we asked for their phone number and her fone is broken. So we have no contact with them haha. We hope that one day maybe we'll just see them in the street and chase them down or something lol.

Comp and I have tried hard to talk to everybody, like people we pass in the street and etc. We take turns presenting ourselves. It's pretty fun cuz we know God places everyone in our way and we know we can get more baptisms for ourselves from talking to everyone. We haven't had a bapt yet. I actually have a rally mustache right now lol jk. But for real I miss that feeling. There is a Elder from Olavarria (other area like 7 min drive away) and he's in the Utah South mission, El Fuentes. He was telling his mom how he had a bad week cuz they didn't baptized anyone that week lol. Then that got me thinking why can't we have a baptism every week also. We can have them I believe. I know it will take a ton more work. We are always trying to be the best, my comp and I, can be. With this new transfer beginning I have high expectations. I want to work absolutely as hard as I can with zero regrets. Maybe we'll have one bapt this transfer. But I know if we do everything we can we'll be blessed.

It's cool having 6 months in the mission! As dad said, I finished my freshmen year. I like those comparisons. Sophomore year is beginning. I have a lot of expectations. Time to step up! I'm pumped lol.

Had a primary program thing at church. There was like double the people. We missionaries and former sang Called to Serve. It was pretty powerful! It was cool, bout 10 to 14 of us sang. During a kid's talk his sister was by his side and she said, "You're talking with your nose.¨ lol it was funny everyone laughed.

I haven't received gma smarts package.

I also have a jump rope to use. Thank you so much for the exercise thing and tips. I can't wait to start tomorrow morning.

I don't know what time we will skype on christmas. I'll be in Olavarria during it.I think Pablo and Julia said we could use their computer. idk the details on it, but when i know I'll tell you. We may skype from the Fees house idk. It's cool here, for Christmas on the 24th they party hard. Fireworks all night  and stuff. Open some gifts. I think they kinda take it easy after partying all day the 24th lol. Then on 6th of Jan the kids get lil gifts in their shoes like stockings haha. It's a good time to have shaq size feet lol.

My space, mom, is clean. At 1st I was a lil messy, but these last few months I'm gr8 at being clean! My clothes are doing pretty good.

It's good to hear bout the NBA starting on Christmas. Fffeeew, now I can sleep at nights hahaa jk. I don't think bout it that much, but that's good news! I'm crying right now after hearing the utes update. Dang it that stings. Hopefully they get a good bowl and next yr is takeover season for them :) Urban Meyer capo.

Well, take it easy. Have some cake or do something cool in the cold weather haha. It's warm here. Be safe. Choose the right, read the book of mormon and pray and smile. Church is true, no doubt. It's funny hearing others takes on religion and their beliefs, like jehovah witnesses only believe that 144,000 people will be saved. Hmmm does that sound a lil weird? And some lady gave us a lil book from her religion thing and it had a pic of some guy that looks like he has shaving cream all over his face (beard) its pretty funny. I'll get you a pic. But yeH CHURCH IS TRUE AND IM SO GLAD THAT I GREW UP IN THE TRUTH AND GET THE CHANCE TO HELP SAVE PEOPLE sorry that was all in caps lock haha i had my head down typing.

love u all
love
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts
time to wrk :)
and thanks once again for the wrkout thingy dad

Monday, November 21, 2011

Eating Thanksgiving Dinner in Argentina!

Isle at Walmart. They love their alcohol here.
Hola personas todo bien!

Happy Anniversary Alyssa Y Scott! It's been a year with plenty more Felices!!

I got Christmas stuff as well as Thanksgiving stuff from gma Merlyn. Thanks. I also got a package from the Facers. Is that for Christmas or now to open? haha. I got all the packages Mom and some dear elders from Alyssa and the Bryan's and some letters to. Thanks everyone!

Its wonderful outside :) I had  my 1st experience with humidity and its awesome cuz its always hot haha! Even at night! Sweeet!

It did rain the other day, but I was happy becuz it wasn't snow lol! I was with Elder Warren when it rained and we were walking on the sidewalk thing and there was puddles in the street and stuff and some car drives by us and splashes us hahaha! It was gr8 haha. It was cool cuz it didn't get us more wet then we already were cuz we were soaked, like throwing water on a wet rag haha. I think it was even funnier cuz Elder Warren hates rain pretty much more than anything haha. But he has a funny good attitude bout it haha.

La conferencia de zona was good. I could understand it especially at the beginning. Then it kind of just faded lol. The conferences are long. We got there at 10 and ended at 7ish. A lot of sitting lol. President talked about how if every companionship gets 3 bapt for the rest of the year we will have 1000 as a mission! So we're working for that as a mish. We had no inv at church, but yesterday is gone. Oh well. Pres also talked bout always setting goals which I like to do! Pres is such a capo. I don't think he's been anywhere in the world without a friend (everyone loves him) and he's funny haha.

Melanie is doing gr8! All her fam goes to church now on a regular basis. We used to kinda push her to church but now she can't get enuff!! Her mom goes to church, she was less active, and her gma goes and her bro who's 6, (and who thinks I'm so cool haha we have a handshake thing) is mad that he can't get baptized yet cuz he's only 6. We have family night with them today. Alicia is trying to quit smoking. We set a calendar up with her to help her quit by Dec 1.

Last Monday after emailing, we knocked a door and some 16 yr old answered. We talked to him and he's a capo. He said he's always seen us in the street but never knew what we teach. He wants to play for BOCA (soccer team) and I think thats awesome. And also he said, "I have a question, what is your thoughts on the end of the world stuff?" And what else is crazy is that the 1st 3 out of 5 days in the week someone brought up the end of the world stuff. I think it's pretty interesting that people nowadays are really interested in what is going to happen to the world cuz it seems like every week some pastor is saying like, ¨Hmm 25 of January, yep the world will end.¨ And especially after 11/11/11 I think you might be able to put that question in with the category of, ¨Why am I here, where am I going¨ stuff. It's pretty interesting. We then obviously explain our beliefs on it and also how we don't think the world will just explode. That's what a lot of people think. I think I'll become good at teaching that subject haha.

Today we had Thanksgiving!! haha We went to the elderly Fees house. We do that on the last Monday in each transfer (eat with the Fees as a zone).We had turkey, mashed potatoes. We also got to watch Cowboys play haha! Just messing! I sat by a new Elder Wagner from Texas, so I felt pretty americonized (cool word). Also the last 2 times we had lunch with them we play that telephone game where you whisper in someone's ear and you try to keep the same sentence by the end of the circle. It is gr8 with people that can't speak espñ and english hahaha. This is the last week of transfers and its good expecting not to go anywhere.

Espñ is espñ! haha Still kinda a week without much progress, but whatever. It'll come!

I like having the winter warm here during the holidays cuz it also helps me stay focused cuz i kinda forgot about Thanksgiving til today and Christmas just cuz it doesn't seem like it haha. So that helps me stay focused.

Haha, the other day we walked by a guy and he had a beer in his hand and he said, ¨Hey guys I know you!¨Then looked at our tags and said, "Oh English, I know English!" Then he said, "cbehbfjafiueafiuahfiueufh" pretending to talk in English. Then he paused and looked up and blinked hard to the heavens for like 20 sec hahaha. My comp and I just looked at each other like who is this guy haha. Then he said, "I have to go." Then left. They like their beer here. We have some drunk buddies that we always pass by going to Maxi and Yamilas. They're pretty cool. One day we'll see them in white :)

More and more kids are playing soccer in the streets. They're coming out of hibernation from the winter. When I get a ball I pick it up and spin it on my finger and they think its soo cool! lol

Go Utes!
Dang the nba isnt sounding good :(

Well ches have a splendish week cuz I will eat some turkey and snow hahaha snow!

yo espero tienen bien dias esta semana con dia de gracias y cosas

chau
love
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts

Monday, November 14, 2011

Just living the dream! No big deal!

Hola
Just living the dream! No big deal! lol

1st off I wanna say my espñ es (notice i put es instead of is, it just happened) getting better and better each day! We went from only speaking espñ in the street, to all the time now! I can understand my comp bout 80 to 95 % of the time. Crazy huh! And for the other percent I can figure out what that word means just from understanding what else he is saying. Or I have no idea haha. It's still harder to understand Argys cuz they talk faster and the words slur together, but it's still getting better. Just trying to get better everyday, like LeBron always says.

It's cool, just from the last few days when we started doing only espñ (Thursday) my knowledge has grown a ton in espñ. It feels good to have it getting better. With those days where it's like, "Come on espñ, I know I can do it!" But i still struggle with it. It does stink to not be able to understand a lot of people the last 3 months or 4 in argy. idk haha. But now its feeling better. Patience and patience, but I've got a lot of that so I'll be okay.

We had an investigator at church wooooo! It was Ailen the 16yr old who lives withe her bro and has a boyfriend. She was the only one that came. She said her boyfriend, John, was ready but then he kinda just disappeared b4 we picked her up in a taxi lol. But I think she had a good experience en church (there's that en again). The talks were good. Carmen didn't go to church, dang it. Her hubby man, whatever, got transfered to another prison and its farther than the one b4 and so its harder for her to go see him. She was pretty sad bout that. She needs to attend church! Melanie's doing awesome! Alicia is kinda struggling, but we're working with her.

Pres Detlefsen wrote in his email today to us missionaries that its now a rule, kinda thing, that us missionaries should expect to have 6 to 9 months in each area, The missionaries, in all of the mission, when they end, will have bout 2 or 3 transfers. No more for their whole mission. So it looks like I'll be here for a lil bit longer, which I'm cool with. And then I'll probably see 2 maybe 3 other places haha. But I'm cool with that cuz I don't like packing lol. And also this ward that I'm in is considered the strongest in our area, out of like 2 or 3 churches there like 5 returned missionaries. The oldest is like 25, so its strong and young (they have more than 5 RMs they just have a strong age groupish thing).

Pres is also coming to town! It's zone conf this week on Wed and I can't wait to hear Pres cuz I think I'll be able to understand more!! I remember when he was bout to give his lil speech thing last conf I was so excited to listen to him, then right b4 I was like, ¨Oh yeah, I can't understand him.¨haha. I totally forgot for some reason lol. Every missionary that can understand him was like, "He's such a gr8 and uplifting speaker!" And it's like thanks for rubbing it in, cuz i got nothing out of it literally hahaha. I'll see Elder Thomas, 1st comp, again cuz he's still in the same zone. He may sleep at our place to. I hope we get the same elders that stayed with us last time, Elder Campos funny!!!! Elder Rodriguez and Elder Cortes. Won't be surprised if you hear him on a radio after the mish lol. He can sing soo good and my old comp!

Hhmmm what else. Dang it I haven't written that much and I don't know what else to say....... Last Monday we went to some lessons and we went with the old man that started to sing in his talk a few weeks ago. We took him to 2 lessons and boy he can talk hahha. It was gr8. He just kept going and going.

I never talked with the Tooele shirt guy. I haven't checked up on the guy in the accident, but I think hes ok.

The weather is warmer and warmer which is awesomer and awesomer. Alexis, we haven't talked to him for a while. He's never home. We have investigators, Gabriela and Edith, daughter and mom. I think they can progress well, we just can never get them and have a lesson cuz there not home.

Went a lil bit of christmas shopping it was cool.

I know this church is true and its so awesome to be out here working. I can't wait to get the conference Liahona. I'm guessing tomorrow we'll get one so i can just read the heck out of it! I also like to read the conference from last April. Isn't conference so coool? Went to Laprida and Caesar, the future missionary who's 23, went with us. He's so funny! We were leaving a house of a lady who had like a month or 2 month old baby, where we shared a short message. While we shook their hands Caesar kissed the baby for like 3 seconds on it's head haha. You can get away with doing that stuff here. It just seemed a lil weird to me.

We´re going to go on splits this week on Tuesday or Thursday, for like a day and I'll be with Elder Warren capo.

John White sounds awesome and the utes D! And he passed up my main man Quinton ¨i have the coolest walk in the world," Ganther. And i think i could grow a sweet mustache. Dad it's cool, I may have a line down from my nose in the middle of my mouth lol.

NBA sounds not so good! Ugh oh.

I'm here scratching my head not knowing what to say.
Umm keep being awesome! Deben hablar con Chalo y tener El translate este oracion.

The church is true and I know that God knows each and every one of us individually and he knows what we are goin thru.

Anyways, I'm going to wrap this up. Sorry it's short haha. I do have the temptation to just talk ball haha, but im not going to lol.

Love
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts

Monday, November 7, 2011

Witnessed Motorcycle Crash & Tooele Fan in Argentina!

Hey folks hows life!

Its great here!

Happy Bday Grandpa Smart and Sam hope you guys have a gr8 day iFeliz Cumpleños!

So bout my email last week and how it took forever to send. It wouldn't send and so we had to leave, but I saved it and sent it when I was with the other elders who didn't email yet. I'm on today early cuz we have to be at a members house at 6, right when we'd be done emailing so we came early.

I thought I would be a Sr comp this week, but it turns out I wasn't. I was with Elder Warren from Logan UT Smithsville or something. Maybe Alyssa and Scott know them. idk and I was also comps with Elder Moore from Colorado (his dad Tom Moore played running back for the U in like the 70´s). Funny thing bout those 2 is that they were in the same district as me in the MTC for almost a month then they left . They were also both comps in the MTC so i know them pretty good. They're pretty funny. El Warren's comp was with El Stott who's the new one and we all stayed at their house. We did some lessons. Taught Enrique who is a 14 yr old teen boy who kinda likes to hang out in the streets. He loves us missionaries and so we actually taught him a lesson while he was doing yard work. We're going to his house Tues. He doesn't really have a direction in life. I think I've seen him smoke b4 so hopefully we can help him. Comp returned Thurs morning like at 2 am from Bahia.

We have some investigators but they do not like to go to church haha. There's Alexis still, we taught him this week. Also Jesus, we have him tomorrow. He has a crazy mullet. He's bout 17 haha. We didn't get to Ailen and her bro and her boyfriend this week. Also, we're teaching Carmen. She couldn't go to church cuz I think she was visiting her boyfriend in prison. Her bf has told her to go to church and follow God! So we think she'll come this week. We went to Laprida, the town bout 1h 15 min away, with the Fee´s and we set 5 new baptismal dates, but none of them showed up to their little lds church that a young married couple have at their house. We taught a lady and her daughter we contacted last time there and she was happy for our message. We taught her for like 2 hrs. She seemed to love our message and everything made sense to her. Also, we taught a family. The mom is a less active, smokes like a chimney. We set bapt dates for her hubby and 2 daughters. We had good success there at Laprida Saturday. We're going Wed this week.

There were 2 weird things we saw this week haha. Saw a guy on his motorcycle crash. We were walking on the side of the road and we were in a part where there's just a lot of road and no stores and stuff. I had my head down and I heard some honking and a crash sound. We think that a guy, in his low or mid 20s, was nipped in the back by a pick up truck. The guy went rolling and sliding on the street, his bike went sliding and the guy that nicked him in his truck went around us on the grass part on the side of the road and just kept driving lol. We were walking against traffic and I saw the truck driver's face and he just took off. The guy on the bike got up and walked his bike over to the side to where we were (we were pretty close, but not in danger close wise, close enough that I could throw a bball to where is bike landed). He walked to us and he was moaning and ughing. He seemed hurt. He was tough bout it. He had some cuts on his hands and I think a good scrape on his left side. Also we're pretty sure he dislocated his shoulder and maybe broke his left collar bone. He was leaning down to the left. Another man that saw it stopped in his car and asked if he should call an ambulance. The bike guy was like, "No no!" I think he wasn't insured yet haha, but he called anyways. We stayed for a lil bit longer then left. It looked like (when he was rolling) just like one of the racing bike crashes on tv, but everything went well haha. He's fine. He's lucky that he was wearing long sleeves. haha  Anyways, also, yesterday I saw a teen bout 18 outside by his house in a purple shirt and I looked closer and I'm like, "What the heck! That is a Tooele Buffaloes high school shirt." I couldn't believe it hahaha! I guess T-town has a global fan base.. I saw it with my eyes it was nuts. It had a white buffalo with a T in it or something. hmmmm random I didn't talk to him haha but if i see him again i will.

Espñ is doing alright. It didn't do much better this week dang it. Some days I can understand people and others for some reason can't. In church yesterday I explained a lil bit bout these lil church cards that we give to members and they help us to find investigators, but they don't really like doing that haha.

Went to Centro today and looked at some stuff, but didn't buy anything. We were in the soccer store and on the radio was some guy talking to music in English saying how michael jackson is alive and how he planned the fake death and has a different identity haha. Then they played a recording of someone trying to sound like MJ but it obviously wasn't him haha.

It's pretty warm here. I'm liking it. My comp thinks its very hot lol. But it's really not that bad. It has been a lil bit of utah weather this week where it will rain the morning and then at 2ish or something it'll get hot haha. It doesn't seem humid. Feels kinda like utah weather, but i think my hair does get a lil curly. I can't tell a whole lot cuz its not long, but it kinda feels different.
Halloween isn't as big here as the states. Saw 3 lil girl dressed up as devils and the rest of the kids just went around with a weird hat or something. Not much kids. At wal mart they have all Christmas stuff up awwww yeah I'm defiantly in favor of celebrating it whenever.

Well gracias por todo you are all awesome. The church is true and I'm glad that Ii can serve a mish. It's hard at times, but thats okay. If it were easy then you'd never grow.

Thanks for everything
Love Elder Reginald Grant Roberts or Roberto haha yeah they dont like to say their S´s here haha
ps keep being happy !!